Crafts for Kids

  • An Artful Mount Sinai: A Great Collage Project For Shavuos!

    Here we are…..all 600,000 of us adults…..waiting to receive the Torah from Har Sinai! The holiday of Shavuos celebrates this amazing event that happened 3,700 years ago, which in itself is amazing! For Pesach I created a crossing the Red Sea diorama of sorts, here, and fully intended to do something similar for Shavous, but…

  • A Field Of Cupcake Liner Flowers (For Shavous!)

    I just love this field of cupcake liner flowers, and we had so much fun making this piece of art to decorate our house for the upcoming holiday of Shavous. So sit down with the kids and make the grown-up version here, for your table, while the kids are having fun applying color to a…

  • Make A Fig-Leaf Windchime To Enjoy Outdoors!

    Now that the weather has warmed up for most of us, it's time to start thinking about crafting projects for our outdoor areas! And with the Jewish holiday of Shavuos coming up in a couple of weeks, I'm thinking about craft projects that celebrate flowers and greenery. I know, a fired ceramic wind chime isn't…

  • Colorful Cupcake Liner Flowers: Festive and Fun!

    Cupcake liner flowers are one of those crafts that just make you smile! What's not to love? A few days ago I showed you some romantic carnation-like versions here. So now I thought I'd share this little colorful bouquet, made the same way just with the addition of some blue-striped liners and some bright paint.…

  • Crafting with Sticks: A Bonfire Ready For L’Ag B’Omer!

    For those of you who might be wondering, L'Ag B'Omer is a very exciting holiday here in Israel and especially for those of us who live up north and can easily make the trip to Meron. What, where, who? It's like this: l'ag stands for the hebrew letters lamed and gimmel, which stands for the…

  • Fun and Sculptural Modeling Clay Artwork That The Kids Can Make Themselves!

      After the heaviness of the previous post, I thought something cheerful might be nice. And thanks to my almost eight year old daughter (and her teacher) I have this interesting project to share with you! I should say that I'm normally not in favor of these "paint by number" type of school projects where…

  • Grass Roots Crafting! (A Fun Kid’s Project with Grass Seed)

    A few months ago I bought these Chia Pet cousins at the dollar store. We enjoyed seeing our little friends grow hair, and I of course started thinking that we should really try to make our own version of this! And then lo and behold, a reader shared a wonderful project doing just that (on…

  • Kid’s Crafts For Pesach: Krias Yam Suf (The Splitting Of The Red Sea) Diorama!!

    Yippee! The Red Sea has split and were going through! Phew, that was a close call with those Egyptians right on our tails! But who can think about that now, this is amazing! We're so happy, what a miracle! We're on our way to freedom from slavery in Egypt, that's one of the reasons we're…

  • Fit For Royalty: Use Glass Paint To Create Stunning Wine Glasses For Pesach!

    Wine glasses play an important role in our Pesach Seder, as during the course of the reading of the Haggadah, we drink four glasses of wine (or grapejuice, but this year the wine sounds pretty good to me!) So it sure makes sense to set your table with something festive and royal and at the…

  • Pom Pom Critters For Pesach Or Anytime!

    In case you are wondering what frogs and caterpillars have to do with Pesach, well let me tell you! A caterpillar actually has nothing to do with Pesach unless you decide he's really a locust or a wild beast, but frogs actually have an important role in the Pesach Seder, as the perpetrators in the…

  • Printing With Leaves: A Celebration of Spring!

    Where can you find more gorgeous examples of design than from nature itself? I promised you leaf projects this week, so here's another idea for you to make your own! You can print with leaves on paper or even on fabric (using fabric paint) and create truly beautiful works of art that celebrate the great…

  • Recycle Cups & Make A Fun Noise Maker For Purim (Or Your Next Rhythm Project!)

    Here's a fun project to do with the kids today or tomorrow in preparation for Purim which starts Saturday night. (The exception being that Purim is celebrated Sunday night in Jerusalem.) I did this one, but kids can certainly have fun applying stickers and tape themselves. The noise maker or grogger is a classic Purim…