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How To Make “Ugly” Chanukah Sweaters With My Download!
How to make “ugly” Chanukah sweaters with my download digital craft kit? Okay, first of all these sweaters are far from “ugly” but in my attempt to get this wonderful craft idea/kit out to the masses one has to use wording that others might use when searching for just this idea. I’d call them festive…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! With Chanukah coming in just two weeks, now is the time to get crafting! So please take a look at my digital craft kits now for sale in my Etsy shop, with a new Cross Stitch Sweaters download that is just precious! The features are…
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Watch Wonderful Brown Pelicans In Pacifica, California
Watching groups and flocks of birds, especially together with a stunning coastline and crashing surf is one of my favorite things to do! So of course we love to watch wonderful brown pelicans in Pacifica, California, (click that to see many posts on this wonderful location) and have enjoyed doing so from the window of…
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How To Make Adorable Cardboard Chanukah Sweaters With My Digital Craft Kit
Now at last you can learn how to make adorable cardboard chanukah sweaters with my digital craft kit now for sale in my Etsy shop. The downloadable file is 25 pages long, filled with more options than you’ll ever need, plus sweater blanks, sweaters in 5 sizes (for every family member, with their initial?) and…
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How To Make A Nesting Dreidel Mobile
Now is the time to start thinking about Chanukah crafting and maybe even how to make a series of fun nesting dreidel mobiles? Fill your home with colorful nesting dreidels, hung as garlands or mobiles, or even use the digital download as wrapping paper! There’s a plain version, so you can do a doodle version,…
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How To Make Truly Healthy Chocolate Date Balls With Quinoa
How to make truly healthy chocolate almond date balls with quinoa? Is there such a thing? Yes indeed, because I came up with this recipe, make it nearly every week, and it is actually healthy! Meaning no processed sugar or oil together with the healthy stuff. You can truly feel fine about eating these, though…
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How To Buy The Right Supplies To Bake Sour Dough Bread With Success!
News Flash: I have at long last made my first batch of sour dough bread, a good year after actually purchasing cast iron pots! I decided to do it together with a friend in order to keep myself accountable, and that idea was the key to crossing the finish line! That and asking a friend…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for stopping by! Chodesh Tov, wishing you a great new Jewish month of Kislev, the month in which we celebrate Chanukah! I am crafting up a storm and a huge mess with my 24 students (in 3 sessions) and so there is more Chanukah crafting going on than ever!…
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How To Paint Polka Dot Patterns On Paper Bags With Q-Tips !
Whether you want to use up or re-use some simple brown paper lunch bags, or even better, recycle larger brown paper. bags, you can create festive gift wrap or gift bags with the addition of some festive Q-tip painted patterns! I had planned to create a whole Q-tip painting primer with patterns and ideas, but…
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How To Make Layered Origami Dreidels
Origami dreidels are quickly becoming an all-time favorite Chanukah craft, but what to do with them you might ask? Well friends, here is one fabulous idea to take your origami dreidels to the next level, and that is dimensional origami dreidels, meaning gradated sizes attached to one another such that the layers looks like they…
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How To Crochet A 6 Pointed Star For Holiday Crafting
With all the paper crafting going on around here, it is time to give one of my great loves, crochet, a bit of attention! Crocheted items have always been a big part of our family Chanukah celebrations as I have a long-standing tradition of making crocheted gelt pouches and baskets, to gift on the first…
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How To Make A Felted Mug Cozy For Chanukah!
This How To Make A Felted Mug Cozy for Chanukah tutorial is truly a keeper, and timeless to boot! I actually made these many moons ago, and yet find myself sharing them again because felting is wonderful, and a handmade mug cozy is not only a great way to get familiar with felting, it also…
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How To Make Origami Dreidels For Chanukah Crafting
If you’ve been following my crafting adventures over the years, you’ll surely recognize the fact that I love origami, so writing once again about how to make origami dreidels for your chanukah crafting just comes oh so naturally! And of course I’ve just finished teaching my 3rd and 4th grade students how to fold these,…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With Chanukah coming in just one month I’m diving head first into the crafting, with my students and for our home, and hoping to also add some more digital downloads to my Etsy shop, at long last…….this new blog has certainly inspired me…
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Enjoy Flocks Of Stunning Seagulls In Pacifica, California
As you may well know, we just love Pacifica, California and at the very least it is the perfect place to enjoy flocks of stunning seagulls! There is nothing quite like the Northern California coast, and in Pacifica we have many opportunities to watch birds of all kinds, which is so very exciting. Previouslu I…
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How To Make A Stand-Up Chanukah Menorah: Digital File Now In The Shop!
Now is the time to start thinking about Chanukah crafting and maybe even how to make a stand-up chanukah menorah? How about filling the house with some fun stand-up Hanukkah menorahs that you can make using recycled cereal box cardboard? Using my Chanukah menorah digital craft kit, which you can purchase here, you can make…
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How To Make A Chanukah Menorah Collage Craft For Kids
A few days ago I shared with you how to make cardboard chanukah menorahs, namely my version, and now I’m so excited to share with you how to make a chanukah menorah collage craft for kids. These are the results of doing this craft with fifteen 3rd and 4th grade schoolboys, and wow, it is…
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How To Make A Felted Chanukah Menorah Wall Hanging
Looking for a fun Hanukkah craft to make this year? I made this felted chanukah menorah wall hanging eight years ago, and it still looks great, and I wish I had some wool felt on hand right now to make another one, as it is so much fun! Hanukkah decorations made with wool felt and…
