Sara Rivka
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Cut Paper Western Wall (Kotel) Craft For Tisha B’Av
Another craft from way back when showing my boys tiny hands ten plus years ago……back then I posted this on the eve of the fast, this year you have at least three days to plan and execute this family friendly project! Here is what I wrote: Tonight is the solemn Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av,…
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Rebuilding The Beit HaMikdash Recycling Craft For Kids
I have pulled this post from the archives, as it is one of my all-time favorites for crafts for The Nine Days and for The 9th of Av, coming up on Monday night. Previously, I published this at the beginning of the three week mourning period, and this is what I wrote: Today is the…
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DIY Hiking And Camping Theme Birthday Cake
Have a friend or family member that loves hiking and climbing mountains? I have just the DIY hiking and camping theme cake decor idea for you, and truly it is quite a quick one, phew. My daughter just spent two weeks in the Western USA as a counselor for a hiking camp, that included Yosemite,…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Very scary times right now in Israel and in the world at large, and my only answer is to add more joy to the world with crafting and creativity. I've starting crafting with kids again, two smallish groups of grade school boys for now, and wow it so very very…
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Getting Lucky With A Blooming Sanseveria!
Yes indeed, my Sanseveria (snake plant or mother in law's tongue) is blooming yet again, and it is so very wonderful as the fragrance is truly unique and lovely, experienced mostly at night when the plant breathes. This year I've had more blooms than ever, with the total right now I think at 5 flower…
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Recycled TP Tube Designer Vases Craft
I have to say, when I came up with this recycling craft idea for making artful vases from tp tubes I wasn't expecting the results to be this wonderful! I have started crafting with small groups of boys twice a week, which means coming up with projects that will satisfy them, and the idea here…
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Mini Magazine Page Flowers Craft
Mini recycled magazine page chrysanthemums are just the sweetest and great anytime or for a special occasion! I could have sworn that i made larger versions of these a good ten years ago, but the only thing I found on my blog is a felt version of these, also wonderful! I had totally forgotten about…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now in another mourning period on the Jewish calendar, called "the three weeks" namely the weeks leading up to the Ninth of Av, which is the day in which the Holy Temple was destroyed. And now thousands of years later it…
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Oatmeal Can Airport Craft To Hold Paper Airplanes!
Introducing oatmeal can airports! I thought we'd wrap oatmeal cans with the airport art created last week, and make Q-tip airplanes to put inside, only the Q-tip airplanes I tried to make were a flop and didn't even fly, yikes, so much for that! But the boys didn't complain and made airplanes that don't fly,…
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Modular Origami Starbursts Make Perfect Succah Decorations!
Yes, you are reading correctly, modular origami starburts make great succah decorations, and now is the perfect stress-free time to delve into all kinds of paper crafts that can then be neatly saved and hung in the succah in a few months! I taught a group of 10 to 12 year old boys how to…
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Creative Ways to Use Mini Figurines in Home Decor
Mini figurines might be something you've collected over the years, or maybe they've just recently caught your attention? Either way, they can be so much more than dust collectors when you get the creative gears turning and use them to create unique DIY home decor. Of course depending on your DIY abilities, home decor might…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Summer is a great time to get crafting, with the kids, with friends, with neighbors or community groups, or even just as a little quiet time all for yourself! I've started hosting a group of 3rd grade boys once a week, which has…