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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here. While we are in the middle of a period called The Omer on the Jewish calender, which is a period of mourning with no music, haircuts, or weddings, there is a festive day within this period called Lag B’Omer, Lag meaning lamed gimmel, which is…
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Quilled Paper Bonfire Craft For Lag B’Omer
I have pulled this one out of the archives, yet again, because it is truly simple with great results, and right about NOW would be the time to make one, or a few! I had thought of doing this craft with my 6th grade craft students, but a colorful cardboard tube bonfire won out, so…
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Recycled Cardboard Tube Logs For Play Or Crafting!
With the festive Jewish holiday coming up in just a week, now is the time to get crafting, that certainly is happening around here on account of my 20 or so 4th, 5th and 6th grade (boys) students, who are keeping me literally on my toes! Last week we worked on drawing woodgrain patterns on…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! The festive Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer is coming up in less than two weeks, so now is the time to crafting! I’m busy making wood grained drawings with my students, some of whom loved the exercise and some of whom found it very difficult…….so when the fourth graders show…
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Bougainvillea In Bloom Once Again In My Northern Israel Container Garden
Yippee, my stunning magenta Bougainvillea is back in bloom after loosing all its leaves and sleeping during the coldest winter months. While Bougainvillea is a tropical plant it does do well in climates that have cool nights, like even San Francisco and my Northern Israel mountain location that is colder than San Francisco by quite…
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Drawing With Kids: Colorful Woodgrain Drawings To Use For Crafting
Having now drawn many A4 sheets of colorful wood grain drawings together with a total of 8 schoolboys aged 9-12, I can say that this is truly a great exercise, and one that is enjoyable and simple for some, and quite challenging and difficult for others. I did note that the boys who excell the…
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Fun Woodgrain Drawings For Crafting And Journaling
With the Jewish holiday of L’ag B’Omer coming up in 2 1/2 weeks, now is the time to get crafting, and continuing with last year’s woodgrain themed crafts, I’m now going down the path of wood grain, but adding color to the neutral crafts I made last year. And to my surprise, there are so…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! That period right after Passover is always a bit strange for me, with a “what now?” feeling, and yet, the Jewish holiday of L’ag B’Omer is in 3 weeks, so of course there are crafts to be made and my crafting groups for grade school…
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Is Your Child Struggling? How Tutoring Can Help
With today’s intense competition in the classroom, there are many children who unfortunately are struggling with schoolwork. Some parents may find themselves very concerned when their child finds a specific subject difficult and consequently lags behind the others. Thanks to the excellent approach of a variety of tutoring options, such as those offering tutoring in…
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DIY Scrapbook Paper Placemats – Elegant and Quick!
This year, right before Passover, I all of a sudden has a great need for some new vintage style dishes, which is very unlike me, as I’ve been using white Corelle-like dishes on my shabbat table for years, with a marbled pink glass first course plate which I was very happy with. Mind you both…
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Notes To Self For Passover 2026!
Above: The picture ledges in my kitchen “gallery” are adorned with a collection of wood and wicker, which I love, though truly must get back to the art, hmmmm, maybe the art will be hung elsewhere? While Passover itself is just 7 days long here in Israel, the month or at least 2-3 weeks before…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Phew, Passover is over for us here in Israel, while the holiday ends elsewhere in the world on Sunday night. It is always bittersweet to say goodbye to the week long holiday for which we prepare intensely, and I personally could also live without leavened…
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White Orchids Re-Bloom With Stunning Stalks!
While today (Sunday) is the last day of Passover everywhere in the world except in Israel, our holiday has now ended and so first thing this morning I watered the orchids in the sink, though I additionally spritz them with water every weekday morning as well as the kettle is warming up! This particular pot…
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Craft Schooling Sunday Is Taking A Passover Break, Will Return Next Week!
It is now officially the first day of Passover, and this message has been posted automatically, as I am blissfully unplugged and enjoying the holiday with my family, after slaving over the preparations just as we do every year, and with no regrets. We work hard, get a tiny taste of discomfort and then the…
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Passover Crochet: Ten Plagues Characters For The Seder!
Meet the adorable Ten Plagues characters that were crocheted when I should have been cleaning my studio, and now aforementioned studio needs a very quick clean up/box up as Passover is literally on our doorstep and everything must be ready by shabbat, phew! Okay, but honestly, this was a labor of love, that I sent…
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Passover Crochet: Amigurumi Pharoah With Boils!
I almost can’t believe it myself, as I don’t generally crochet tiny-ish things nor create my own patterns, but here we are! Introducing my crochet for Passover Ten Plagues character, Pharoah with boils, and boy does he look unhappy, those boils are downright uncomfortable! With just a few days to go until Passover I’m rushing…
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Passover Crochet: A Locust (Head) For The Passover Seder
With Passover coming at the end of this week, the pressure is on to finish up all the preparations, which in our case involve lots of cleaning, organizing and hard work! Of course I’m always dreaming of making new things for the holiday, and this year, while it was not at all practical, I ended…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now officially in the home stretch with Passover coming at the end of this week, and while there is so much left to do, we are actually in great shape as far as the kitchen and most of the house goes…
