Birkat Chaverim
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 ...
This is a chalk project for Yom Haatzmaut. The connection being Hebrew letters, blue and white letters, as well as a useful activity when you are out in the park bbq-ing. We have found these to be useful when we go to the park with friends. How We Did It Here's an example of blue and white packaged chalk (Mem and Tet for Mazal Tov Medinat Yisrael ...
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 ...
My daughter made matzah in gan, but before that we made matzah for gan. We made three felt matzahs and put them in a handy carry bag. She made a cover for the matzot as well. I thought about making a breakable middle matzah (or foldable one) but that's for a different project.
Starting to switch gears from Purim... to Pesach!
Sorry about the slow pace of posts- consider it a mini maternity leave. In honor of the birth of our son I am posting about something we did which might be fun for other families. There is a custom that some practice to have children say shma with the new baby the night before the brit. Typically called Vach Nacht (watch night-Ashkenazim) or Brit Yitzch ...
Here are just a few neat ideas for Tu Bshvat mostly for the younger set: Matzo Ball soup has an activity book for Tu Bshvat which is great for readers but also can be used for younger children with adaptation. Jennifer from RonyPony.blogspot.com as a nice Tu BShvat activity pack (things like patterning, matching fruit to trees, senses etc.) with the ...
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 ...
Our havdala candle was in miserable shape. Difficult to light and low on wicks and wax. Given the great need for a new havdala candle, I thought my daughter would enjoy making crayons and a havdala candle this week. The lazy and recycling way. What we did For the havdala candle: We reused the old havdala candle and refilled it with melted wax an ...
We have lots of plain hair elastics (for some reason mostly purple ones, the pink ones seem to disappear quickly) and we also happen to have scrap ribbon in friendly colors and designs. 
One morning I decided to see whether simply tying some of the scrap ribbon to one of our existing hair elastics would be cook enough for a three year old. Turns out its incredibly cool for a three year old. She was very excited about the idea and wanted to make two instead of one. ...