Crafts: Teacher Appreciation Gifts

  • Plastic Canvas Envelope Memo Holder

    Plastic Canvas Envelope Memo Holder

    If you are looking for a sweet little plastic canvas project, i will modestly suggest that my plastic canvas envelope memo holder surely fits the bill. In fact, because this project requires very little embroidery but rather relies on the plastic canvas as is, you could surely make quite a few of these as little…

  • Printable Fruit Slice Favor Boxes For Tu B’Shevat Now In The Shop!

    Printable Fruit Slice Favor Boxes For Tu B’Shevat Now In The Shop!

    At long last I have begun to realize my dream of creating fun printables for my Etsy shop, whose name has changed and is now called Creative Kinder, (For the Young And Young At Heart) a more appropriate name than the previous one I do think! After hours and hours of work, I now present…

  • The Apple Gift Boxes From Recycled Soda Bottles That Didn’t Quite Happen

    The Apple Gift Boxes From Recycled Soda Bottles That Didn’t Quite Happen

    Yes dear readers, these are not apple gift boxes from recycled soda bottles, but rather the tops for apple gift boxes from recycled soda bottles! I was laughing at myself as the holiday of Rosh HaShana was nearing, that probably no one else on the face of the earth would be trying to craft like…

  • Quick No-Sew Apple Craft Using Upcycled Materials!

    Quick No-Sew Apple Craft Using Upcycled Materials!

      I have no computer at the moment and am typing on an iPad, but wanted to share this recycled materials Apple craft with you. fortunately I had uploaded the photos to my blog before my computer got very sick and had to be sent to the hospital an hour and a half drive from…

  • Paper Clip Mini Mobiles That Make Adorable Decorations Anytime!

    Paper Clip Mini Mobiles That Make Adorable Decorations Anytime!

    When we were picking up school supplies last week I just couldn’t resist these colorful paperclips as I was quite sure they could be used for something, but what other than a chain? Well, here you have it, my first paper clip craft, mini mobiles made using just paperclips and recycled plastic bottles! I know,…

  • Burlap Gift Bags Are Fun Anytime Of Year

    Burlap Gift Bags Are Fun Anytime Of Year

    Drawstring burlap pouches silk-screened with a design, or not, can make great inexpensive gift pouches to use as party favors or for impromptu gift giving. Just add a fun tag, in my case some doodle fish tags for Purim mishloach manot, fill up the bag with gifts of any kind and voila, a great looking…

  • Purim Gift Basket For A Teacher

    Purim Gift Basket For A Teacher

    Purim starts on Wednesday night, and on Thursday we will be giving the traditional gift baskets called mishloach manot. But since the holiday is celebrated a few days early in school, today is actually costume dress up day, which also includes the giving of Purim baskets to teachers. While I usually do something really creative,…

  • Crocheted Heart Shaped Basket Made From Rope!

    Crocheted Heart Shaped Basket Made From Rope!

    You may think I’m getting a bit of a late start on heart shaped crafts, but truthfully a heart shaped crocheted basket made from rope can be a truly great thing to crochet anytime of year! This sturdy little basket would be a great way to display beloved treasures, a fun prop for a DIY…

  • Recycled Plastic Cup Apples!

    Recycled Plastic Cup Apples!

     Yippee, I have managed to squeeze out one last recycling craft for you before the end of the Jewish year — introducing recycled plastic cup apples! Maybe just in time to whip up to grace your Rosh HaShana table, or as a fun idea for making succah decorations. These little reycled plastic cup apples don’t…

  • Stuffed Polka Dot Apple Craft For Kids

    Stuffed Polka Dot Apple Craft For Kids

    A polka dot stuffed paper apple is the perfect craft to do with little ones, and children as old as first or second grade can certainly do the whole apple craft themselves, maybe with just a bit of help. Make giant stuffed apples or medium sized ones, the more the better! Rosh Hashana is approaching…

  • Birthday Letter Banner With Rolled Paper Roses (With Simple Supplies!)

    Birthday Letter Banner With Rolled Paper Roses (With Simple Supplies!)

    A birthday banner decorated with an initial letter covered in rolled paper roses will be sure to please the birthday girl (or woman) and you can whip it up with the simplest of supplies! Last week when we arrived at a lovely dairy farm in Sullivan County, New York for a family get together, I…

  • Rainbow Loom Pencil Toppers: Koala Bear, Angry Bird, Puppy & Owl!

    Rainbow Loom Pencil Toppers: Koala Bear, Angry Bird, Puppy & Owl!

    Here at creativejewishmom.com headquarters we just love the rainbow loom and all amazing things one can make. My daughter made these adorable pencil toppers (using tutorials that we found on You Tube,) as a birthday present for her younger brother, and they were a great hit! Between you and me, my kids don’t generally have…