Sara Rivka
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Spring has arrived here in Northern Israel, which is wonderful after a very very wet winter. While honestly the situation is very tense, not to mention very worrisome, I am grateful that I did not choose a home near the border of Lebanon, where roughly…
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DIY Top Tips: How to Create the Perfect Lion Mask
Thinking of getting the kids more involved in your next holiday celebration? Click here to find out how to do it with some fun lion masks.
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Harvest Your Own Rose Hips And Benefit From Their Amazing Qualities!
I have large white rose standards (a rose bush grafted onto a trunk to give a certain formal look that roses don't generally have) planted in a large built in container at the entrance to our home, and since I am generally very diligent about trimming off spent blooms, I almost never see rose hips…
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Grow Your Own Gorgeous Beet Greens From Beet Tops
Beets are so very good for you, and especially when oven roasted so that all the nutrients stay in the beet! Here in the Mediterranean beets are actually a staple in our diet, used primarily in cold salads. And growing your own beet greens is so very wonderful and so very very simple! Recently some…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! This past Friday and Shabbat were called "Purim Katan" and "Shushan Purim Katan" as on these days we are generally celebrating Purim and Shushan Purim, EXCEPT on leap year, when we have a whole extra month of Adar, and we celebrate the holidays during the…
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Is Art a Skill? 5 Ways Students Can Improve
The question of whether art is an innate talent or a skill that can be developed has been a topic of debate for centuries. On one side are those who believe that artistry is a gift, a magical ability with which one is born. On the other side are proponents of the idea that, like…
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DIY Gift Bag From Recycled Cereal Box
Last year I finally made some of my beloved recycled cereal box gift bags for Purim, and am sharing this again as Purim is exactly in one month, so start saving those cereal boxes now! It has been quite a while since I made gift bags from cereal boxes, but somehow after all the crafting…
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DIY Cardboard Castle Party Centerpiece Or Kid’s Toy!
I have once again dusted this one off as it is a keeper, and with Purim in one month, now is a great time to spoil the kids and the family with some extra crafting this year! Here is what I wrote two years ago: A fun DIY castle centerpiece made from recyclables is truly…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We have been having huge downpours of rain, which I always love and are helping to seriously fill our Lake Tiberius (the Kinneret) to levels not seen in years, which is a good thing, as it is major source of drinking water for…
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Origami Standup Horses Make Great Party Decor And Gift Basket Additions!
Pulling this one out of the archives from just last year, as it is truly fabulous, and I may just have to make some more! While origami butterflies were truly the theme this Purim, I did sneak in a bunch of origami horses which I ended up using in the festive food baskets for friends…
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Origami Butterflies Party Decor
Reposting this from last year, because with more time for Purim decorations this year, since we have a whole extra month of adar, you can make more butterflies than you'd ever dream of, so get to it! Mine are nicely packed away from last year and patiently waiting to fly off to this year's Purim…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Wishing everyone a Chodesh Tov, a good new Jewish month of Adar, which is a month filled with happiness and good things. And this year, because it is leap year, and on the Jewish lunar calendar we need to add a whole extra month to…