On the first day of Hanukkah, due to a virus, we split up and I stayed with one ill child and my spouse took another child to be with family. I sent the camera and said "Come back with pictures of the origami dreidels!" About half an hour later I got a phone call: Spouse:"What did you want me to photograph?" Me: "The origami dreidels." Spouse ( ...
Origami Dreidels for Hanukkah
Aren't these origami dreidels neat? I did not make these origami dreidels. My brother in law picked them up at shul/synagogue. As far as I understood the story, there is a teacher/rebbe in the neighborhood, whose students were fooling around with origami in class. He said they could only do so if they could figure out how to make an origami dreidel/sevi ...
Hanukkah Oil and Decorations
Its getting close to Hanukkah season. Here are a few projects I meant to post last year in time for Hanukkah but didn't- As a Hanukkah oil tie in: A fun Hanukkah oil craft is Marbelized paper. There is alot about this project in the marbelized paper post. I did this with our art chug last year (4/5 year olds.) We made marbleized paper using canola oil ...
Menorah cases
If you walked around the streets of Jerusalem (or other Israeli cities) on Hanuukah you would likely see candles in cute little glass boxes: These boxes keep the candles from going out when they are lit outside and exposed to inclement weather. I have been thinking about ways of making these as a project or about things that could be used instead. ...
Jewish Informal Education Pinterest Collaborative Board
Do you pin? Do you pin about Jewish education or crafts? I've set up a collaborative pin board for Jewish education, crafts and the like. If you are interested in joining, leave a comment here or on the facebook page or on pinterest. I have asked that people only pin things for which they have permission. This means either your own content, content b ...
Fun Noach Dessert
Noach seems to get alot of food play on this blog. Here's a picture reminder: These were sugar cubes. We've lately made chocolates using these same molds. Thought I'd pass along Themed Thinking's take on rainbow cupcakes. So simple and pretty. Noach is rather popular as a decorative element for kids. I always wondered about that as the story se ...
Malka Dubrawsky Fabric Sukkah Decoration
Aren't these beautiful? And simple to make. These were made by Malka Dubrawsky with scraps from her somewhat new line of fabric, "A Stitch in Color" which is based on her hand dyed fabric- I recommend you take a look at the fabrics they are based on as they are quite beautiful. What I like about the idea is that 1. They look great 2. They are ...
Sukkah hanging
A very simple sukkah hanging project. 1. Cut strips of paper, plastic the same width and length. Rectangular shapes. 2. Punch holes on either side. 3. Put brass fasteners inside the hole and open the brass fasteners. 4. Sort of twirl the papers around so they create a sphere. 3. Attach whatever you'd like as a a leaf and as a hanger and you are ...
From Lonely Sock to Sleeper Futon- A First Sewing Project
One of our summer projects has been learning how to sew. That is, my 5yo wanted to learn how to sew "for real." At first I thought we would make some doll clothing out of socks but we decided to do furniture. First I suggested a simple couch but my daughter wanted to make "a couch you can sleep on." I wanted to use our stock of socks so we ended up maki ...
Hair Clips for Girls…and boys
I never posted these but we had fun with them. Two crocheted flowers to match dresses (we like adding ribbon): This one has a button- Plus my favorite a simple clip for a boy (could be for a girl too but in this case it was made for a boy.) If you are familiar with the custom of chalaka/upshern, you may know that growing a little boy's hair un ...