These apple butter muffins came about in the following way. I was working on the Birkat Chaverim pinterest boards. Lately we have had a large growth of followers on Pinterest and I like to see what followers are interested in. One of our fans had pinned an apple butter pin. Apple butter was new to me, but it sounded like something my kids would like (th ...
Dollhouse apples
Over the summer we worked on dollhouse apples. That is dollhouse sized apples using fimo clay. What We Did We used "panda" oil pastels to color the outsides of the apples for more realistic tones since apples are never only one shade. The half apple was made by first wrapping white fimo in green fimo. We then made sure that the combined fimo was shape ...
Holiday I Spy
Around Rosh Hashana my son and I made Holiday I Spy layouts. This is one of them. It may be of use pre-Pesach.
New cupcake wrappers and matching bencher cover
We have two new designs for Rosh Hashana both for use on the Bnei Akiva bencher and as part of our line of cupcake wrappers and toppers. Its a repeat pattern of apples, bees and honey. To purchase these or to view any of the other wrappers, check out the gift section of the Birkat Chaverim store.
Sweet Year Homemade Beeswax Lip Balm
This was an experiment with my kids to see how well a project would go over with two year olds and because I thought they would enjoy it. I wanted make homemade beeswax lip balm with my kids in a safe way. This was an experiment to see whether we could melt the beeswax without mixing the wax over a fire. Lip balm is not a bad project to do with a t ...
Sukkah hanging
A very simple sukkah hanging project. 1. Cut strips of paper, plastic the same width and length. Rectangular shapes. 2. Punch holes on either side. 3. Put brass fasteners inside the hole and open the brass fasteners. 4. Sort of twirl the papers around so they create a sphere. 3. Attach whatever you'd like as a a leaf and as a hanger and you are ...
Two science experiments for Rosh Hashanah
These came about by accident but were fun and take about five minutes. 1. Honey paste After reading that honey and cinnamon paste are good for coughing and laryngitis, we made a simple paste completely by experimenting on quantities. Then we tasted it. Its sort of like a mild hot tamale candy and is also good on bread and as a tea. I can't tell yo ...
Apple Garland for Rosh Hashanah
I came across this a while back and thought it would be a nice project for Rosh Hashanah. Click to get to a pretty apple garland from Roots and Wings blog.
Some Rosh Hashanah Crafts
I found a list I made a while back of ideas for Rosh Hashanah. It goes something like this: Make apples out of marzipan, cupcakes that look like apples, pomegranate syrup, photo of bees (not sure why this is on the list. Any suggestions besides the honey connection?), Make honey comb using bubble wrap (I'm sure I saw this somewhere- maybe savyima?) ...
Shana Tova and holiday Craft Ideas
Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy and meaningful new year! Its a bit late for Rosh Hashana crafts, but, as you can see above, we made Pomegranates which are equally good for Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot. They're made out of styrofoam balls, glue, glitter, feathers or pipecleaners, and plastic pins. After Rosh Hashana we'll add a ribbon to h ...