Jewish Crafts
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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…
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Paper Mache Bird Craft For All Ages
My crafting a future boys group ages 7-12 have been busy making some paper mache birds! I have to say, this project was a bit challenging for them, but not a soul complained about the fact that during their creation they didn't really look like birds ! (And some still need a bit of help,…
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Jerusalem And The Kotel Collage Craft For The Month Of Tammuz
It is officially now summer vacation for all of my girl students at Crafting A Future, but I will be continuing our weekly crafting sessions until the end of July, as our endeavors wouldn't be complete without some crafting to honor the fast on the 17th of Tammuz as well as the important holiday on…
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Starry Night Crocheted Star Garland
I'll admit, I actually made these starry night crocheted star garlands as gifts for my kids this past Chanukah, but they happen to look perfect for summer decorations, or maybe even as decorations to make now for the Succah! This is the perfect little project to use up odds and ends of yarn, and of…
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Paper Mache Fig Leaves And Figs!
Aren't these paper mache figs and realistic looking fig leaf great? This is what I've been working on with my group of 9-12 year old girls at Crafting A Future, and I'm thrilled with the results thus far! Honestly this is one of those projects that I've started without actually knowing where it's going, though…