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Mitzvot Craft and Education
I have been talking with my daughter about mitzvot (loosely translated as good deeds or commandments) quite a bit lately. Because of the holiday season, we have spoken about about the shofar, the symbolic foods, prayer, charity, teshuvah among other holiday related mitzvot. We have also been talking in general about the mitzvot that she has performed. ...
Simple craft for sukkot
These are not such original ideas but they can be a fun holiday toy for a young child in synagogue or wherever. The idea of using a matchbox as a house came from colouredbuttons.com, where she has many lovely ideas in general, but in particular really sweet things out of matchboxes. I just modified her idea for the holidays and for use with a smaller ...
Quick Yom Kippur craft
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 ...
Update on the doll clothing classes
Just wanted to let anyone interested know that I haven't been posting about doll clothing projects because we are on hiatus until after the holidays. We will probably be meeting on another day this year as well. Probably Tuesdays, but we have not decided yet. Anyone who would like to know about the class and when it meets should contact me via the cont ...
Finished projects from the doll clothing course/chug
I wanted to post pictures of some of the finished projects from the doll clothing classes. The girls are very creative and are always coming up with new ideas. I don't have pictures of all the works made in the class, but I'd like to share what I can. Finished shorts: Build a bear sheep is sporting a happy birthday hat. The shorts are made from an o ...
Travel toy- food and “kuku” necklaces
This travel toy was a big success on a family trip with a group of children between the ages of 1-10. Materials required: Shoelaces (we use colorful ones) Cheerios (or other food items with holes in them) Alternatively small plastic "kuku's" or hair ornaments. Combine to form necklaces and bracelets. Older children enjoy creating their own necklaces a ...
Build a Bear shoe tutorial
We have had a lot of interest in the build a bear shoe tutorial, in particular from visitors from pinterest. Welcome! Build a Bear Shoe Tutorial Here is a tutorial for the build a bear shoes based on the Martha Stewart pattern. To review, we made these for both bears and dolls, but this is a tutorial of how we made the shoe for bears. Removing the ...
Doll Chug- shoes for bears and dolls
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 ...