Birthday Decorations

  • Modular Origami Starbursts Make Perfect Succah Decorations!

    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…

  • Watercolor Fruit Cut-Outs Birthday Bouquet

    Watercolor Fruit Cut-Outs Birthday Bouquet

    Looking for a cute fruit themed birthday centerpiece or artful bouquet for any occasion? How about painting some watercolor mosaic fruit, cutting them out and using them to make a festive bouquet? Really so simple with wonderful results, and you can certainly make quite a few for an event, and make each item two-sided so…

  • Watercolor Mosaic Fruit Cut-Outs Are The Perfect Summer Craft

    Watercolor Mosaic Fruit Cut-Outs Are The Perfect Summer Craft

    Yes it is true, watercolor mosaic fruit have stolen my heart, can you blame me? First it was watercolor mosaic strawberries, then watercolor pineapple cutouts, and now watercolor mosaic fruit, like grapes, oranges and lemons! Creating patterns with watercolor is so very relaxing, and when those patterns are random and fill fruit shapes such that…

  • Watercolor Pineapple Cut-Outs For Summer Party Decor

    Watercolor Pineapple Cut-Outs For Summer Party Decor

    Looking for a relaxing summer craft that you can use for summer decor, or set aside for some unknown future use? I'd recommend watercolor cut-outs, and in this case pineapples! I've already shared with you watercolor strawberry cutouts and of course, last year I made quite a few watercolor floral cutouts, that are just lovely.…

  • Watercolor Strawberries Festive Garland For Every Occasion!

    Watercolor Strawberries Festive Garland For Every Occasion!

    The festive Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which includes lots of cheese and milk dishes (not eaten at the same meal as meat) also might include strawberries and summer fruit, as it just goes together, and strawberries are just festive. Of course crafted watercolor mosaic strawberries are even more festive than the real thing, and you…

  • Watercolor Mosaic Strawberries To Cut Out For Crafting

    Watercolor Mosaic Strawberries To Cut Out For Crafting

    One of the cutest things I've made lately, and so very simple……introducing watercolor mosaic strawberries, to whip up in basket's full, just in time for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot! These watercolor strawberries require only the simplest supplies, and the results are so fun. Use them on garlands, as cake toppers, as napkin rings or…

  • Egg Carton Fox Portraits Craft

    Egg Carton Fox Portraits Craft

    So friends, it turns out that egg carton animal portraits are so very very fun to make, I just had to keep going after the leopard egg carton animal portraits craft that I shared with you last week. I went on to make a bunch of lions, like the one here, and then, flipped the…

  • Toilet Paper Roll Birdy Gift Topper

    Toilet Paper Roll Birdy Gift Topper

    Last week I shared with you my toilet paper tube birdy gift tag, and now I'm sharing a few photos to show you how I used it! Truthfully, while I am not a fan of cellophane, that is the gift wrap of choice here in Israel, so sometimes you just gotta go with the flow……of…

  • Egg Carton Animal Portrait Craft

    Egg Carton Animal Portrait Craft

    With Purim in less than a week, now is time to get crafting friends, and I've started with making egg carton animal portraits that are mini works of art that will also be gift tags for my mishloach manot! The four here were the first 4 of a group that is now 21 strong, so…

  • Plastic Bottle Gift Basket With Plastic Bag Yarn!

    Plastic Bottle Gift Basket With Plastic Bag Yarn!

    I have to say, this is truly a fabulous craft, whether you use plastic bag yarn, or regular yarn, with results that are perfect for Purim gift giving or anytime. I think I need to make some! I am reposting this from a few good years back, enjoy! I am so excited to share with…

  • Plastic Bag Pom Pom Centerpiece

    Plastic Bag Pom Pom Centerpiece

    Last week I shared with you how to make DIY yarn from plastic bags, and now I've used that yarn to make one of my all time favorite recycling crafts, plastic bag pom poms! Not only do they use up all the plastic bags that are still in use in my corner of the world…

  • Origami Butterfly Medallions With Pom Poms Party Decor

    Origami Butterfly Medallions With Pom Poms Party Decor

    Last year I created hundreds of origami butterflies for Purim, and our community Purim party, and then ended up making many pom pom bordered medallions with some of the butterflies. After using the medallions to decorate my own home for Purim, I packed them away nicely in a box, and tadah they were ready for…