Holiday: Succah Decor
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A Very Jewish Summer: Craft Foam Succah Lanterns!
Welcome to my contribution for “A Very Jewish Summer”, craft foam succah lanterns! When I was asked to participate in this blog hop with four other great Jewish bloggers, and to come up with something that says “Jewish” and “summer” I immediately thought about using lazy summer days to prepare for the holidays in a…
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Tulle Pom Poms Using Tulle And Any Other Fabric!
Introducing tulle pom poms, one of the quickest yet most gorgeous ways to make fluffy pom poms that you can use over and over, or hang as a permanent decoration over a crib or in a girly room! And yes, tissue paper pom poms are possibly more lovely but they certainly deteriorate quickly and even…
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Starry Night Crocheted Star Garland
I’ll admit, I actually made these starry night crocheted star garlands as gifts for my kids this past Chanukah, but they happen to look perfect for summer decorations, or maybe even as decorations to make now for the Succah! This is the perfect little project to use up odds and ends of yarn, and of…
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Paper Mache Fig Leaves And Figs!
Aren’t these paper mache figs and realistic looking fig leaf great? This is what I’ve been working on with my group of 9-12 year old girls at Crafting A Future, and I’m thrilled with the results thus far! Honestly this is one of those projects that I’ve started without actually knowing where it’s going, though…
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Newsprint Paper Flowers With Crepe Paper Center Tutorial
Festive, budget friendly and simple to make are how I’d describe these newsprint paper flowers that I whipped up the other day as last minute centerpieces. And since newsprint is used rather than tissue paper or crepe paper, the bottom layers of the flower retain their petal shapes and make a nice sturdy base, enabling…
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Newsprint & Crepe Paper Flower Centerpieces
Tons of flower crafting going on around here with the holiday of Shavuot coming up next week, so when I was asked to make some last minute flower centerpieces for a community get together, I just rolled up my sleeves a bit further, and got to work, and came up with these fun newsprint and…
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Welcome To My Sukkah………
The holiday of Sukkot is a joyous festival that is shared with family and friends, in the Sukkah, of course! So please dear readers, do join me. I haven’t yet been able to capture the entire sukkah on account of the difficulty required in photographing the space without a wide angle lens, though these first…
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Sukkah Decorations: Framed Kid’s Art
I love Sukkah decorations that one can save from year to year, and for years to come. And one of the most precious ways to do that is to insert kid’s sukkah art into some frames that you very likely have collecting dust somewhere! My young sons did these drawings last year, and it was…