Crafts for Kids
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Recycled TP Tube Designer Vases Craft
I have to say, when I came up with this recycling craft idea for making artful vases from tp tubes I wasn’t expecting the results to be this wonderful! I have started crafting with small groups of boys twice a week, which means coming up with projects that will satisfy them, and the idea here…
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Let’s Draw The Airport Craft For Kids
This week with my small crafting club of 8 year old boys we spent some time learning how to draw airplanes, airport control towers, and other things one might see in the sky like parachutes and blimps, together with some trees and clouds to set the scene. Sadly, these sweet boys do not draw very…
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7 Craft Projects To Help Kids Develop Math Skills
Summertime is a great time to get the kids involved in some projects that you may not have had time for during the school year, so lets think about how to help our kids who may have challenges when it come to math. Yes, many kids and teens may need some extra help with math,…
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Quick Front Door Decor Craft For Lag B’Omer
If you’ve been paying attention, you may remember the ten plagues Passover cards I made a month plus ago? The art was mounted on gold cardboard that was actually some metallic gold cardbaord dessert platters left at my front door. And of course, after I cut out the flat middle I just had to save…
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Jewish Holiday Recycling Crafts For Kids
With Purim in just a week, and Passover to follow, now is the time to start thinking about a top to bottom yearly cleaning and organizing of our homes. While you may be tempted to toss it all, I recommend looking at your “garbage” with a eco-friendly eye on creativity, and as a way of…
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Recycling Winter Craft: Cereal Box Cardboard Umbrellas!
Introducing cereal box umbrellas to use in garlands, as gift tags, place cards, or art journaling fodder, just for starters! There is something so very cute about these umbrellas that the more the better, plus they are so much fun to make, not to mention great to have on hand for any party or decor…
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Watercolor Cut-Out Sea Animals Craft For Rosh HaShana!
Watercolor cut-out sea animals are just too much fun! Did you know that the fish is actually a symbol for Rosh HaShana? (We want to be like the head of the fish, not the tail!) With that in mind, and the fact that we say the prayer of tashlich preferably next to a body of…
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Giant Recycled Cardboard Waves Craft For Rosh HaShana
Yes of course, all things apples and pomegranates and honey make wonderful Rosh HaShana crafts and holiday decor, but this year with Rosh HaShana coming in less than a month I thought I’d start with something that brings attention to the wonderful Rosh HaShana tradition of saying Tashlich, which ideally happens next to a natural…
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Kid’s Craft For The “Three Weeks” of Mourning Leading Up to The 9th of Av
< I have pulled this post from the archives, as it is still a keeper so many years later! This year I did not acknowledge the beginning of the solemn 3 week period, which started on July 6th, so making up for that now……. Ten days ago, on July 6th, was the Jewish date of…
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DIY Giant Cardboard Shark Craft For Kids
Summer is the perfect time to delve into large scale crafts that kids can use to decorate a space, use as backdrops for a summer skit, or for creative play. While this is not my idea nor my photos, the photos are by Ron Lach, I just love this idea and all the creativity that…
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Pine Cone Animal Crafts for Any Age!
Take a walk and collect some pinecones……and then get those creative gears turning. You don’t have to be a child in summer camp to paint pine cones, it is a wonderful craft for any age, so enjoy, and yes, this was pulled from the archives that are stuffed to the brim and could use a…
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Pine Cone Pineapples Are The Perfect Summer Craft!
I have taken this craft out of the archives and dusted it off as it is a great partner to my pine cone animals post. Plus it truly is one of the cutest nature crafts ever, right? And pineapples can be any color, not just yellow as long as you have a few yellow…