The Wolf Paw Cookies we made for yesterday’s Garden of the Good Shepherd activity were a hit with my children (Especially my boys!), and they were sooooo easy to make.
All you need is:
- 1 package Voortman’s Iced Almonette Cookies
- Chocolate Almond Bark or Chocolate Chips, melted for dipping
- White Chocolate Chips (or white frosting) to use for claws
Dip one side of each cookie into melted chocolate. Add 4 or 5 white chocolate chips for the claws. (Wolfs have 4 claws on the back paws and 5 on the front.) Let cool.
(You may want to place the cookies onto wax or parchment paper to cool, so they don’t stick to your serving platter.)
Before I let my children eat their cookies, we read the bible verse for the day and the story about St. Francis and the Wolf found in Legends of Saints and Beasts by Ann Marie Jauss. (You can read another version online here.) This would be such a fun snack to add to our activities for the feast of St. Francis, which is celebrated on Oct 4th.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep: and the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me. As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.” ~ John 10: 11-15
Prayer of Mothers
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
These look so YUMMY! I think I may give these a try! Thanks for the tips!
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Thanks for always taking the time to post such wonderful ideas WITH pictures. I KNOW how much time takes.
blessings to you and yours..
I have never even those cookies before. Looks like fun.