Birkat Chaverim
This is a take on the Omer CD case calendar for older kids. You may or may not recall that I posted an Omer calendar project to help kids count towards Shavuot, for pre-school aged kids that used recycled cd cases. I also provided a template for that calendar as well as for another type of Omer calendar. A while back my daughter was celebrating her b ...
We are seeking submissions for our annual Mitzvot Unplugged Series. The Mitzvot Unplugged series came about as a way to think about inspiring my own kids in doing mitzvot. Besides role modeling and focusing on learning and doing, I wanted to share creative ways of inspiring towards Jewish values. I wanted a way to think about my own parenting and l ...
Do you remember the omer calender template I posted a while back? My daughter's birthday is around Passover so for the little inexpensive prize that kids give out in gan, this year I decided to give omer calendars. It served a two-fold purpose. 1. We have lots and lots of cd cases because we used to use alot of cds. Today we don't need them as much b ...
I stumbled across this the other day: This is a Building Block Calendar from The Enlivened Office. I thought this would be a fun idea for an Omer calendar. One could create ones own number blocks with stencils and such, use different color legos in groups of seven or if you are really ambitious, build a lego robot. I saw a sort of escalator type ...
What is the story with a bow and arrow on Lag BaOmer? There is a custom to play with bows and arrows on Lag BaOmer. Clearly this has nothing to do with hunting, given that hunting with bow and arrow is clearly out for people who keep kosher. This custom seems to have more than one reason which are symbolic rather than practical. See, for instance, the d ...
Omer template reminder! That is, do you remember our "scratch and win" style omer calendar described in the Scratch and Win Omer calendar post? Well if you are looking for a template to use to make the calendar, then look no further. That template as well as an additional template for our CD case omer calendar are attached to this post. Let me know ...
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 ...
Here are som other examples of omer calendars using the scratch and win method. The top picture is a photo of the underlayer of the calendar. Here's the calendar with the paint on top. Its hard to see in the photo, but there are also little hearts cut out of contact paper and taped on top of each number. The idea was to remove them and put another co ...
Its getting a bit late to post these but here they are anyway- Omer calendar templates that can be used with the "scratch and win" omer calendar idea (or with any other idea.) If you use them please share your omer calendar, I would love to see how they get used. ...
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