Holiday: Succah Decor
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How To Cut A Recycled Plastic Soda Bottle For Crafting
With Succot crafting just around the corner, after the Rosh HaShana crafting, it’s time to start saving those plastic bottles so you’ll have some of the basics on hand for some exciting DIY Recycled Bottle succah decor. I’d recommend starting to cut those bottles as you save them, to be one step ahead of the…
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Pom Pom Flowers For Fall
Pom pom flowers made from variegated or space dyed fall-color yarn with natural branch stems look great right now. And you can do something just a bit different and tie the branches together with some gold ribbon as a fun element on your fall table. Okay, it’s not exactly fall yet in most of the…
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Getting Ready For Succot……..!
Succos is coming, and I thought I’d share with you a very tightly edited glimpse of what has been happening over at our house today. And when I say tightly edited, you know what I mean right? The roof of our succah, which is called schach, is in place! We use large bamboo mats which…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 7: Simple Butterfly Banners Kids Can Make Themselves
Looking for a project to keep your kids busy right about now? Here’s another sweet idea that could be used with paper silhouettes of any kind, but is particularly successful with a butterfly shape. And who wouldn’t want butterflies in their succah, or anywhere for that matter? They are certainly preferable to the real live…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 6: Adorable Bunting Banners Kids Can Make!
Isn’t this just too sweet? My five year old made it all by himself! And the uneven shapes and random placement make it all the more charming don’t you think? A bunting banner like this one looks particularly endearing when on the small side, plus smaller shapes will be easier for little hands to manage,…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 4: Accordian Folded Starbursts & Medallions, For The Succah Or Anytime!
What can I say? These are really quite simple to make and yet so stunning, hung flat on a wall or from the ceiling. You can glue two back to back for a more dimensional hanging ornament, and even use really large paper for wall decorations that will not only look amazing as space fillers,…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 3: A Paper Globe Topiary Centerpiece!
Yesterday I showed you how to make this beauty for a hanging decoration here, and guess what, now you can use the very same idea to make a really beautiful and simple topiary centerpiece! Honestly I just grabbed the nearest pot and square plate that I could find, you can do a bit more planning…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 2: A Floral Globe Perfect For The Succah!
Love these? Me too! I’m sure someone else in the world has come up with the same thing, but I was not looking at their idea when I made these. They’re another fun result of sitting down at the dining room table with paper circles! And the good news is you really don’t need any…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 1: Perfect For The Succah!
Aren’t these cute? I sat down at my dining room table with a bunch of colored circles, and this is one of the festive ideas I came up with. If your Succah generally leans on the elegant side (like mine, actually) , so these decorations would look great in neutral contrasting colors too! Imagine creme…