Crafts: nature

  • Fun With Wax Paper: Pressed Leaf And Flower Art!

    Here’s another great craft activity using just wax paper and fresh leaves and flowers! This activity has two parts, making it that much more fun, and time consuming, usually a good thing right about now? First take a nature walk and collect leaves and flowers, and then use the things you’ve collected to make beautiful…

  • Summer Crafting: Painted Stick Snakes. SSSSSSSSS!

    Here it is, the perfect summer craft for the snake lovers in your life! Isn’t this great? I can say that since I didn’t make it. All you need is some acrylic craft paint and a good eye for finding perfect sticks! The sticks you’ll need should just be sling-shot shaped— you can break or…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Cut-Paper Silhouettes from Nature: Great for Card Making Too!

    Crafting with leaves is generally designated for Fall when the leaves are falling, but I’ve decided that Spring is a great time to celebrate leaves as well, don’t you think? And when you use bright and/or pastel colors your projects will naturally look like Spring! Leaves are a wonderful source of design inspiration and I’ll…

  • Tissue Paper Blossoms On Real Branches: Stunning!

    Tissue paper blossoms glued to real branches look like the real thing, only you can enjoy them for years! I’ve had these for over a year and a half, and they’ve been transported several times to various functions and they’re still looking fine. I found these branches on the side of the road, a by-product…

  • Decorating With Sticks and Cones (For Tu B’Shevat!)

    In case you are wondering why this bundle of sticks is propped against the wall, well the real honest answer is that I just don’t own a vase big enough to hold them! So while I do like the way these look, you might want to plan ahead before creating an arrangement like this one!…

  • Summer Crafts For Kids: Rock Painting!

    A number of moms have requested ideas for hot-summer-afternoon craft projects, so here’s another idea I think might go over really well with the little ones, and is interesting enough to capture the attention of a child of any age. And while you’re at it Mom, sit down and do some creating yourself. This makes…