Birkat Chaverim Blog

Reminder that if you have a simcha on Tu B’shvat, we have an assortment of floral and tree themed designs to use on your bencher cover. These can also be used for invitations and thank you notes. Take a look at the cover design section and feel free to contact us for more information, if [...]

I thought I would add a few resources to the blog post on the hydroponics container garden- At Squidoo there is a more elaborate hydroponics experiment with pipes and such. Kids Gardening has a good curriculum post about hydroponics. It is not a unit on hydroponics but provides questions to ponder and areas to look [...]

I like this one as its yet another use for socks. It was largely an experiment that horribly failed with basil but is doing amazingly with mustard seeds. Basically cut a used bottle in half and turn the upper half upsidedown inside the lower half. stick an unwanted sock through the bottle neck into the [...]

A quick project to add detail for Rosh Chodesh school outfits. This is actually a pin intended to be pinned onto the required blue skirt for Rosh Chodesh. Some almost five year olds think that plain blue is not so pretty so we made a blue and pink flower pin to attach to solid blue [...]

We made these a while ago but they are perfect for TU BShvat. My favorite is the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream container (also my favorite to eat.) Needed: Succulent cuttings, some old containers, dirt and rocks Put rocks below the dirt to allow for draining. Assemble as desired. Put some rocks above and there [...]

WARNING: This post is likely to cause general head itchyness. Sorry! Please read anyway. My daughter’s gan is up to the Hebrew letter Kaf this week. I had suggested that it might be a great time to talk with them about KINIM, or Lice. My thought was: 1. Lice tend to be a problem in [...]

    We had some good feedback from a Hanukkah Bat Mitzvah (Mazal Tov L.H.!) which used the Bnei Akiva bencher with an extra feature. The Bnei Akiva bencher doesn’t include Hanukkah texts ordinarily, so for this bat mitzvah, which included lighting the Hanukkah candles as part of the celebration, we added the blessings and [...]

The random number generator selected Comment 4- Jolene Hollingsworth who said “Love the pink butterfly one! I liked both pages on fb. What a fun giveaway!” If you don’t receive an email from us or Table Fables, please let me know. Congratulations! The Table Fables playhouses are still available in the store at 10% off until [...]

We have a super opportunity for all you readers. Table Fables is offering one play house to one of our readers. These are fun play houses that can be used over a table or chairs for imaginative play. Please read on below for more information about creative play and Table Fables from Table Fables’ S. [...]

As holiday/vacation season is coming and lots of families travel around this time I wanted to point out some of our travel ideas as well as a new one: Bubble Wrap Scavenger Hunt I came across this via Savima Other ideas: Travel Games from various sources Matchbox building game Travel Board Games Food Travel Games [...]