Jewish Crafts
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Paper Party Decorations Part 4: Accordian Folded Starbursts & Medallions, For The Succah Or Anytime!
What can I say? These are really quite simple to make and yet so stunning, hung flat on a wall or from the ceiling. You can glue two back to back for a more dimensional hanging ornament, and even use really large paper for wall decorations that will not only look amazing as space fillers,…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 3: A Paper Globe Topiary Centerpiece!
Yesterday I showed you how to make this beauty for a hanging decoration here, and guess what, now you can use the very same idea to make a really beautiful and simple topiary centerpiece! Honestly I just grabbed the nearest pot and square plate that I could find, you can do a bit more planning…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 2: A Floral Globe Perfect For The Succah!
Love these? Me too! I'm sure someone else in the world has come up with the same thing, but I was not looking at their idea when I made these. They're another fun result of sitting down at the dining room table with paper circles! And the good news is you really don't need any…
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Paper Party Decorations Part 1: Perfect For The Succah!
Aren't these cute? I sat down at my dining room table with a bunch of colored circles, and this is one of the festive ideas I came up with. If your Succah generally leans on the elegant side (like mine, actually) , so these decorations would look great in neutral contrasting colors too! Imagine creme…
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More Yarn Pictures For Rosh HaShana: Tashlich!
Rosh HaShana is just around the corner (Wednesday night) and right now you might be looking for a craft activity to keep the kids busy while you prepare for the holiday? If not, well this is a nice project to do anytime. My daughter and a friend (who drew the fish and the little girl)…
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The Perfect Simanim Salad For Rosh HaShana!
This colorful and interesting salad incorporating many of the significant symbolic foods (simanim) which we eat on Rosh Hashanah is courtesy of my friends over at koshereye.com I haven't tried it myself, but I really don't think you can go wrong! And if pumpkin seeds qualify as gourd, then all you'll need is some honey,…
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Recycle Plastic Bottles & Make Super Cute Apple Shaped Boxes!
Apparently I have apples on the brain, which is not surprising given that Rosh HaShana is just over a week away! Last week I was looking at a plastic bottle and realized that the bottom of those that I have look very much like apples! After some complicated ideas involving spray paint, and only…
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How About Woven Paper Apples For Rosh HaShana?
You may have seen woven paper hearts, or paper hands with a woven insert, but have you ever seen woven apples? Me neither, until this idea popped into my head and these cute apples materialized on our dining room table a few nights ago. (You see, I told you a new pack of paper would…
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Make Festive Rosh HaShana Cards With Bubble Wrap Printed Paper!
Wouldn't you like to make some sweet cards like these to send to friends and family for Rosh HaShana? There's still plenty of time if you get started now, and you can even send them to your loved ones across the seas or where ever they may be! All you need is some colored…
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A Chicken For Yom Kippur! (And Cute Anytime…..)
I know, Yom Kippur may not exactly be on your mind, but it's on mine, as you can see! My daughter was looking for a quick project the other night at midnight! (Can you believe it? Not our normal schedule, we just were still not adjusted to the clock here…..and I'm still not, a week…
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Yarn Pictures For Rosh HaShana Make Nice Succah Decor Too!
Okay friends, Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year is in just three weeks, so guess what that means? It's time to get even busier! Bring in the New Year with a blast of crafting, and may your whole year be infused with creativity! Okay, you're right, I'm only half serious, but for those of us…
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Styrofoam Tray Printing Re-Visited (For Rosh HaShana Cards?)
On a recent visit with some of my nieces and nephews in the US, I was looking for a quick craft project to do with them. Then I spied some styrofoam trays about to go into the garbage, horrors of horrors, so I rescued them and spent half an hour or so teaching the art…