Crafts: Paper
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Op Art Craft For Kids: A Dimensional Hand Drawing
Looking for a interesting craft with simple supplies for all ages from 8 (or so) and up? How about creating Op art dimensional hand drawings? This is the second time I’ve tried this line drawing exercise with young kids, 12 years ago I did it with my 7, 8 and 9 year olds and last…
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Simple Origami Sailboat Craft For Kids
Stand up origami sailboats are fun to make and wonderful as a group project, as they look great together! Learning origami is a great summer activity for kids, and this sailboat is simple enough for 7 or 8 year olds, or even younger. Paper sailboats can be used in wall hangings, as cake toppers or…
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Mixed Media Watercolor Collage Gift Tags Craft
Looking for a fun craft that you could work on during tiny pockets of time, or do with a bunch of kids or friends? How about something that can be used in so many ways and be easily stored to be pulled out when needed. Love art journaling and the idea of putting things in…
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DIY Bonfire Cake Toppers For Lag B’Omer!
Today is Lag B’Omer, so yes, sharing this a bit on the late side, but you could still make a cake to enjoy in a pinch. Just gather around the family, together with some simple supplies and draw some beautiful flames! It is true, these flames were placed in the middle of a bundt cake,…
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Ten Plagues Passover Card Craft
With the Passover seder and the wonderful week-long holiday of Passover quickly approaching, now is a great time to get out a craft to keep the kids busy, and help them create something fun for the Passover seder, or to decorate your home. Introducing Ten Plagues Cards that you can use in so many ways!…
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Origami Butterfly Medallions With Pom Poms Party Decor
Last year I created hundreds of origami butterflies for Purim, and our community Purim party, and then ended up making many pom pom bordered medallions with some of the butterflies. After using the medallions to decorate my own home for Purim, I packed them away nicely in a box, and tadah they were ready for…
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Origami Butterflies Party Decor
Reposting this from last year, because with more time for Purim decorations this year, since we have a whole extra month of adar, you can make more butterflies than you’d ever dream of, so get to it! Mine are nicely packed away from last year and patiently waiting to fly off to this year’s Purim…
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Super Simple DIY Paper Birthday Cake Toppers
Fun birthday cake toppers can truly be whipped up very quickly, assuming you have the basic supplies on hand! And truly folks, my DIY paper cake toppers may not have that perfect look, but they are made from the heart and personalized, which is really the very best idea of all. I’ve been making similar…
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Cute And Simple DIY Fruit Themed Party Garland
Todah is Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for fruit bearing trees, so what better time than to whip up an adorable and simple fruity garland that you can use year round? The key is to keep the fruit quite tiny, so that no matter what the age, as long as the shape is recognizable,…
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DIY Kid-Safe Paper Candles For Chanukah Crafting
This year I’m adding something new to my already very vast archive of chanukah crafts…….paper candles craft! I’m truly loving these paper candles and can’t wait to use them in so many ways this chanukah. You can make paper candles to fit into a chanukah menorah that you won’t be lighting or to put into…
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Simple Origami Dreidel Craft For Chanukah
Once again pulling this out of the archives as a great craft that you can start now in order to be ready for Chanukah! Think about making these dreidels in a bunch of sizes too! Origami dreidels are simple to make and can be used in so many fun ways, for example for Chanukah garlands,…
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Origami Star Of David In 3 Minutes, For Chanukah Or Any Time
If you are folding some origami doves, or origami dreidels, then you might just want an origami star of David or 20, to make a Chanukah garland or mobile. I looked into all the ways that one can make an origami star of david, and even stopped part way through the 15 minute folding adventure,…