Jewish Crafts
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A Recycled Crafts For Passover Round-Up From The Archives
With Passover arriving Friday night, and preparations in full swing, now is a great time to keep the kids busy with some fun Passover recycling crafts in anticipation of the holiday! We're running a bit late with our crafting so I've reached into the archives to share some nice projects from past years. Above: Get…
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Passover Craft For Kids: Recycled Soda Bottle Elijah’s Cup!
Here's a super simple recycling craft for Passover that I just whipped up, maybe to inspire my kids to make some more, but certainly to inspire you to do the same at your house! A recycled soda bottle and CD Eliyahu's cup decorated with washi tape (or a myriad of things that you have on…
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Huevos Haminados Decorated Eggs For Passover!
Photo Credit: aglaiakremezi.com For all of you out there, who like me, get just a little bit jealous of all those beautiful dyed egg crafts floating around the internet just about now, I have GREAT NEWS for you……there is actually a Jewish tradition that includes decorating eggs in a gorgeous artful way for Passover (and…
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Spaghetti And Meatballs DIY Costume
And now for the last of our Purim costume creativity for this year: presenting a spaghetti and meatballs DIY costume, hold the sauce! My dear eleven year old is somewhat on the particular side and nearing the age when many boys choose not to dress up more than possibly a funny hat, so it took…
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Paper Mache Meatballs For A Spaghetti And Meatballs Costume
Knowing how to make great looking paper mache meatballs is just one of those things every crafter should have up their sleeve, because you just never know what life will bring! And once the secret gets out that you're kind of crafty, the phone starts to ring with all kinds of requests……take my word for…
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Hamantaschen Or Oznei Haman? The Meaning Of The Triangular Purim Cookie!
The triangular pocket cookie baked by Jewish families spanning the globe for the holiday of Purim has several names, hamantaschen is the name used in the United States, and I'm assuming by most of the Ashkenazic Jews living outside of Israel. Oznei Haman, on the other hand is the name used in Israel, and by…
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Burlap Gift Bags Are Fun Anytime Of Year
Drawstring burlap pouches silk-screened with a design, or not, can make great inexpensive gift pouches to use as party favors or for impromptu gift giving. Just add a fun tag, in my case some doodle fish tags for Purim mishloach manot, fill up the bag with gifts of any kind and voila, a great looking…
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A Fisherman Costume For $5 Plus Some Creativity!
Like my little deep sea fisherman costume, as opposed to a fly fisherman costume? Truthfully I'm happy with the results, though many many people kept asking my son what he was dressed up as. For Americans, or at least adults, the beard and pipe are enough of a hint, right? This year I have a…
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Purim Preparations Full Speed Ahead!
Above: Gummy fish wrapped in cellophane, for our fish-themed mishloach manot Purim is here, and we have heard the reading of Megillat Esther, which means that next up, starting tomorrow morning is another reading of the megillah, then the giving of gifts of food (with neighbors and friends, bosses, teachers, rabbis, etc.) called mishloach manot,…
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A Paper Doll Costume Inspired By Victorian Era Paper Dolls
This year's Purim costume for my twelve year old daughter, a paper doll costume, finally came to fruition in the wee hours of the morning, just in time for her to wear it to school today for the school Purim festivities! It is true, there were quite a few girls who sadly did not know…
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Purim Gift Basket For A Teacher
Purim starts on Wednesday night, and on Thursday we will be giving the traditional gift baskets called mishloach manot. But since the holiday is celebrated a few days early in school, today is actually costume dress up day, which also includes the giving of Purim baskets to teachers. While I usually do something really creative,…
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Clown On A Stick Craft, For Purim Or A Circus Themed Birthday Party!
What do you do when the Purim party is about to start, you've committed to some centerpieces and all you have are some stuffed paper hearts you made a few years back filling the vases that you need to fill with something new? Well, you decide to use those stuffed paper hearts to make the…