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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Thanks so very much for joining me here for this crafty international get together. The pressure is on to prepare for one of the craftiest Jewish holidays, Purim, which starts Wednesday night, and with a rather high standard to meet I've got lots of work to do, so for those…
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Sweet Welcome Home Signs Are True Nachas!
Welcome home signs and welcome signs have always been an important part of my children's life, as living in Israel we do get visitors from abroad, and my husband travels now and again. We live a good 2 hours drive from the airport, so by the time a person reaches our home it is really…
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Clown On A Stick Craft, For Purim Or A Circus Themed Birthday Party!
What do you do when the Purim party is about to start, you've committed to some centerpieces and all you have are some stuffed paper hearts you made a few years back filling the vases that you need to fill with something new? Well, you decide to use those stuffed paper hearts to make the…
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Fish Shaped Gift Tags Are Fun To Make And To Use!
Need a tiny project to fulfill that need for a little bit of creativity? Why not make some of these fun fish shaped gift tags that are perfect for Purim, or any time really! And if you don't need any gift tags, so use them as ornaments or make a mobile or even combine them…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I hope you all are ready for some great winter crafting inspiration, as last weeks party welcomed a few new talented contributors, whose work you'll see below, along with of course our beloved regular contributors! Thanks so much for joining me here and now for the features, and if you'll…
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A Paper Fish Mobile Craft For Kids: Perfect For Adar, Purim and Shabbat!
It is now the month of Adar on the Jewish calendar, which means it is the perfect time to make a fun stuffed fish mobile, as the fish is the astrological sign for the month of Adar. And of course this would be a great little project to do as a shabbat craft as well,…
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Lots Of Snow In Northern Israel At Last!
This time the forecast for snow in the mountain areas of Israel, which includes Jerusalem as well as my little town in Northern Israel, was correct, yippee! The snow started to fall last night while I was burning the candle at both ends, and I was so happy to see that my kids would wake…
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Chodesh Tov, It’s Time To Get Ready For Purim!
It is now the Jewish month of Adar, which means we are entering into a very happy period on the Jewish calender, and that certainly is great news, right? Last night as my nine year old instinctively lay on the floor and started drawing this clown, I was taken down memory lane to all the…
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Crocheted Heart Shaped Basket Made From Rope!
You may think I'm getting a bit of a late start on heart shaped crafts, but truthfully a heart shaped crocheted basket made from rope can be a truly great thing to crochet anytime of year! This sturdy little basket would be a great way to display beloved treasures, a fun prop for a DIY…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, I hope you are all well! I am writing to you from a very wet and rainy Northern Israel, which certainly is great crafting weather! I have my eye on that sweet heart wall hanging below, maybe in some different colors? And dear readers, while most of the heart crafts…
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Crocheted Heart Shaped Basket Using T-Shirt Yarn!
Even though there aren't any Jewish holidays that celebrate hearts, I certainly am not immune to all the heart shaped cuteness going on out there, and so I just had to indulge myself and have a go at this little heart shaped crocheted basket that I've had my eye on for some time. (Especially since…
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Crocheted Granny Square Scarf Is Fun And Stylish!
Presenting my most favorite crocheted winter accessory this year: a long and chunky granny square scarf in black, white and gray, to wrap around several times, for a very cozy and stylish look! I wore this scarf in NYC (yes, I was there briefly!) last week and was so glad I took it along!
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An Imaginary iPhone Kid’s Craft, Designed By A Kid!
My nine year old has been creating electronic devices from paper for years, and now introducing his latest creation: a play iPhone, made from paper, kleenex, string and tape! Not to mention that it was created totally from memory, as there weren't any iPhones anywhere in sight! His little illustrations of icons are just the…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to craft schooling Sunday! Thanks so much to you all for joining me here! Last week's party was full of fantastic projects as always, though I could only consider roughly the first half of the contributions for features on account of needing to prepare this post way in advance. but not to worry, I'll…
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Simple Crocheted Cap-sleeved Cardigan For Girls
Looking for a crochet sweater pattern for a sweet girl in your life? A crochet sweater pattern that perhaps is made in one piece, has simple enough instructions and results in a cozy sweater that also has lots of style? Oh and don't forget can be made relatively quickly! Look no further, I found a…
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Winter Craft For Kids: Simple Paper Mittens!
Have any little kittens that have lost their mittens? How about whipping out some paper and string and making this fun paper mittens winter craft with your little ones? For younger kids you can cut out the mittens and give them to the child to decorate, for older kids, how about decorating them with some…
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Sailboat Fabric Art, Inspiration For Your Own Creation?
Of all the school "art" projects that my daughter has brought home, I must say this one takes the prize for most inventive and most likely to have been made in the 70's. Nonetheless, though my daughter was totally baffled that the teacher thought that the girls should hang their "masterpieces" in the entryway, the…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Thanks so much for joining me here for this very international party, with contributors from places like The United Kingdom, Sweden, The Netherlands, Portugal, Pakistan, Italy, Slovakia, Macedonia, The United States, Guatemala, Australia, India, and Israel! Here are the features from last weeks party: An amazing chocolate cake with strawberry…
