Crafts: Paper
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Cupcake Liner Flowers Bouquet With Floral Paper Is Beyond Adorable!
Introducing a cuter than cute craft that can be easily made in multiples and in any size you like, with out a huge time investment. My crafting students made a bunch of cupcake liner flowers for a Shavuot project and those that had between three to five left over were able to make a bouquet…
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DIY Bouquet From Paper Flowers And Quilling
It has been quite a few years since I delved into quilling, and thought I’d give it a try with my students to make some lovely paper bouquets for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Shavuot. I decided to combine paper flowers with quilling for the best results, as quilling requires a level of acuracy that…
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DIY Bouquet Of Paper Roses Wall Art
With the festive Jewish holiday of Shavuot coming up in a week and a half-ish, now is the time to get crafting, and specifically all things flowers and botanica to remind us of the lush Mt. Sinai where the Torah was given. It has been a while since I’ve done any quilling, and while this…
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Simple Cupcake Liner Chrysanthemums For Shavuos!
With the Jewish holiday of Shavuos and all things floral and greenery coming up in just two weeks, now is the time to get crafting! And delving into the kitchen cabinets for art supplies is often a truly great idea, especially for me and the box of Kath Kidston cupcake liners I’ve had on hand…
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Quilled Paper Bonfire Craft For Lag B’Omer
I have pulled this one out of the archives, yet again, because it is truly simple with great results, and right about NOW would be the time to make one, or a few! I had thought of doing this craft with my 6th grade craft students, but a colorful cardboard tube bonfire won out, so…
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Recycled Cardboard Tube Logs For Play Or Crafting!
With the festive Jewish holiday coming up in just a week, now is the time to get crafting, that certainly is happening around here on account of my 20 or so 4th, 5th and 6th grade (boys) students, who are keeping me literally on my toes! Last week we worked on drawing woodgrain patterns on…
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DIY Scrapbook Paper Placemats – Elegant and Quick!
This year, right before Passover, I all of a sudden has a great need for some new vintage style dishes, which is very unlike me, as I’ve been using white Corelle-like dishes on my shabbat table for years, with a marbled pink glass first course plate which I was very happy with. Mind you both…
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Simple Origami Pears Craft For Tu B’Shevat
The festive Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, The Jewish New Year for Fruit Bearing Trees, is coming up on Wednesday night, so now is THE time to get crafting! And while you might like to fill up your table with a vast array of wonderful fruits and nuts to honor the holiday, why not make…
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Origami Cherries And Strawberries For Tu B’Shevat!
This craft is just so adorable and so very simple! I’ve been making these cherries with my crafting students and even children as young as 7 or 8 can easily fold the origami balloon that is needed. And while we’ve used the idea to make cherries here, you can make just about any fruit using…
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DIY Paper Candle Chanukah Menorah Craft
If you are looking for a great craft to whip up now for the last two nights of Chanukah, this is the one! And best of all, the candles are so simple to save for next year! I actually made these paper candles last year for my recycled liquor bottle candlestick table-scape, and this year…
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Origami Stars And Dreidels Chanukah Garland Craft
I’m so very proud of this ten year old student of mine, who came up with his own great ideas for how to decorate the origami Jewish stars and origami dreidels that we made over the course of a few weeks in the after schooling crafting studio I’ve been running. While the origami dreidel is…
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Recycled Liquor Bottles With Festive Paper Candles Craft
Pulling this out of the archives from last year as it is truly a keeper, and looks amazing as a centerpiece, the more the better! Here is what I wrote just a year ago, though seems like so much longer: It is true, I made these recycled liquor bottle candesticks for a Chanukah party that…