Crafts: Drinking Straws

  • Dreidel Craft With Drinking Straws

    Dreidel Craft With Drinking Straws

    Dusted this post off after pulling it from the archives, and now i think I need to buy some fun paper straws and get to work! Here is what I wrote when i originally posted this: Plastic drinking straws have been outlawed in California indicating that they are not a good thing for our environment,…

  • DIY Nickname Cake Toppers Using Art Journal Lettering

    My baby just turned 18, and for a quick cake in my usual style I came up with the idea of making cake toppers from all the nicknames he had as a child…….I have to say I love the results and the cake looked quite cute! The lettering idea came about as I’ve been working…

  • Chanukah Dreidel Craft With Drinking Straws

    Chanukah Dreidel Craft With Drinking Straws

    Plastic drinking straws have been outlawed in California indicating that they are not a good thing for our environment, and they are not available at our IKEA in Israel, which means not at any IKEA? Hopefully that is the case! So friends, if you don’t have any on hand for this Hanukkah craft, PLEASE use…

  • Drinking Straw Hanukkah Menorah Craft

    Drinking Straw Hanukkah Menorah Craft

    I am re-posting this adorable craft from the archives, and since plastic drinking straws are no longer something one should purchase due to ecological havoc, please do the same craft with paper straws! Hanukkah crafts made from plastic drinking straws are so much fun and a great way to recycle! I have already share with…

  • Drinking Straw Menorah Craft Is Beyond Adorable!

    Drinking Straw Menorah Craft Is Beyond Adorable!

    Hanukkah crafts made from plastic drinking straws are so much fun and a great way to recycle! I have already share with you my Hanukkah drinking straw wall hanging, or why not call it a Hanukkah mobile? And now, for one of the favourite results of playing around with drinking straws, I present to you…

  • Drinking Straw Hanukkah Wall Hanging Craft

    Drinking Straw Hanukkah Wall Hanging Craft

    Hanukkah which we call Chanukah actually, is quickly approaching, but there is still time to make a fun drinking straw wall hanging to add a very festive touch to your home! This week I have shared with you how to make drinking straw dreidels, drinking straw starbursts, drinking straw diamond starbursts, and now I present…

  • Drinking Straw Diamond Starburst Ornament

    Drinking Straw Diamond Starburst Ornament

    We are on a roll with the elements you’ll need to assemble a fun Hanukkah wall hanging made from drinking straw ornaments, so far we’ve learned how to make a drinking straw dreidel and a drinking straw starburst, and I now introduce to you the “diamond starburst.” When one is combining a bunch of elements…

  • Drinking Straw Starburst Ornament

    Drinking Straw Starburst Ornament

    Let’s recycle all those plastic straws that we may be using (if not recycling, use what you may have on hand or buy paper ones, please!) and make some wonderful and festive decorations! I’ll be using straws to make a whole bunch of Hanukkah ornaments for a wall hanging, but of course this idea could…

  • Drinking Straw Dreidel Ornament

    Drinking Straw Dreidel Ornament

    Plastic drinking straws have been outlawed in California indicating that they are not a good thing for our environment, so if you don’t have any on hand for this Hanukkah craft, PLEASE use paper instead. I happen to have many many bags of plastic drinking straws from IKEA so stay tuned for a bunch of…

  • DIY Cake Flowers From Plastic Straws

    DIY Cake Flowers From Plastic Straws

    If you ever find yourself trying to decorate a cake in say ten minutes, you have come to the right place, as this is my quickest (and maybe even cutest) cake decoration idea yet! All you need are some plastic (or possibly paper) straws and some scissors and a few minutes, and voila, cute cake…

  • How To Make A Quick Plastic Straw Cake Banner

    How To Make A Quick Plastic Straw Cake Banner

    Introducing the cutest cake banner ever made in about 5 minutes, literally! I had to whip up some decorations as a surprise for my son’s birthday, and with shabbos quickly approaching I literally had no time, and yet the results all in all where some of my best yet, go figure! Truthfully sticking with just…

  • Drinking Straw Starbursts Make Perfect Birthday Centerpieces

    Drinking Straw Starbursts Make Perfect Birthday Centerpieces

    Here it is, the simplest birthday centerpiece with the greatest WOW value, drinking straw starbursts! And best of all, they aren’t just for birthdays, I just realized if you have gold or silver straws you could actually make some drinking straw starbursts worthy of a wedding, an anniversary or any event that requires a touch…