Blog Party: 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…

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…

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…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With summer well under way, now is the time to get those creative gears turning rather than surrender to the laziness hot weather can bring? You’ll thank me! I’ve started hosting some 3rd grade boys once a week for a crafting session and…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Thanks so much for joining me here! Today is Rosh Chodesh the first day of the month of the Jewish month of Tammuz. Wishing everyone a Chodesh Tov, a good new month, and may we witness peace and good health for all! Take advantage of the long summer days to…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With the month of June already under our belts now is the time to get serious about those summer crafting projects! You know, the ones to take along and the ones to work on at home! Crochet anyone? Flower pressing? Mosaic? Sketchbook practice?…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Summer heat has come to my corner of the world, meaning staying indoors and crafting is all I want to do! I think I need to whip up some crocheted pineapple bags and then I’ve been thinking about macrame plant hangers for my porch, you…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With summer now in full force and the weather to prove it, here in Northern Israel, it is time to spend hot days indoors getting creative! I always say that summer is a great time to explore something new, as well as make…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! The period of Counting the Omer will be over in just a few days, and then on Tuesday night we will usher in the joyful holiday of Shavuot, that celebrates the receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai.  For Shavuot we decorate our…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! With the festive holiday of Shavuot (that celebrates the receiving on the Torah) coming in just a week and a half, now is the time to start preparing, whether it might be crafts for yourself, or the kids, table decor or special dairy treats or…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! In just one week, on Saturday night, we will usher in the festive holiday of L’Ag B’Omer, a holiday that occurs during the middle of a mourning period, and a day in which 3 year old boys are given their first haircut, and…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! We are now in the period on the Jewish calendar called Sefirat HaOmer, a time of mourning without music and celebration which is in any case, very unfortunately very appropriate this year. For the past few years I’ve been creating art journals during this period…