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Moroccan Carrot Salad & Moroccan Beet Salad: Great For Your Rosh HaShana Table!
Carrots and beets are traditional foods that we eat each Rosh HaShana, so why not try something a little bit exotic this year? These recipes are classic Moroccan salads that are traditionally served as a salad appetizer course for any festive meal. Moroccans are famous for their salads, so these are just two of many…
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Rosh HaShana: Simply Elegant Table Decor For The New Year
Rosh Hashana is less than three weeks away, so it's time to start thinking about how to enhance our family's experience of the holiday with a little bit of creativity! A beautiful and memorable holiday table can be both inexpensive and simple to set. The key is planning ahead, making a few key purchases, and…
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Back To School Crafts: Recycle A Plastic Bottle and Make Fun Containers For Organizing School Supplies, Or Just About Anything!
Here's a great recycling crafts project to help you stay organized this school year, as well as containing that not-so-attractive clutter that seems to always gravitate to desks and work tables! Make a whole set using the heavy duty plastic bottles from fabric softener, floor cleaner, bulk liquid hand soap etc. and maintaining neat…
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Back To School Crafts: Decorate Your Children’s Notebooks With Fabric!
Get your children off to a cheerful start this school year with some fun fabric covered notebooks. You can individualize them with all kinds of notions, and if you happen to have a home embroidery machine, you could even embroider their names or initials on the fabric before gluing it to the notebook! Too cute!…
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Transported To Morocco On A Trip To The Local Moroccan Design Store!
I don't know about you, but I would jump at the chance to travel to Morocco. There is something about the Moroccan mosaic work, the ceramics, the wrought iron, the intense colors that just really inspires me. And lucky for me, it just so happens that I married a Jewish-Moroccan, born in Morocco! I don't…
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How To Fold A Paper Boat
Step 1: Take a letter sized piece of paper and fold in half vertically, namely fold the top half down over the bottom half. The fold should be at the top. Step 2: Find the center point of your folded sheet by folding the left side over the right side on the center red line,…
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Classic Folded Paper Boats and Hats: A Great Craft + Activity To Do Today!
There was still some water left in our wading pool and given the severe drought we are suffering from here in Israel, I wanted to make sure we got every last ounce of usage out of that water before it is finally used to water plants and clean the porch. Then it came to me,…
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Replenishing A Container Garden In Early September
Three new pots of Bird of Paradise (Tzippor Gan Eden) plants, one a tree sized version, middle. Yes, I know, it's still August, but by the time you read this it may not be. Plus September just sounds better than "late August". September is about a new school year, re-assessing out family's schedule and getting…
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Colored Cellophane Glasses That Kids Can Make Themselves!
Kids can make colored glasses from cellophane and toilet paper rolls. What fun!
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Use Paper Plates To Make Whimsical Decorations For Your Next Party!
Make whimsical party decorations by simply cutting and layering paper plates!
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A Quick and Cute Drinking Glass Vase!
Want to enjoy the last blooms of summer? Need some quick and very inexpensive centerpieces for a party or event? This vase made quite simply from a drinking glass and ribbon may just be the answer you’ve been looking for! You’ll Need: A drinking glass with straight sides. (Glass can be narrower at the bottom,…
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The Perfect Destination: A Dude Ranch In The Galilee!
On the road that winds through the forest between Safed and Amouka, in Northern Israel, is a place called Bat Yaar. I know the name well as I have passed their sign countless times over the years, but I never dreamed that I would discover there a perfect place to spend a summer afternoon with…
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Modeling Clay: A Classic Craft Actitivity For All Ages!
Modeling clay is one of those classic craft activities that seems to have been somewhat forgotten in light of all the amazing crafts and craft supplies now available to children. But in fact, modeling clay can be a really great spur of the moment activity, which may even keep some children busy for hours! When…
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Make Beads From Sand! A Great Summer’s End Project.
Above Left: String your beads on lanyard cord and you can make keychains, zipper pulls and backpack charms, as well as necklaces and bracelets. Above Right: With elastic cord and a single bead, that's flat on one side, you can make either a ring or a ponytail holder. With elastic cord and an assortment of …
