Jewish Crafts
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How To Make Geometric Collages Inspired By The Marble Tile Floor Of The 2nd Beit HaMikdash
I never actually considered how to make geometric collages inspired by the marble tile floors of the 2nd Beit HaMikdash, as I had never seen photos of any flooring other than beige stone of some kind. Imagine my surprise, when trying to think of chanukah craft projects for my 5th grade students, that I came…
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DIY Polymer Clay Food: How To Make 16 Adorable Items
Introducing DIY Polymer Clay Food: How To Make 16 Adorable Items, courtesy of my talented 24 year old daughter who joined in on the fun of our polymer clay crafting marathon. And friends, wouldn’t making tiny polymer clay doughnuts be so much fun for Chanukah? Doughnut earrings, bracelets, pendants, magnets, you name it! And yes,…
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How To Make Origami Roosters Craft For Yom Kippur
I am reposting this one from two years ago as it is just as cute as can bem, for Yom Kippur or any time! Introducing the cutest origami rooster ever, that also happens to almost the simplest origami out there, with great results! And the rooster or chicken not only stands up, but is folded…
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Wishing You A Shanah Tovah U’Metuka!
Wishing you and yours a Shanah Tovah U’Metuka, may you be blessed with a new year filled with good health, only good news and the time and energy to fill your life with creativity! I usually post a photo of my neighbors pomegranate tree filled with fruit, but this year I squeezed in a sketch…
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How To Make Fun Koi Pond Greeting Cards
How to make fun koi pond greeting cards might be just the project you are looking for today? Tomorrow night we usher in the Jewish holiday of Rosh HaShana, so why not use this idea to wish family and friends a sweet and healthy new year? Opt for the design that only has one fish,…
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How To Make Bookmarks For Rosh HaShana Kid’s Craft
Rosh HaShana is coming up on Friday night, but there is still time to squeeze in this fun wooden bookmark craft, so lets learn how to make bookmarks for Rosh HaShana kid’s craft and bring in the new year with creativity! While I shared my version previously, the bookmarks seen here are the work of…
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How To Make Cards With Kid’s Drawings For Rosh HaShana
With Rosh HaShana coming up in just three days, now may not be the time to think about anything too fancy regarding crafts for the kids, so I recommend simply getting out the colored pencils and some paper, and then using the results to make keepsake items, like cards, that highlight the sweet drawings. Let’s…
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How To Draw Vibrant Koi Fish With Lily Pads
With Rosh HaShana coming on Friday night, which includes the theme of fish, now is a great time to learn how to draw vibrant koi fish with lily pads! Previously I shared how to draw koi fish though that was with fewer fish and with no lily pads, and friends, learning how to draw and…
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How To Make A Shrink Plastic Crown Wall Hanging Element
Lets learn how to make a shrink plastic crown wall hanging element or actually a shrinky dink shrink plastic crown to use in anyway you like! Just preferably figure out how you’ll use it before shrinking it so that you can put the necessary holes in the plastic where they be needed for hanging! This…
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How To Make Bookmarks For Rosh HaShana Craft
With Rosh HaShana coming is just over a week, yikes, now is the time to turn up the heat and get crafting and cooking/baking for the holiday! While you are busy making delicious whole wheat sourdough loaves possibly, or maybe a Moroccan salad or two for the simanim, like Moroccan carrot salad and Moroccan beet…
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How To Draw Koi Fish As A Simple Sketchbook Exercise
Every artist or crafter has likely experienced the situation where in something done with ease and relatively quickly somehow ends up being nicer than things that you labored over for hours! Such is the case with these koi fish, and so I present to you, how to draw koi fish as a simple sketchbook exercise,…
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How To Make An Adorable Upsherin Chalaka Cake
When a young couple who are like family are coming for shabbos with their almost three year old son (and 8 adults total) decorations to celebrate the upsherin (haircut in yiddish) or chalaka (haircut in hebrew) are in order! I was pressed for time as usual, but fortunately came up with the idea of making…