Birkat Chaverim
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 ...
Its that time of year and we've (royal "we") been home almost all week with strep. 4 year olds with strep still have more energy than their folks so we came up with a variety of things to do and here's what we've done so far as sick child activities: Projects 1. Finished a mezuza: This was a basic wooden mezuza that had been painted pink, covered with g ...
I had to share this since I love the idea and sometimes we talk about recycling projects. This is a greenhouse made out of recycled plastic bottles. How cool and simple is that? This photo was taken by Eljay (Lucy Downey) and posted on flickr with a creative commons license. This is a great community or school project and I imagine for those who a ...
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 ...
If you are looking for a project for a Bat Mitzvah around Shavuot, you could try floral arrangements with old nylons. Nylons can be dyed using store bought dye or food coloring and vinegar. There are a variety of examples on the web for inspiration and tutorials, or you can get a copy of The Art of Handmade Flowers. For online tutorials and examples ...
Last week we made candy flower arrangements in honor of the upcoming holiday, Shavuot but it works equally well for Mothers' day. All the supplies can be found in your local dollar store and even around the house. 
Supplies: Small glass bottles
Dowels cut to desired height
Wire or tape
Candies
Lucky bamboo
Ribbon/buttons/decorations
Pebbles ...
My chug/class is bursting with flowers these days, just in time for Tu B'shvat. We are awash in flowers. The top flower is a barrette. It is a circle which the creator stitched around and then pulled to make it puffy and flower shaped. You can sort of see where the thread is pulled. She used felt as the center of the flower and attached it to a headband ...
Here is a little project I did with my daughter, dried fruit trees. Its extremely easy and has all the right Tu B'shvat elements in terms of dried fruit, flowers or trees. It is a quick yet fun project. Basically you take dried fruit (we used papaya), pretzels, and flower or circle shaped cookie cutters. Depicted are flowers but in truth, they do look a ...
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 ...