Crafts: Paper

  • Ten Plagues Passover Craft For Kids

    Last week at Crafting A Future, my group of fearless crafters, namely boys ages 7-10 enthusiastically spent a few hours making a fun ten plagues passover craft! This is actually a mini version of the Ten Plagues Placards that I made a few years back, and certainly a little easier for kids to make themselves.…

  • Passover Craft For Kids: Four Cups Of Wine Paper Doll Chain

    Yesterday at Crafting A Future, my lively group of boys ages 7-10 had a great time making this four cups  Passover wall hanging craft, and I have to say, the results really are adorable! I was inspired by the dancing wine goblets I made some years ago, but needed a way to make them into…

  • Tissue Paper Collage Cannisters

    This is a kid’s craft that is just in time for Purim, using recycled oatmeal cans to make gift baskets.

  • Tissue Paper Collage Clown Craft For Purim!

    This week's art lessons for kids was all about tissue paper collage. For five plus hours there were previously art deprived kids at my long dining room table creating all kinds of projects using tissue paper and watered-down glue for the first time in their lives! A great feeling and something I hope to do…

  • Make A Mini Purim Costumes Clothesline!

      Yesterday's craft project at Crafting A Future, (which I did with about 20 kids total) to make a mini Purim costumes clothesline was a great success! I'm so happy to share with you some of the results, and am enjoying looking at the one that my eight year old made, now hanging in our…

  • Make A Mask For Purim From A Round Piece Of Cardboard

    This week at Crafting A Future, after my 1st and 2nd grade students made clowns and cats and buterflies and fish with woven paper bodies, I gave the 4th-6th grade group the challenge of making a decorative mask for Purim, starting with a round piece of cardboard, which is actually half of a recycled frozen…

  • Weaving Paper Strips And Making Decorations For Purim

    Yesterday at Crafting A Future I welcomed several groups of girls and a group of boys into my home for some more art lessons, and we had a great time! With the 1st , 2nd and 3rd grade girls we made woven elipses from recycled cardboard, and then turned those into fish, (for the month…

  • Simple Origami Birds For Kids

    Yippee, I at long last was able to catch a few kids and get them to sit down and learn to fold some simple origami birds, just in time to hang some around our house for this shabbat, which is called "shabbat shira" and in which we give thanks to the birds for some help…

  • Rosh HaShana Card Craft For Kids

    Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year is in just one week, so while we're still recovering from a month away from home, the holiday isn't going to wait for us. It's time to get in a little crafting to build the anticipation for this wonderful two day holiday that this year is back to back…

  • Stuffed Paper Hearts On A Stick, For Fun Summer Centerpieces

    I was recently asked to make some simple centerpieces which included hearts, so I came up with these stuffed paper hearts on a stick, which are simple to make and lots of fun. Plus you can send guests home with them as party favors, or add messages if you wish. My hearts looked a little…

  • Cut Paper Collage For Tisha B’Av

    Tonight is the solemn Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av, (which commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem) and as with all holidays we try to get in the mood, whether it be joyful or the extreme opposite in this case, by doing a little crafting. Yesterday I had four boys hanging around and…

  • Tissue Paper And Cupcake Liner Collage For Kids

    Last night before dinner I finally had the brain power to pull out just a few supplies and set two of my kids up with a tissue paper and cupcake liner collage craft. We've taken a little break from the crafting on account of my busy schedule, but it's been too long and the kids…