Birkat Chaverim
The symbol of the Jewish month of Tishrei is moznayim, libra, scales (see for instance the symbol from the Beit Alpha synagogue to the left.) This symbolizes the judging that occurs on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. As a kid I can remember making a scale where we would put mitzvot (commandments/good deeds) on one side of the scale, and on the other sid ...
I've been meaning to post this for a while. I had been eyeing the top of a sock that was a remnant from a sock made into a skirt and dress for Barbie. It looked a bit Peter Pan-ish. In the end I measured Barbie's head, cut a piece of elastic, slightly smaller than her head, and sewed it in a circle inside the sock. This is the circumference of the B ...
Week five we worked on accessories which we continued week six and seven, shoes for bears and dolls. I found several baby bootie patterns for us to experiment with. I also found a cute viking shoes tutorial from a blog called Earth and Living and its use with children here. I thought I would give the girls ideas and a choice in what to make. I also offe ...
I have been meaning to start writing posts about travel related toys, games, and activities because I have an interest in family celebrations, and they tend to involve alot of travel. I would like to talk about things that might make travel easier, especially with small children. I would like to start this type of thread by mentioning home made felt ...
I think I neglected to mention that this doll clothing making chug takes place in Jerusalem. I thought I would mention it now.For the fourth week I originally thought we would do accessories because of the smaller amount of sewing required. in the end one girl decided she wanted to do a skirt and top (minimal sewing) and the others finished off their sh ...
This week we continued working on the patterns for shorts and sewing. This week some of the girls brought Build a Bear clothing they already had to get ideas and compare. Interestingly enough, one of the patterns we were working on, turned out to be quite similar to the Build a Bear one. It was good that she brought the clothing, because we almost forg ...
I forgot to mention that although baby and kids socks generally are too small for Build a Bears, they do make great appliques. The girls were quite creative in what they wanted to use in their designs. The second week, some of the girls finished up their projects from the week before. One girl decided to bring in felt to make a dress and headdress (no p ...
I showed the girls the Barbie clothing (see post on birth of chug for picture) and Build a Bear outfit (currently unphotographed.) Barbies have a really large selection of clothing choices- baby socks make great shirts, children's socks have great colors and patterns and are easy skirts or pants. With a little sewing men and women's socks become so ...
The naked Barbies was point A. Then my niece N was sick. My daughter and I went over to visit and do some projects with her for her Build a Bear. She's pretty creative and the result of that was a really cute outfit out of a black sock and a sock flower embellishment. Hence build a bear gets an outfit. In our neighbourhood, Build a Bears are pretty p ...
This chug or workshop/after school activity evolved from a gift to my daughter of naked Barbies and because my niece was sick. Or clothing for barbie turned into a mini class. My daughter received a bunch of hand-me-down toys (we love hand me downs- reuse, recycle!) including three Barbies, with only one outfit. While I don't particularly mind when so ...