Last year the children’s committee of our local synagogue organized a gathering in honor of Tu Bshvat. We held it in one of the local community gardens. One of the garden’s volunteers (thanks Shoham!) was kind enough to do an educational session about the plants in the garden. What we Brought Everyone brought something along the lines of fruit/n ...
A fruity use for socks, use those spares!
We love sock projects and this fruity use for socks is an easy one. Recently a friend posted on facebook about a business that made "avocado socks". That is, socks made out of shetland wool in order to ripen avocados. I thought that was a cute idea but also thought, lets try that ourselves! How this Works Apparently, avocados release the gas eth ...
Tu B’shvat Garden
In honor of Tu B'shvat I thought i would share this garden created by one of our local schools. The garden includes both plants and plastic bottle recycled flowers. All were all “grown” by students with disabilities and it came out quite neat. They also grow herbs and plants which they sell and I always enjoy walking past their "hothouse" to see what t ...
Pinterest Tu Bshvat Resources from our Boards
As you know we have a growing following on our pinterest boards. If you have looked at the boards, you'll note that we have some great pinterest Tu Bshvat resources to share with you there. Here are some of our favorite pins for Tu BShvat on our pinterest boards: Easy Tree snacks for Kids Face gardening craft Tu Bshvat Flower ideas (from us!) M ...
Shmitta Resources for Children
This is a short list of Shmitta resources for children. If you have any that you would like to add please comment below: Resource list from Matal (Merkaz LTochen Limudim) Shmita at Tora Land- This is in Hebrew but very cute, and some of the games are easy Hebrew. There are games and videos to learn about shmita.This is from the Machon HaTorah VHar ...
Repotting succulents with a toddler
We did this in honor of Tu B'shvat. We had bought a few small cactii and also had some succulents growing here and there, as well as 30 year old pots filled with soil but no plants. Together we dug holes, transferred the plants, watered the soil and then added rocks on top for interest and to keep the water in longer. Almost three year old liked choo ...
Tu Bshvat Handprints
Someone posted this project on the Jewish informal education and craft pinterest board and this is our version. We decided to do patterns for the bark (I helped color that part but so did my almost three year old, as you can see.) He also decided he wanted to print with his whole hand and to add blue flowers (we painted wipes with marker for that ...
Foam flower project
This is my daughter's contribution. She said we should post her foam flower to "our website." She made this in school the other day for Tu Bshvat. She made sure to explain that the flowers were cut into circles, then folded in half and skewered. The leaves were cut into "leaf shapes." This project was quite popular with her younger brother, and she ...
Tu B’Shvat pins from the Jewish informal education board
As you know we've set up a collaborative Jewish informal education pinterest board (join us!). Here is a teaser of some of the pins that have been shared that would be great for Tu (15) B'shvat: One of my favorites is the scratch art leaf (cut off here) from Art Projects for Kids. Note that some of these pins are from this site and can be found i ...
Some bencher covers appropriate for Tu B’Shvat
Are you looking for bencher covers appropriate for Tu B'Shvat? As you know we have a great many designs appropriate for benchers in the cover design section of our shop and the collection is always growing. This is a reminder that if you have a simcha on Tu B'shvat, we have a great assortment of floral and tree themed designs which can be used for yo ...