Jewish Crafts

  • How To Make 100% Wool Felt Stars For Holiday Crafting

    How To Make 100% Wool Felt Stars For Holiday Crafting

    Friends, there is just something about using quality crafting materials that truly makes a difference. I’m sharing with you how to make 100% wool felt stars for holiday crafting because if I hadn’t tried it myself I never would have known! These wonderful felt stars can be used for actual felting crafts, like my felted…

  • How To Make Fun Cardboard Menorahs For Chanukah

    How To Make Fun Cardboard Menorahs For Chanukah

    As part of a larger craft idea that I’ll share shortly, lets take a look at my how to make fun cardboard menorahs for chanukah craft which goes with my fun dreidel collage craft and kids dreidel collage craft. This idea is actually quite simple to make when you use quilling strips which do most…

  • How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Collage, Student Version

    How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Collage, Student Version

    Last week I shared with you how to make fun cardboard dreidels, and now I’m sharing with you my how to make fun cardboard dreidels with collage, student version. Meaning 3rd and 4th grade boys, who are truly a delight and were so happy with this simple project. In fact they are anxiously awaiting the…

  • How To Make Egg Carton Stars For LED String Lights

    How To Make Egg Carton Stars For LED String Lights

    Wondering how to make Egg Carton stars for LED string lights to enjoy this holiday season? You are in the right place, as I’ve just dusted this off from the archives from 9 (gasp!) years ago! I just love recycling crafts and especially recycling crafts with egg cartons! This simple star LED string lights craft…

  • How To Make A Painted Watercolor Bouquet Cut-Out

    How To Make A Painted Watercolor Bouquet Cut-Out

    A festive painted bouquet cut-out for the front door might just be the touch of Fall you’re looking for? Honestly, I created this watercolor bouquet a few good years back, for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, but I just saw the image on my site and thought that it could actually be great for Fall…

  • How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Paper Collage

    How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Paper Collage

    Now is a great time to get started with crafting for Chanukah, and you might like to start with how to make fun cardboard dreidels with paper collage, as the results are cute as can be! Whether you’ll be doing this yourself, or with kids, either way, the results are festive when bright colors are…

  • How To Make Glass Bottle Candlesticks With Paper Candles

    How To Make Glass Bottle Candlesticks With Paper Candles

    I’m sharing this recycled glass bottle craft again, as it is truly wonderful! Here is what I wrote two year ago, though seems like so much longer: It is true, I made these recycled liquor bottle candlesticks for a Chanukah party that was held last night, but truthfully they are so universal they can be…

  • Fun Shrinky Dink Gift Tag For Rosh HaShana

    Fun Shrinky Dink Gift Tag For Rosh HaShana

    Looking for a cute last minute Rosh HaShana craft to keep the kids busy with great results, and not a lot of clean up? This is it friends, shrinky dink gift tags…… so much fun to make and a great way to delve into a creative project that can be finished in one sitting and…

  • Apples & Bees & Blossoms Cross Stitch Pattern

    Every year, and for every Jewish holiday I do try to make something new, whether lately with my boy’s crafting club, or not, and this Rosh HaShana the new decorations to honor the holiday are all about, very surprisingly to me, cross stitch! I started doing some cross stitch while on vacation this summer, and…

  • How To Stitch Apples In A Row Cross Stitch Pattern

    How To Stitch Apples In A Row Cross Stitch Pattern

    How to stitch apples in a row cross stitch pattern is great for every level. Classic cross stitch embroidery is simple and satisfying (and addicting!) and a wonderful way to fill a canvas as you don’t have to fill in the entire thing by any means, like needlepoint. I’ll admit with the exception of one…

  • Fun IKEA Hack Flowering Cactus Craft

    Fun IKEA Hack Flowering Cactus Craft

    Cupcake liner flowers are so simple to make with great results, and when I realized that I could use them to make the decorative cacti in my home bloom I was just so very excited! Blooming cacti were part of my Shavuot decorations, and back then I did share my blooming cactus craft with cupcake…

  • An Introduction To Hebrew Lettering For Crafting

    An Introduction To Hebrew Lettering For Crafting

    Summer is the perfect time to delve into projects that just might take more time than is available during the year. So with that in mind and the fact that I encourage making crafts for the succah now, I'm doing an Ushpizin project with a few of my students, a project that requires hand lettering…