Jewish Crafts

  • Spring Craft: TP Tube Trees In Bloom

    Who would have thought that toilet paper tube trees could be so sweet? And especially these little toilet paper tube trees in bloom, just in time for Tu B’Shevat, when we celebrate the New Year for the trees, and hopefully witness the first fruit trees (almond trees) in bloom. I’ve been wanting to do some…

  • Trifle Bowl Candle Centerpiece

    If you happen to have a glass footed trifle bowl, you can make an elegant centerpiece with just a few simple supplies! I was recently in New York for my nephew's Bar Mitzvah, and while I had offered to bring a suitcase full of paper flowers all ready to go, my sister in law figured…

  • Orange Rind Candle Centerpiece For Tu B’Shevat

    Ever heard of candles made from orange rinds? Or candles made from clementine rinds? Great idea right, especially now that Tu B'Shevat (Feb. 8th) is right around the corner! Basically, according to the original source, one carefully removes the fruit, leaving the two halves intact, and when you are careful not to sever the stem…

  • Purim Decorations From December Closeouts

    It is not too soon to be thinking about Purim dear readers, and especially since it has just recently come to my attention that in the month of January, when all the December holiday decorations are marked down to almost nothing, one can find some great things for Purim!  And so, for those of you…

  • Winter Tree From Recycled Cardboard

    How about making some recycled corrugated cardboard trees to bring a little playful air to your home this winter? Tu B'Shevat (the New Year for the trees) is the next Jewish holiday on the calender, so I've got trees on my mind! I really love the graphics on the corrugated sleave from our flats of…

  • Blooming Tree Kid’s Craft For Tu B’Shevat

    Here's an artful blooming tree craft that's great for all ages, and really quite simple. Surprise, this is how we used our pastel circles from my post about drawing with pastels, yesterday. Honestly I'm just so happy with the results, these trees just make everyone smile!  I'm not altogether sure how we'll display them just…

  • Today Is The Tenth Of Tevet

    Today is the Tenth of Tevet, an important day on the Jewish calendar. A day on which in 425 BC (2,436 years ago!) the walls of Jerusalem were surrounded by the army of Nebuchadnezzar. This was the first of a series of events that eventually led to the tragic destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem,…

  • Chanukah Prizes

    On Chanukah I love to give my kids little prizes and useful presents……little things to make them happy and enjoy the holiday, and bigger things of the more practical nature. This year everyone got alarm clocks, reading lamps and storage baskets. Things that we needed and that were nonetheless received with great joy. The idea…

  • Chanukah Sameach!

    With most of the world celebrating one holiday or another, things have been a little bit quiet here on the blog, I'm very happy to report! I've been busy celebrating Chanukah with family and friends, welcoming guests from afar (Mexico), preparing a few Chanukah treats and doing my best to make this holiday joyful and…

  • Price Tag Sticker Snowflake Garland

    Yes, you're reading correctly, these fun crafts were made with price tag stickers! I spotted what I thought was neon tape at my local crafts store, and when I realized it was really price stickers I bought it anyway for the kids. Little did I know that I'd suddenly come up with some ideas to…

  • Price Tag Sticker Gift Wrap

    You can create some fun gift wrap with neon price tag stickers! Just apply them in the patterns of your dreams to brown paper wrapped packages and enjoy! Of course some little gift tags would look great too! Note: these stickers can either be very sticky or not so sticky. If yours are of the…

  • Crocheted Gelt Bags For Chanukah!

    Phew, I did it, Chanukah is tonight and I did get around to crocheting little gelt (coins) bags for my young ones. Truthfully giving gelt is really the Chanukah tradition of yore, the idea of giving presents only really snuck in on account of the Dec. 25th holiday, so I realized that the first night…