Crafts for Kids
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No Sew Fleece: A Super Simple Doll Blanket Kids Can Make Too!
The cooler weather has arrived, and suddenly the desire to craft has hit me like a storm, which means it is certainly a great time to share with you some no sew fleece crafts! Lets start with this super simple and adorable fleece doll blanket, that is a great fleece craft for kids as well,…
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Cut Paper Rooster Craft For Yom Kippur!
Yom Kippur is almost here and by some small miracle I was able to grab my 9 year old son this morning to create a cut paper rooster picture for Yom Kippur. Roosters are a great thing to illustrate anytime, and they happen to be a Jewish symbol for atonement, which is what Yom Kippur…
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Stamped Polka Dot Wrapping Paper For A Ping Pong Birthday Party
Homemade wrapping paper using blank newsprint paper and simple bright green children's paint was the perfect compliment to the ping pong themed birthday party that I made for my 11 year old son just before Rosh HaShana. And while we are not big on birthday gifts in our home, I thought I'd surprise the birthday…
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Stuffed Paper Apples Craft For Kids
I just love this stuffed paper apple craft with stamped images, a reader's verions of my stuffed polka dot apple craft that I shared with you all last week! The story goes like this. Today I received a wonderful email from a reader, Katherine Herrera of Fairfax Virginia, who informed me that their family had a…
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Recycled Plastic Cup Apples!
Yippee, I have managed to squeeze out one last recycling craft for you before the end of the Jewish year — introducing recycled plastic cup apples! Maybe just in time to whip up to grace your Rosh HaShana table, or as a fun idea for making succah decorations. These little reycled plastic cup apples don't…
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Stuffed Polka Dot Apple Craft For Kids
A polka dot stuffed paper apple is the perfect craft to do with little ones, and children as old as first or second grade can certainly do the whole apple craft themselves, maybe with just a bit of help. Make giant stuffed apples or medium sized ones, the more the better! Rosh Hashana is approaching…
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Doodling On Paper Plates Craft For Anytime!
Doodling on paper plates is just about one of the simplest craft ideas I've every come up with, and yet it is really so much fun! So put out some plates and even something as simple as ball point pens, and watch as everyone gets to work decorating their plates! I actually did this drawing…
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Travel Journals For Kids!
At the beginning of our month long vacation I had the idea that maybe my three littlest would enjoy making travel journals to document our adventures, in Canada and the United States. And guess what? It was a huge success, as all three, ages 12, 10 and 9 diligently recorded our activities, well at least…
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Super Sweet Bat Mitzvah Greetings From A Nine Year Old…..
On Sunday, my darling daughter, who is now becoming so grown up became Bat Mitzvah! As you can well imagine we were super busy with the preparations, but in the end I really didn't have much time for crafting decorations as a huge chunk of time went into making an entertaining slide show with voiceover…
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A Very Jewish Summer: Craft Foam Succah Lanterns!
Welcome to my contribution for "A Very Jewish Summer", craft foam succah lanterns! When I was asked to participate in this blog hop with four other great Jewish bloggers, and to come up with something that says "Jewish" and "summer" I immediately thought about using lazy summer days to prepare for the holidays in a…
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A First Machine Sewing Project: Felt Jewelry Pouches
Because of my somewhat mysterious aversion to sewing on a sewing machine, which I'm at long last overcoming, (phew!) I am now introducing my almost 12 year old daughter to the idea of how great sewing can truly be in one's life, not just for creative projects but also for simple things like hemming boy's…
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Paper Mache Bird Craft For All Ages
My crafting a future boys group ages 7-12 have been busy making some paper mache birds! I have to say, this project was a bit challenging for them, but not a soul complained about the fact that during their creation they didn't really look like birds ! (And some still need a bit of help,…