Jewish Crafts

  • Doodle Wrapping Paper Craft For Chanukah…For The Whole Family!

    Get started with chanukah crafting by spending a little time making doodle wrapping paper! Last week I shared with you my idea for some all purpose doodled message wrapping paper, though truthfully that was an after thought after I created this DIY chanukah wrapping paper craft with my kids. You see we have a ton…

  • Simple DIY Wrapping Paper With A Doodle Yarn Message!

    It's time to start thinking about holiday season, with Chanukah just one month away, yikes! So why not start with some simple DIY wrapping paper that is all about doodling…..a great way to relax before you start stressing out about all the holiday preparations (in my case, not yours of course!)

  • Recycled Plastic Bottle Flower Mobile Tutorial

    A festive recycled plastic bottle cascading flower mobile can be yours with just some simple supplies, lots of recycled soda bottles, a bit of crafting! The flowers are quite simple to make and connecting them is even simpler. Of course if you'd like to cover a whole wall for a photo backdrop, that would be…

  • Blue Masking Tape Flags Are Great Anytime!

      I'm in love with blue masking tape, you know the blue tape that's supposed to be for masking off areas during painting walls and trim? It's a great crafting supply, and so while these simple masking tape flags were actually made for Simchat Torah, the holiday that was last Thursday (Friday outside of Israel),…

  • A Dove In A Nest Of Apples Centerpiece (For Sukkot…)

    The dove in a nest of apples centerpiece on our table in the Sukkah was something I whipped up on a whim, and in just a few minutes, since I fortunately had all the pieces on hand. And it turns out that doves are actually a symbol of Sukkot, as are apples, so it's not…

  • Welcome To My Sukkah………

    The holiday of Sukkot is a joyous festival that is shared with family and friends, in the Sukkah, of course! So please dear readers, do join me. I haven't yet been able to capture the entire sukkah on account of the difficulty required in photographing the space without a wide angle lens, though these first…

  • Sukkah Decorations: Framed Kid’s Art

    I love Sukkah decorations that one can save from year to year, and for years to come. And one of the most precious ways to do that is to insert kid’s sukkah art into some frames that you very likely have collecting dust somewhere! My young sons did these drawings last year, and it was…

  • Recycled Plastic Bottle Lanterns…Glossy And Gorgeous!

    Recycled plastic bottle lanterns are so simple to make and the results are gorgeous. I posted this idea a few days ago, here, but I have an important revision to make, listening? The lanterns are so much more beautiful when one decoupages the tissue paper to the inside of the bottle, which is easy to…

  • Recycled Soda Bottle Flowers For The Sukkah!

    Sukkot starts Wednesday night and I am busy making recycled soda bottle flowers! This year my recycled plastic bottle flowers are blooming in a bunch of bright colors thanks to tissue paper, and I'm planning on hanging them strung vertically in three long strands over the center of our table….of course there's an outer ring…

  • Sukkah Lanterns From Recycled Soda Bottles….In Progress

    Recycled soda bottles can make great lanterns, either to hold battery operated tea lights, or to hang as is, as Sukkah decorations. While I haven't actually figured out how I'm going to use mine, I am planning to make as many as time allows and then possibly hang them around a large ring, or in…

  • Sukkah Decor: Revamped Paper Ball Lanterns

    Let the Sukkah crafting begin, first with revamping a bunch of sun-faded paper ball lanterns by decoupaging stripes of colorful tissue paper. I used the colors that I had on hand, for the next few balls I'll very likely go more in the orange/magenta/aqua direction.  Tissue paper is perfect for the job as it's so…

  • Sukkah Decor…Inspiration For This Year’s Crafting

    Yikes, Sukkot is just one week away and there's so much to do, especially for this creative mom. For the past two years I was actually traveling in Europe right about now, so I really didn't have much more than about four days to get it together. This year I don't have any big excuses…