Jewish Crafts

  • Practice Painting Florals On A Milk Carton!

    Practice Painting Florals On A Milk Carton!

    Want to make some fun art that stands up by itself and will always call attention to itself? Paint on a milk carton! If you've been hanging out here for a while, then you certainly know that I've had fun painting milk cartons in the past, here and here, and that I'm always keen on…

  • DIY Stand Up Cardboard Fish For The Jewish Month Of Adar!

    DIY Stand Up Cardboard Fish For The Jewish Month Of Adar!

    It is now the Jewish month of Adar, the month in which we celebrate the festive holiday of Purim…….well sort of! This year is leap year, and because our Jewish calendar is lunar and gets off track quite quickly, we actually insert an entire month (not a day!) into our calendar, and that month is…

  • Adorable Doodle Pears Boxes To Stack As Art!

    Adorable Doodle Pears Boxes To Stack As Art!

    Sometimes it is the DIY projects with just the simplest materials, and of course recyclables to boot, that are truly the most special! And these fun stackable doodle pear boxes are truly the proof in the pudding, right? It all started out because I'm doing an instagram challenge called #colormegrow at my @sara.rivka.dahan account, and…

  • DIY Orange and Cloves Pomanders

    It has been twelve years (gasp) since I actually made these great looking orange and cloves pomanders, but they are still looking good, so I figured I'd dust off this project and share it with you again. i have come to realize that bringing things out of the archives to see the light of day…

  • Carved Carrot Leaves!

    Carved Carrot Leaves!

    Dusting this one off for the upcoming Jewish Holiday of Tu B'Shevat, coming January 16th! At long last I have found a really good reason to continue exploring the world of fruit and vegetable carving: the holiday of Tu B'Shevat is coming up this Friday night, and since we'll be celebrating with loading the table…

  • Dried Orange Slice Pendant Craft For Kids

    Dried Orange Slice Pendant Craft For Kids

    Dried orange slices are great for crafting, and at long last I stuck some in my oven (back in 2012, gasp) to make some things for Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for fruit bearing trees, which my friends is on the night of January 16th. So plenty of time to give this a try,…

  • Fruit Orchard Kid’s Craft With Pine Cones

    Fruit Orchard Kid’s Craft With Pine Cones

    This pine cone fruit tree orchard craft (hanging out in my archives with so many other great projects) is just as cute as can be and perfect for Tu B'shebat, coming up on the evening of Sunday Jan 16, so there is plenty of time to get into this fun craft, and enjoy! Collecting pine…

  • Cutest Fruit Themed Party Favor Boxes Ever!

    Cutest Fruit Themed Party Favor Boxes Ever!

    Looking for a great looking and festive something for your Tu B'Shevat table? How about creating your own fruit themed boxes from my printable, available on my creativejewishmom/Etsy, and then stacking them up for the greatest looking centerpiece ever? Honestly these boxes look so great I enjoy looking at them stacked up casually, and I…

  • Milk Carton Tree Craft For Tu B’Shevat!

    Milk Carton Tree Craft For Tu B’Shevat!

    The wonderful Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for fruit bearing trees, is next up on the calendar, coming on the night of Sunday January 16th, so now is a great time to get crafting! There are so many wonderful ways to honor and celebrate Tu B'shevat, and my archives are busting at…

  • The Story Of A Very Special Chanukah Menorah

    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…

  • Jewish Paper Quilling: A Chanukah Menorah

    Jewish Paper Quilling: A Chanukah Menorah

    I dusted this off from the archives and am enjoying some of my quilled paper crafts from years ago this Chanukah, so yes, you can make some now and keep them for years. The only thing that didn't keep well in some cases is the paper piece around the edge with did get wavy, but…

  • Simple Crochet Projects For Hanukkah!

    Simple Crochet Projects For Hanukkah!

    Crochet projects for Hanukkah? Of course, because as you all know, I love to crochet, and so crocheting has often been a big part of my hanukkah crafting! (Now, I do not have time to crochet with my art explorations, but I have so many things on hand, that we only see once a year,…