close up of the bee hive

Learning about Urban Bee Keeping

I have heard about urban bee keeping but never knew that much about it. So when I heard about an opening event in honor of Propolis, the center for urban bee keeping, I figured that not only would my kids enjoy going, but it would be a unique opportunity to learn more about the subject. The center is one of the projects organized by the non-pro ...

Birkon special

New Year Special

For a limited time we are offering a free digital cupcake wrapper & topper with an order of the Bnei Akiva Birkon. To receive this offer, order birkonim before Rosh Hashana and let us know the wrapper you would like in the order notes.   You can look at the cupcake wrappers and the benchers in the shop. Not interested in cupcake wrapper ...

Fimo dollhouse sized apples via Birkat Chaverim.

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 ...