Birkat Chaverim
I'm very pleased to welcome you to the first ever Mitzvot Unplugged Series. The series developed as a conversation in my head and then with my kids. As my children get older I think more and more about how to inspire and develop their own desire to be good people, love of Torah and desire to do mitzvot. I know that much of that is role modeling and work ...
From Lag BOmer to Shavuot I will be hosting a blog series called Mitzvot Unplugged. The main theme of the series is teaching tiny tots/kids/young adults Jewish values in a creative way. I am pretty excited about this series, and about the people who have already agreed to participate in the series who range from creative bloggers to organizations to ...
Cheese glorious cheese... And butter. Dairy is associated with the holiday of Shavuot and making cheese and butter is not a very difficult project to do with children of all ages. This post includes a number of recipes for cheese as well as how tos based on our experiments with making butter and cream cheese. To Make butter: Take some cream and place ...
This recycled flower craft comes from HowDoesShe.com. I know it looks like ordinary paper flower roses but in reality, the papers are decked out with seeds and can be planted in the ground. The basic idea is pasting seeds to the paper before making the rose shape. For more details see the project at HowDoesShe? This could really be done with any flo ...
I came up with this idea a long time ago, but I never got around to posting about it. I thought it was appropriate around Shavuot given the Matan Torah connection. The idea here was to make Mitzvah cards for my daughter based on mitzvot she already does and can recognize. I took pictures that we already had that depicted a variety of mitzvot and used t ...
We have a number of projects on the Birkat Chaverim website that would be great for Shavuot. Shavuot craft ideas tend to focus around flowers and dairy projects as well as things that have to do with mount Sinai and the Torah. Below we have an assortment related to those topics. Some flower ideas from previous posts: Felt, nylon and paper flowers ...
If you are looking for a project for a Bat Mitzvah around Shavuot, you could try floral arrangements with old nylons. Nylons can be dyed using store bought dye or food coloring and vinegar. There are a variety of examples on the web for inspiration and tutorials, or you can get a copy of The Art of Handmade Flowers. For online tutorials and examples ...
Last week we made candy flower arrangements in honor of the upcoming holiday, Shavuot but it works equally well for Mothers' day. All the supplies can be found in your local dollar store and even around the house. 
Supplies: Small glass bottles
Dowels cut to desired height
Wire or tape
Candies
Lucky bamboo
Ribbon/buttons/decorations
Pebbles ...