Holiday: Chanukah/Hanukkah
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Recycled Liquor Bottle Candlestick Craft
It is true, I made these recycled liquor bottle candesticks for a Chanukah party that was held last night, but truthfully they are so universal they can be used for any festive occasion and any time that you want the look of candles without the safety concerns! And of course you could go for paper…
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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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DIY Sparkle Flames For Holiday Crafting Projects
With Chanukah in just one week, it is time to get crafting! Fortunately for me, I made some crafty centerpieces for a women's gathering last night, which forced me to craft, so together with projects from past years I now officially have more than enough to decorate, phew! Of course that does not mean I'm…
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Dreidel Craft With Drinking Straws
Dusted this post off after pulling it from the archives, and now i think I need to buy some fun paper straws and get to work! Here is what I wrote when i originally posted this: Plastic drinking straws have been outlawed in California indicating that they are not a good thing for our environment,…
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Drinking Straw Chanukah Menorah Craft
Re-posting this fun Chanukah craft from the archives, and since plastic drinking straws are now outlawed in many places around the world, (and no longer sold at Ikea, where these were purchased) please make this craft using paper straws, or use up the plastic ones you have hanging around? Hanukkah crafts made from plastic drinking…
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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,…
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Origami Doves Are The Perfect Chanukah Craft!
Wishing everyone a Chodesh Tov, it is now the Jewish month of Kislev, the month in which we celebrate Chanukah, so let the Chanukah crafting begin! I am sharing this post from a few years back once again because I'm on a mission to let everyone know that the dove with an olive branch is…
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Chanukah Menorah Craft Using 3D Paper Stars
And at the very last minute just before lighting the 8th candle, I came up with this paper chanukah menorah craft using my favorite little 3D paper stars that I have been obsessively folding this chanukah…..because one you start, seeing them fill a jar or wine glass is so very satisfying! And then you can…
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Origami Star Of David For Chanukah, In Three Minutes!
Dusting this one off from just two years ago, and now if the perfect time to get folding! If you are folding some 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…
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Origami Dreidel Craft For Chanukah!
Pulling this origami dreidel craft for Chanukah out of the archives as a great craft that you can still do before 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, Chanukah…
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The Story Of A Very Special Chanukah Menorah
While this story actually happened in 2016, I started to tell it here in 2019, but it has taken me until 2021 to actually do it! I guess I wrote this story in my head so many times that I was convinced I had posted it, but apparently not, as it is no where to…