Jewish Crafts

  • Make Fun Chanukah Gift Tags With Washi Tape!

    Make Fun Chanukah Gift Tags With Washi Tape!

    Chanukah is coming and I've got a bunch of chanukah craft ideas using Washi tape, starting with these sweet little washi tape gift tags — perfect for adorning your holiday gifts, or even using as napkin rings or hung here and there! So now you have a great excuse to go out and buy some…

  • Hankkah Crafts For Kids Round Up From The Archives

    Hankkah Crafts For Kids Round Up From The Archives

    Now is the time to start making some serious plans for Hanukkah crafting, and here are a bunch of my best projects to get you started! A fire resistant cardboard tube menorah hanukkah craft might be a great place to start, or at least start collecting those tubes, either from paper towels or toilet paper.…

  • Crochet Projects For Chanukah Or Hanukkah!

    Crochet Projects For Chanukah Or Hanukkah!

    Crochet projects for Hanukkah? Of course, because as you all know, I love to crochet, and so crocheting is often a big part of my hanukkah crafting! With the holiday approaching quite quickly I thought I'd share some crochet projects from the archives to get you started, as the time is now! Above: A beloved…

  • Giant Geometric String Star Craft For The Holidays!

    Giant Geometric String Star Craft For The Holidays!

    With Chanukah just a month away, as well as a number of other holidays that many of you celebrate, it is truly time to get crafting, and I'd recommend getting started with these clever geometric string stars that you can hang now, and enjoy for months to come! Their unspecific look can go in any…

  • No-Sew Fleece Bunting And Garland Tutorial

    No-Sew Fleece Bunting And Garland Tutorial

    This year create some fantastic and festive holiday and/or party decorations using just fleece! You can certainly upcycle a garment or blanket, use scraps from a fleece sewing project, or choose to buy some fleece to make these oh so simple fleece decorations! And, since this project was originall created with kids in mind, any…

  • Bookworm Costume To Whip Up In One Night!

    Bookworm Costume To Whip Up In One Night!

    Last Purim my now eleven year old son agreed to dress up in a homemade bookworm costume, which is perfect for him as he truly eats books. We even have to limit his reading time if you can believe that! While I found very little good inspiration on the internet, I was fortunately able to…

  • Crocheted Lacy Cape For Girls For A Costume Or Special Outfit!

    Crocheted Lacy Cape For Girls For A Costume Or Special Outfit!

    A lacy crocheted cape could be the greatest gift for a little girl in your life, or possibly even part of a fun costume for someone near and dear, which is how this little cape was born! Last Purim as we brainstormed over costume ideas we came up with the idea of canary, creativejewishmom style…

  • Crocheted Canary Beanie, For A Costume Or Just Because!

    Crocheted Canary Beanie, For A Costume Or Just Because!

    A crocheted beanie can be decorated in so many fun ways to use as part of a costume or to make cold weather dressing a little bit fun. Last Purim I crocheted a canary costume for my daughter and somehow did not have time to share it with you, not to mention that the timing…

  • A Sukkah With Soda Bottle Flowers In Rainbow Colors!

    A Sukkah With Soda Bottle Flowers In Rainbow Colors!

     Welcome to our sukkah! Yes it is true, this year's sukkah is quite similar to last year's sukkah, because hey if it works, go with it! And since I really loved the festive look of all the colorful soda bottle flowers and striped Moroccan tablecloths covering the walls, I was happy to use what we…

  • A Round Up Of Succah Decorations From The Archives

    A Round Up Of Succah Decorations From The Archives

    The holiday of Succot is on our doorstep, (it starts Wednesday night) and fortunately for me all the decorations I labored over last year are still in good condition, phew! While my kids want to spend time today whipping up a bunch of fun paper decorations, I hope to have time to make some more…

  • Cut Paper Rooster Craft For Yom Kippur!

    Cut Paper Rooster Craft For Yom Kippur!

    Yom Kippur is almost here and by some small miracle I was able to grab my 9 year old son this morning to create a cut paper rooster picture for Yom Kippur. Roosters are a great thing to illustrate anytime, and they happen to be a Jewish symbol for atonement, which is what Yom Kippur…

  • Stuffed Paper Apples Craft For Kids

    Stuffed Paper Apples Craft For Kids

    I just love this stuffed paper apple craft with stamped images, a reader's verions of my stuffed polka dot apple craft that I shared with you all last week! The story goes like this. Today I received a wonderful email from a reader, Katherine Herrera of Fairfax Virginia, who informed me that their family had a…