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Omer calendars
I keep meaning to post these and not getting to it so here goes. Here are some omer calendars we've come up with this year: ...
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Craft and other Ideas for Yom Haatzmaut
Here are some ideas for Yom Haaztzmaut in no particular order. For the younger set:
A memory game using whatever Israel themed stickers you have on hand
Baking matzah out of felt
This project is similar to the felt latkes we made for Chanukkah. Easy to do by hand or by machine. In the case of felt matzot, matzahs or matzos (choose your preferred spelling :) ), they also need to be "browned". We did this with brown felt marker but I kept thinking about using rectangular erasers and paint. These are pretty self explanitory- cu ...
Various Masks for Purim
This week in our chug/class we made masks. We decided to use foam for that and really they decided what they wanted to do, I just gave some suggestions. My glasses were used as a pattern for the eyes and nose. The shapes of the masks were pretty much determined by the girls. These two masks are decorated with glitter glue, flowers, washi tape, and fe ...
Mishloach Manot containers
Adar means Purim and Purim means megilla, seuda, and mishloach manot. Mishloach Manot, of course, require containers to hold them in and that's what this post is about. Mishloach Manot containers. The hand made sort of course. The Container Expert Martha Stewart is queen of hand made containers. A few possible containers include Candy Cones a ...
Chodesh Tov and whats going on
Chodesh Tov and happy new year. Before you wonder what thats about, yesterday as I was walking with my daughter and husband a large group of people of Chinese descent walked by with Israeli flags waving. They were saying "Shalom! Happy New Year!" and handed out red envelopes with dollars inside for Chinese New Year. They were apparently an evangelical C ...
First Mitzvah book Tutorial
In honor of Parshat Yitro here is a tutorial of how to make a great Mitzvah baby book with photos of the different pages. I did not make it- it was made by one of the girls in my class. She wanted to make something for her new nephew and we came up with this idea. We looked at lots of different childrens books. She wanted to do something for now rather than when he was older. I suggested black on white since its easier for younger children to see, and I had been saving the plastics from wipes packages to use as the crinkle inside the baby book. ...More sock ideas for lonely socks
I came across a fun reuse (or two) for socks that are lonely on Ruffles and Stuff. She turns them into scarves and glove extensions. Pretty and useful. We mostly turn socks into doll clothing and window draft dodgers. We did discover that the toe part of the sock (minus the absolute top of the toe) make good fitted skirts for Barbie. I am eying one lon ...
Tu Bshvat Flower ideas
Tu Bshvat flowers Tu B'shvat is really about figuring out a date for terumot and maasrot. That is tithing- old fruits versus new fruits, which year they are from so the fruit can go to the correct recipients. In the Bnei Akiva bencher, we actually do include the blessing recited when taking terumot and maasrot. But I didn't really want to do a post abo ...
BiRechov Yirmiyahu- children’s book with textile eye candy
I have been meaning to post about this book for a long time but the Tenth of Tevet is appropriate due to the name of the book and the connection of the Prophet Jeremiah to the period of seige and destruction of Jerusalem. This book has a much happier subject. I found it at Shavua hasefer (book week) this past year and immediately bought two copies and showed it to my class (doll clothing) for inspiration. The book is called BiRechov Yirmiyahu or Jeremiah Street and is written by Libi Daon and illustrated by Lena Guberman.
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