Jewish Crafts
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Simple Cupcake Liner Chrysanthemums For Shavuos!
With the Jewish holiday of Shavuos and all things floral and greenery coming up in just two weeks, now is the time to get crafting! And delving into the kitchen cabinets for art supplies is often a truly great idea, especially for me and the box of Kath Kidston cupcake liners I’ve had on hand…
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Bow And Arrows Kid’s Craft For Summer Camp Or Lag B’Omer
Looking for a fun, simple and great looking bow and arrow craft for kids? Whether for the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer, or summer camp crafting, this is truly a winner! You can decorate the bow in many ways, with crafting supplies on hand, and even teach basic crocheting or braiding to make the string…
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DIY Arrows Craft For Lag B’Omer Or Summer Camp!
With the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer coming up this Thursday night, now is the time to make some simple DIY arrows, and maybe a simple bow to boot! The bow and arrow is an important symbol of the holiday, so google it to learn more! These arrows were made by a 4th grade student…
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Quilled Paper Bonfire Craft For Lag B’Omer
I have pulled this one out of the archives, yet again, because it is truly simple with great results, and right about NOW would be the time to make one, or a few! I had thought of doing this craft with my 6th grade craft students, but a colorful cardboard tube bonfire won out, so…
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Recycled Cardboard Tube Logs For Play Or Crafting!
With the festive Jewish holiday coming up in just a week, now is the time to get crafting, that certainly is happening around here on account of my 20 or so 4th, 5th and 6th grade (boys) students, who are keeping me literally on my toes! Last week we worked on drawing woodgrain patterns on…
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Drawing With Kids: Colorful Woodgrain Drawings To Use For Crafting
Having now drawn many A4 sheets of colorful wood grain drawings together with a total of 8 schoolboys aged 9-12, I can say that this is truly a great exercise, and one that is enjoyable and simple for some, and quite challenging and difficult for others. I did note that the boys who excell the…
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Fun Woodgrain Drawings For Crafting And Journaling
With the Jewish holiday of L’ag B’Omer coming up in 2 1/2 weeks, now is the time to get crafting, and continuing with last year’s woodgrain themed crafts, I’m now going down the path of wood grain, but adding color to the neutral crafts I made last year. And to my surprise, there are so…
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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…
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Passover Crochet: Amigurumi Pharoah With Boils!
I almost can’t believe it myself, as I don’t generally crochet tiny-ish things nor create my own patterns, but here we are! Introducing my crochet for Passover Ten Plagues character, Pharoah with boils, and boy does he look unhappy, those boils are downright uncomfortable! With just a few days to go until Passover I’m rushing…
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Passover Crochet: A Locust (Head) For The Passover Seder
With Passover coming at the end of this week, the pressure is on to finish up all the preparations, which in our case involve lots of cleaning, organizing and hard work! Of course I’m always dreaming of making new things for the holiday, and this year, while it was not at all practical, I ended…