Holiday: Pesach/Passover
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How To Make A Large Pyramid From A Square Gift Bag
I almost can’t believe it myself, but just as I was dreaming of making origami pyramids from marbled paper, I remembered I’d saved a marble pattern gift bag! Miracle of miracles, I actually knew where it was, and when I realized it was square and thus the bottom of the bag could be used as…
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How To Make Crocheted Lice With Hot Glue Details
With the Passover seder coming in less than a week, now is the time for some quick crafts that will create memories for the little ones (or big ones?) And friends, since everyone does need to sit for a moment, learning how to make crocheted lice with hot glue details might be just the project…
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How To Crochet Lice For The Passover Seder
I’ll admit my title How To Crochet Lice For The Passover Seder sounds strange indeed, unless of course you are trying to think about how to make a Ten Plagues Set for kids to enjoy at the Passover seder, and then it might not sound strange at all? Hopefully you know how to crochet, or…
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How To Make A School Of Fish Mobile
This post, How To Make A School Of Fish Mobile, might be just the thing to keep the kids busy while you prep for Passover? But what do fish have to do with Passover, you might ask? Fish are a wonderful sign for the crossing of the Red Sea, which we celebrate on Shvi Shel…
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How To Make A Gold Leaf Origami Pyramid
I just can’t stop making origami pyramids, because they are so simple to make and with fantastic results…….and since I just might make a pyramid tablescape for the Passover seder coming up just shy of 2 weeks, now is the time to figure it all out, meaning what will the seder table look like this…
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How To Make Golden Origami Pyramids For The Passover Table
When I discovered that making origami shapes using toile paper elevated the craft to something totally lovely, and even elegant I was so very very happy, as having said goodbye to using bright colors in the dining room, I though my crafty holiday decor might suffer. But it turns out that opting for metallics, neutrals…
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How To Make Simple Origami Pyramids For Passover
Now is the time to learn how to make simple origami pyramids for Passover, as truly this one is a gem, and if you use toile or metallic paper they can even pass as “elegant!” I truly can’t believe that the same origami balloon technique I’ve been using for years to make origami pears, origami…
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How To Make An Artful Paper Vase From A Failed Painting
Pulling this one out of the archives, as it is surely useful to many right about now, as we attempt to make some order of our creative cabinets and rooms and drawers? I do think that saving art in a nicely organized box is a great idea, but in my case, saving non-successful paintings is…
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How To Make A Splitting Of The Red Sea Passover Diorama
I am reposting this krias yom suf, splitting of the Red Sea craft that I made with my kids 15 years ago! Those kids are now in their low twenties, and I am so happy to have a virtual record of all the things we did when they were much younger! This craft honors the…
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DIY Scrapbook Paper Placemats – Elegant and Quick!
This year, right before Passover, I all of a sudden has a great need for some new vintage style dishes, which is very unlike me, as I've been using white Corelle-like dishes on my shabbat table for years, with a marbled pink glass first course plate which I was very happy with. Mind you both…
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Notes To Self For Passover 2026!
Above: The picture ledges in my kitchen "gallery" are adorned with a collection of wood and wicker, which I love, though truly must get back to the art, hmmmm, maybe the art will be hung elsewhere? While Passover itself is just 7 days long here in Israel, the month or at least 2-3 weeks before…
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Passover Crochet: Ten Plagues Characters For The Seder!
Meet the adorable Ten Plagues characters that were crocheted when I should have been cleaning my studio, and now aforementioned studio needs a very quick clean up/box up as Passover is literally on our doorstep and everything must be ready by shabbat, phew! Okay, but honestly, this was a labor of love, that I sent…