The All Saints Guessing Jars were such a hit at our annual All Saints Party last year that we will be including them again this year with 12 MORE Saint Themed Guessing Jars!
I always have so much fun looking through the aisles at the grocery store and trying to connect some of the goodies to saints and their symbols!
“Bit-O-Honey” candies for St. Ambrose (the “Honey-Tongued Doctor”) and Polish Candy for St. John Paul II are a couple of my favorite additions for this year. Once again I used my Wide Mouth Mason Jars with White Storage Lids for each jar.
Here are some pictures of this year’s All Saints Guessing Jars all filled and ready for the party:
St. Ambrose :: St. Ambrose is also known as the “Honey Tongued Doctor.” Any type of honey candy would work for this saint. I picked up three 4.2 oz bags of Bit-O-Honey at a local store to fill the jar. You can also purchase 16 oz. over at Amazon.
St. Bernadette of Lourdes :: Pretzel Sticks are perfect for St. Bernadette, since she was out collecting firewood when Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to her at the Grotto. Twix candy bars would also work!
St. Gertrude the Great :: Saint Gertrude the Great had a deep empathy for the Church suffering, the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Our Lord shared a special prayer with St. Gertrude the Great and told her that the prayer would release 1,000 Souls from Purgatory each time it is prayed. The GhostMallows in the jar represent the “Holy Souls.” I used one 8 oz bag to fill the jar and had a few left over.
St. John Paul II :: I had to find a way to incorporate the newly canonized St. John Paul II! Polish candy works, right? 🙂 Ours came directly from a Polish friend, but it can also be found on Amazon if you aren’t able to find any locally.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha :: This saint, who belonged to a Native American Indian Tribe, is also known as the “Lily of the Mohawks.” We have made Indian Corn Cookies in honor of St. Kateri in the past, but for the jar I just filled it with one 21 oz bag of Candy Corn. (Though it probably could have used just a little bit more.) Lily candies would also work. If you have a mold you can make your own!
St. Marianne Cope :: HI-Chews are actually a Japanese Candy, but since my family was first introduced to them when my sister brought us some from Hawaii (along with the fact that they have “HI” in the name, the abbreviation for Hawaii) I thought we could get away with using them for St. Marianne Cope, who cared for the sick in Hawaii for 35 years. I bought a big bag at Costco when they were on special for less than $5.00 and only used about 2/3’s of the bag. You can also find them on Amazon.
St. Matthew :: My husband thought it might be a little offensive to St. Matthew to fill his jar with “Payday” candy bars, but after I told him that St. Matthew is the patron of accountants he agreed that it was okay. 🙂 I probably should have purchased “fun size” candy bars, but I ended up using about 2/3’s of a 20.3 oz bag of the “snack size.”
St. Patrick of Ireland :: Pious legend credits St. Patrick with banishing snakes from the island of Ireland, chasing them into the sea. Regardless of whether or not this legend is true, St. Patrick is the patron saint against snakes, fear of snakes, and snake bites. Gummy Worms look like snakes.
To keep each person’s guesses secret I also created little sheets of paper for each contestant to write their name and guess, before folding it in half and dropping it into an empty jar or bag with a matching label.
Now to start working on the rest of the party plans!
Oh these are great Jessica! Our homeschool group has also thought of other Saint themed guessing jars that we will be using at Friday's ASD party that I am hosting. Blog post will have to come later though since we have several moms making the various jars for Friday. And my daughter, age 10, is dressing like St. Marianne Cope for the ASD party. She is a new one for us we just happened to stumble upon. St. Marianne will do a skit with my younger daughter and friend, who will act as lepers as St. Marianne attends to their wounds. 🙂 Have a blessed party! Your friends are blessed to have you as you obviously take alot of time and effort to make it such a nice party! 🙂
2014-10-30 00:15:47
I just love these! This would be great also to have set up as Saint theme snacks at an All Saints Party. I'm going to have to use these one year! Thank you for making all your printables free and available to us. God Bless!
2014-10-30 02:34:14
I absolutely love this!
2014-10-30 12:58:55
Oh Jessica, these look like so much fun! 🙂 I've read your blog for many years but I don't know if i've ever taken the time to thank you for sharing about your parties: always such fun themes and thoughtful fun 🙂
2014-10-30 13:35:45
What a fun game! And so tasty, too 😉
2014-10-30 16:48:22
Is there a typo on St. Gertrude the Great? The word many is left out.
2014-10-30 18:11:40
There sure is! I'll go fix it now and upload the revision. Thank you for catching that, Kim, and letting me know!
2014-10-30 18:26:32
Oh, wow, these are amazing! I've already made mine and must resist the urge to buy more stuff. Oh, but St. Bernadette! Pope St. John Paul the Great! So cute!
2014-10-31 12:48:16
Jessica! I just thought of another one. "Martha & Mary" , M & Ms! I'd use the fun packs though, I'm not counting a jar full of M&Ms, lol! -Meagan
2014-10-31 13:27:16
Ooh! I love it! 🙂
2014-11-05 06:51:23
Great ideas! I thought of another candy for St. Peter…rock candy (chocolate, not crystal candy)! Upon this rock…. 🙂
2015-10-13 21:33:44
Also, one question… Do you ever have ties? If so, how do you award treats if you have two correct answers (or closest answers)?
2015-10-13 21:35:25
Another one: Martyrs of Orange, France: http://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-orange/ Use Terry's chocolate orange minis
2015-10-27 16:08:31
How aboout green gummy worms for St. Patrick? (They kind of look like snakes…)
2016-03-29 16:18:23
Awesome jars I think they turned out great!
2018-10-31 15:13:09