Jewish Crafts
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Recycled Plastic Cup Apples!
Yippee, I have managed to squeeze out one last recycling craft for you before the end of the Jewish year — introducing recycled plastic cup apples! Maybe just in time to whip up to grace your Rosh HaShana table, or as a fun idea for making succah decorations. These little reycled plastic cup apples don't…
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Stuffed Polka Dot Apple Craft For Kids
A polka dot stuffed paper apple is the perfect craft to do with little ones, and children as old as first or second grade can certainly do the whole apple craft themselves, maybe with just a bit of help. Make giant stuffed apples or medium sized ones, the more the better! Rosh Hashana is approaching…
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Bring In The New Year With A Gorgeous Fruit Tart!
Since we're on the subject of baking for the holidays, starting with Rosh HaShana coming up in just a week, I thought I'd share this baking idea with you, namely a fruit tart, that is really so very festive looking! And while you're at it, this is the perfect kind of dessert to send to…
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Easy To Braid Round Challahs For Rosh HaShana!
With Rosh HaShana just a week away, now is a great time to bake traditional round braided challahs for the holiday, with raisins of course! Thanks to some readers who left comments on my post showing how to braid these beauties, I realized that I ought to share some photos I took last year just…
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A Roundup Of Rosh HaShana Crafts From The Archives!
Wine cork apple stamped Rosh HaShana Cards….so fun and simple to whip up! Its hard to believe that Rosh HaShana is just around the corner and it's time to get crafting for this wonderful holiday which marks the beginning of the Jewish year and the start of the period known as the "High Holidays." Meaning…
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A Very Jewish Summer: Craft Foam Succah Lanterns!
Welcome to my contribution for "A Very Jewish Summer", craft foam succah lanterns! When I was asked to participate in this blog hop with four other great Jewish bloggers, and to come up with something that says "Jewish" and "summer" I immediately thought about using lazy summer days to prepare for the holidays in a…
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A Very Jewish Summer: Havdallah Candles From Design Megillah
This week I am participating in a collaborative blog week called A Very Jewish Summer, in which five Jewish bloggers will be sharing crafts and cooking ideas to keep you busy right now! And the timing couldn't be better, as spirits are a bit low here in Israel, and on top of that I'm very…
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Tulle Pom Poms Using Tulle And Any Other Fabric!
Introducing tulle pom poms, one of the quickest yet most gorgeous ways to make fluffy pom poms that you can use over and over, or hang as a permanent decoration over a crib or in a girly room! And yes, tissue paper pom poms are possibly more lovely but they certainly deteriorate quickly and even…