Bath Salts for Lot

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I was sure I posted about this 100 years ago but I couldn't find the post and I also can't seem to find a photo yet but a while back we made bath salts as a wedding gift. This is a great gift item to make with kids as its really simple to do. I thought of it this week as its a good tie in to the Parsha (Lot's wife.) I will try to update with a photo whe ...

Moshe Floats and other science ideas

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I have been thinking about science experiments that can be done in relationship to the parsha lately. In particular, things that can be done in relation to what my daughter is learning in gan (which is not parshat hashavua, the weekly portion, but rather Chumash Bereishit, Genesis). We did however, do some float/sink types of activities this week because of the parsha. Because of the water situation, we are careful about reusing water for these types of things. Anyway, here's what I've come up with so far (any additional suggestions are welcome!): Lech Lecha (what they are up to)-- Famine, Brit milah- health, healing, germs, blood, (hachnasat orchim) healthy eating Handwashing Handwashing 2 Handwashing 3 Famine (background) Healthy eating 1 Healthy eating 2 ...
Rivka Eliezer and camel paper craft

Update on Chayeii Sara craft

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Wanted to give an update on the Rivka/Eliezer/camel paper craft from the previous post. This was actually a very successful project. So much so that my daughter did not want to go to gan so she could finish it, was waiting to leave gan and raced home from a chug she ordinarily refuses to leave, in order to finish this project. The hair and clothing w ...

Parshat Noach animal sugar cubes

No Noah but lots of animal crackers in the soup

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Parshat Noach animal sugar cubes Ok maybe not in the soup but we did also doanimal crackers. My nephew's bar mitzvah is this shabbat and the weeks parsha is Noach. Part of celebrating includes throwing candies (depending on the exact custom somewhere around the Bar Mitzvah boy's aliyah to the Torah) and a kiddush. I asked my sister-in-law whether she wanted me to look for animal candies, and she liked the idea, but of course I couldn't find any except gummy worms and gummy bears and it seemed to me that that wouldn't quite cut it. First I thought of doing a variation on animal cake pops (such as these cute lambs by Bakerella) using a non-dairy recipe and chocolate instead of candy melts because of the convenience factor. However, the weather where the Bar Mitzvah will be is hot! and all that chocolate likely would end up on nice white shabbat shirts and fancy dresses given the under 5 set tendency to wipe hands on their parents rather than on napkins. Instead ...

First Mitzvah book Tutorial

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In honor of Parshat Yitro here is a tutorial of how to make a great Mitzvah baby book with photos of the different pages. I did not make it- it was made by one of the girls in my class. She wanted to make something for her new nephew and we came up with this idea. We looked at lots of different childrens books. She wanted to do something for now rather than when he was older. I suggested black on white since its easier for younger children to see, and I had been saving the plastics from wipes packages to use as the crinkle inside the baby book. ...