Birkat Chaverim
Last year I shared some templates that I set up for our crayon and eraser mishloach manot. Above is a final photo of how they turned out. They were a big hit with small fry, I think most adults were afraid to try them. Then again, they are relatively harmless treats for children (ok there is a bit of sugar but still probably less than in all that Purim ...
I am pleased to share this note about Adina Gatt at the Oscar's. I have long admired the work of friend and textile artist Adina Gatt and have enjoyed using her work for holidays and Shabbatot. Her use of color and texture is incredible and I love how her work can look both traditional and modern at the same time. Her work is hand pieced and embr ...
Wouldn't these be great for Purim? These are producted by Oeuf and handmade in Bolivia and are fair trade crafts. You can read more about the masks and Oeuf's Bolivian project on their website. Thank you Sophie Demenge, from Oeuf for permission to use the image above. Other fun animal masks are these felt masks made by Elsie Marley. Image Copyrigh ...
Last year I posted a picture of a hamentash I made out of felt. I just wanted to show how I did that. It's pretty simple and requires: Two round circles in the shade of your choice some stuffing for the center some alternate color felt scraps for the filling of your choice Layer and Sew, Sew, Sew!
I thought I would add a few resources to the blog post on the hydroponics container garden- At Squidoo there is a more elaborate hydroponics experiment with pipes and such. Kids Gardening has a good curriculum post about hydroponics. It is not a unit on hydroponics but provides questions to ponder and areas to look into and in general how to get c ...
I like this one as its yet another use for socks. It was largely an experiment that horribly failed with basil but is doing amazingly with mustard seeds. Basically cut a used bottle in half and turn the upper half upsidedown inside the lower half. stick an unwanted sock through the bottle neck into the lower bottle half. Add rocks and water as well a ...
A quick project to add detail for Rosh Chodesh school outfits. Crochet flowers for Rosh Chodesh. This is actually a pin intended for pinning onto the required blue skirt for Rosh Chodesh. Some almost five year olds think that plain blue is not so pretty so now we've made a blue and pink flower pin to attach to solid blue skirts. However, the solid blue ...
We made these a while ago but they are perfect for TU BShvat. My favorite is the Ben and Jerry's ice cream container (also my favorite to eat.) Needed: Succulent cuttings, some old containers, dirt and rocks Put rocks below the dirt to allow for draining. Assemble as desired. Put some rocks above and there you go. Succulents are very good at being ...
WARNING: This post is likely to cause general head itchyness. Sorry! Please read anyway. My daughter's gan is up to the Hebrew letter Kaf this week. I had suggested that it might be a great time to talk with them about KINIM, or Lice. My thought was: 1. Lice tend to be a problem in settings with lots of children 2. Children are naturally curious abo ...
As holiday/vacation season is coming and lots of families travel around this time I wanted to point out some of our travel ideas as well as a new one: Bubble Wrap Scavenger Hunt I came across this via Savima Other ideas: Travel Games from various sources Matchbox building game Travel Board Games Food Travel Games And on another topi ...