Crafts: Recycling
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Make Balls Of Yarn From T-Shirts & Save The Scraps For Weaving!
I can’t tell you how happy I feel looking at these little balls of t-shirt yarn! Though I save just about everything, colorful t-shirts were not in my stash, (I know, hard to believe) so a few weeks ago I actually went and bought some from a local thrift store. And I’m so happy to…
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My Daughter’s Sweet Matchbox Dresser.
I have wanted to do this project myself for years! How many exactly I really don’t know, but I’m now happy to say that I can live vicariously through my almost-eight year old daughter. (I think it’s okay in this case, don’t you?) She was looking for a project to do today but kept picking…
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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…
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Great Crafting Materials Saved From The Garbage (Recycling Bin?)
Those of you who are familiar with creativejewishmom.com already know that you can expect to see here lots of craft projects using recycled materials. Since I'm in the process of planning my projects for the next month or so I thought I'd give you all a bit of advance notice so that you can start…
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A Spring Bird-Themed Party: Quick & Cute Decorations For Each Place Setting!
Two weeks before Pesach at one of the busiest times of the year, one of my sons has a birthday! Birthdays in my home are always about handmade decorations rather than presents, and some attempt at a homemade cake by Mom. This year I was particularly busy but fortunately found just the right supplies sitting…
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Make Embossed Tin Decorations For Pesach!
Last week I promised a few specific Pesach projects, so here finally is the last of them! Despite mountains of work still to do over at my place, I took a few moments to make this because I know that many of you could really use some craft projects right about now to keep…
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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…
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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…
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Make Designer Purses from Recycled Plastic Plates (To Hold Treats For Purim or Any Time!)
Once upon a Purim a few years back I decided to make some designer purses from plastic plates! They're perfect for little girls to give to their friends on Purim, and they'd be great for birthday party favor bags!