Crafts for Kids
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Origami Heart That Is Simple For Kids Too!
It is true, we do not celebrate Valentines Day, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy making some heart themed crafts to spread the love, and origami hearts seem truly perfect right about now! And the good news is that kids around 8 years old and up can make these origami hearts after some explanation…
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Tu B’Shevat Tissue Paper Luminaries Craft
Celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish new year for the trees, with fun tea light holders that are so simple to make, you can whip up a whole orchard for your holiday table !! Tu B’Shevat celebrations include a festive meal where an array of fresh and dried fruits are eaten. Kids can help make this…
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Another Handpainted Poster, This Time All By Himself!
This large sign that my son painted says “Yom Huledet Sameach” meaning happy birthday, and I am sharing his sweet wishes for a family birthday to make a point, which is that sometimes when parents do a project together with a child, like the Hanukkah poster we painted together, it gives the child enough confidence…
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Geometric Woven String Star Gift Toppers And Place Cards
Geometric string stars are so fun to weave, and they also happen to look great at gift toppers and gift tags! I just love how they look on my hand stamped olive branch wrapping paper, and if you’re making them for your own family, well, you can save them afterwards to make a geometric string…
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Cereal Box Menorahs Made By 2nd Graders!
Aren’t these cereal box menorahs made by some second grade boys from the Western Galil in Israel just the cutest? They were made as part of a crafting hour for a group of five boys, and with the help of two mothers, and using my Hanukkah menorah template printable. I really love how they took…
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Hanukkah Craft: Make Gorgeous Potato Print Wrapping Paper
I have a little secret for you, traditional potato print wrapping paper just moved up a notch with a new technique which I used to make this olive branch wrapping paper for Hanukkah! Check out my post right here on Houzz.com for complete instructions. I have to say, I just love it, and while I…
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Hanukkah Craft For Kids: Festive Driedel Garlands Using Drinking Straws
On a recent trip to Ikea, I just couldn’t resist buying quite a few packages of jumbo drinking straws in fabulous colors. At the time I thought I’d use them to make succah decorations, but fortunately that didn’t happen, as now we’re using them to make lots of Hanukkah crafts, starting with this drinking straw…
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Hanukkah Kid’s Craft: Cut Paper Greeting Cards
With Hanukkah about five weeks away, now is a great time to get crafting, starting with some fun holiday cards so that you’ll have time to send them to loved ones! One our our favorite way to make cards is with cut paper, as all you need is a glue stick, some scissors and some…
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Simple Mediterranean Harvest Watercolor Paintings For All Ages
With all the pumpkin crafts and fall harvest related themes floating around the web right now (and of course posted on Craft Schooling Sunday), I thought I’d share some Mediterranean harvest watercolor paintings as an alternative to all the orange pumpkins and colored fall leaves crafts which only really apply to a relatively small portion…
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Mini Torah Scrolls Craft For Simchat Torah!
Here in Israel, the joyful holiday of simchat torah begins tonight, (it begins tomorrow night outside of Israel) so there is no better time than to keep the kids busy with the simply cute mini torah scrolls craft! While many do not craft during the week of succot, I do believe that if you are…
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Make Mini Decorative Yarn Balls To Use Instead Of Pom Poms!
I am on a missions to make quick decorations for our succah (less than one week to go and not many free days, yikes!) that will also diminish my odds and ends of yarn. For starters instead of laboring over pom poms, I’m making tons of small decorative yarn balls which look great, and I’m…

