Jewish Crafts
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Simple Origami Pears Craft For Tu B’Shevat
The festive Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, The Jewish New Year for Fruit Bearing Trees, is coming up on Wednesday night, so now is THE time to get crafting! And while you might like to fill up your table with a vast array of wonderful fruits and nuts to honor the holiday, why not make…
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Origami Cherries And Strawberries For Tu B’Shevat!
This craft is just so adorable and so very simple! I’ve been making these cherries with my crafting students and even children as young as 7 or 8 can easily fold the origami balloon that is needed. And while we’ve used the idea to make cherries here, you can make just about any fruit using…
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Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Pears Are So Much Fun!
Dusting this one off from the archives, enjoy! I have been living with these fun crocheted pears for a year and a half or so, and I can surely report they are just so very charming! And wouldn’t a crocheted pear from t-shirt yarn be a great baby gift, it would look soooo cute in…
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Recycled Boxes Become Fun Fruity Art For Tu B’Shevat!
I am reposting this one since it is just too cute, and something that all levels of painting/drawing can truly do! Plus of course it is perfect for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, so get to it! Here is what I wrote a few years ago: Sometimes it is the DIY projects with…
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Crocheted Chunky Gift Bag With Free Pattern Is Perfect For Chanukah!
Tonight is the eighth night of Chanukah, so you may not be thinking about whipping up chunky crocheted gift bags or crocheted gelt bags, but you still could, as this pattern is truly a quickie with amazing results! I designed it myself and not to brag, but the results were so wonderful I had to…
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Simple Crocheted Chanukah Gelt Bags Pattern
Our family Chanukah celebration on the first night of Chanukah always includes gelt pouches of some kind, either sewn or crocheted by yours truly! This year I had a bunch of yarn left over after crocheting a bunch of items for a new baby in the family, so I decided to crochet gelt pouches and…
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DIY Paper Candle Chanukah Menorah Craft
If you are looking for a great craft to whip up now for the last two nights of Chanukah, this is the one! And best of all, the candles are so simple to save for next year! I actually made these paper candles last year for my recycled liquor bottle candlestick table-scape, and this year…
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Origami Stars And Dreidels Chanukah Garland Craft
I’m so very proud of this ten year old student of mine, who came up with his own great ideas for how to decorate the origami Jewish stars and origami dreidels that we made over the course of a few weeks in the after schooling crafting studio I’ve been running. While the origami dreidel is…
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Recycled Liquor Bottles With Festive Paper Candles Craft
Pulling this out of the archives from last year as it is truly a keeper, and looks amazing as a centerpiece, the more the better! Here is what I wrote just a year ago, though seems like so much longer: It is true, I made these recycled liquor bottle candesticks for a Chanukah party that…
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Simple Chanukah Craft For All Ages: An Origami Dreidel Garland!
The festive holiday of Chanukah is quickly approaching, so now is a great time to get out the colored paper and a glue stick, and get crafting! The origami dreidels are truly simple to fold, even for kids as young as 7 or 8, and decorating them with bits of paper brings them to life!…
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Fun Mini Ugly Sweater Craft For Chanukah
Dusting this one off from the archives as it is a keeper, and I’ll be pulling mine out from the chanukah decorations box shortly! After turning a color swatching exercise into striped dreidels, here, I just had to keep on going with some cozy striped sweaters! Are they “ugly” holiday sweaters, not in my book,…
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DIY Chanukah Menorah Craft With Drinking Straws
I am re-posting this adorable craft from the archives, and since plastic drinking straws are no longer something one should purchase due to ecological havoc, please do the same craft with paper straws! Hanukkah crafts made from plastic drinking straws are so much fun and a great way to recycle! I have already share with…