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DIY Baby Blocks — Fun For Any Age
DIY baby blocks aren't just for babies, especially when they're covered with interesting illustrations or even messages that you can easily apply with decoupage. I made these DIY baby blocks with recycled scrap-pile wood pieces and covered them with a few layers of paper mache before adding the paper napkin images using decoupage. Truthfully, these crafty baby…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Great to have you back again this week, and hope you'll be as inspired as I am by all the amazing projects that the crafters out there are dreaming up! For starters, I just love this colorful necklace from minieco made from slices of colored pencils, and look at…
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Slice of Life – Berkeley In Bloom, Gorgeous Flowering Shrubs
As you may have figured out by now, I have actually been away from my home in Israel for the past few weeks visiting with my mother in California and now with family in New York. I feel so very fortunate to have made the visit this year in the Spring, as the show of flowering shrubs and plants everywhere…
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Vacation Crafts- Nature Crafts With Rosebuds
Here's another super simple vacation or any time craft, courtesy of my eight year old daughter! I'll have to admit, I was eyeing the plate of rose petals that my mother had put aside to add to her "organic" recycling bin, as they were just so lovely. And sure enough, when I got up the…
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Recycled Paper Bag Flowers
Believe me, there is something really interesting and beautiful about recycled paper bag flowers. Flowers made from recycled lunch bags and recycled grocery bags (like the large flower above) are wonderful, and it's especially nice to combine a few different types of recycled paper bags that may be slightly different shades of brown. And with the Jewish holiday of…
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Vacation Crafts: Paper Lunch Bag Bird’s Nests
Lunch bag bird's nests with modeling clay eggs are really fantastic and a great project to do on the road, since there's minimal mess and the supplies are certainly simple. I was so inspired by this original idea by Camilla over at family chic that I sat down with my kids just as soon as I spied some…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and another inspiring get together! As always, it's so great to see so many new contributors from around the world, and this week I was especially happy to "see" a new face from Grenada! And I almost forgot to mention that today is the Jewish holiday of L'Ag B'Omer, so…
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Baking Challah With Children
Baking challah with kids is a great activity to do together in the kitchen, and a wonderful way to help them develop a love for this timeless Jewish tradition. When I bake their favorite challah recipe, there's always plenty of dough to let the kids have fun shaping little loaves which they'll proudly eat at our Shabbat table Friday…
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Vacation Crafts- Rubber Band Balls
Rubber band balls are great vacation crafts since they're not messy, require very few supplies and could even be made in the car! Plus rubber band balls double as a science experiment of sorts, and could be a fun gift to leave behind if you're visiting friends or family. I would love a bowl of…
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Vacation Crafts….Fun With Sidewalk Chalk
What are vacation crafts exactly? My definition of vacation crafts would be crafts or activities that are easy to transport, require minimal setup and can be enjoyed by a range of ages without adult supervision, such that the adults can catch up with the relatives they're visiting, or have a little bit of down time…
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Paper Flower Bouquet With Cupcake Liner Accordian Folded Flowers
Cupcake liner flowers when combined with simple accordion folded paper flowers result in a beautiful and simple paper flower bouquet to grace your table or add some cheer to a little corner in your home. And with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot coming up in about three weeks, now is a great time to start…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, an inspiring crafty get together which brings together creative minds from around the world. This week Nigeria joins the list of countries represented here, together with Israel, Turkey, The Netherlands, The UK, The United States, Muldavia, India, Australia and Germany. And of course we also have regulars from South Africa,…
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Baking Delicious Challah Without Eggs
Challah is one of those things that connects many Jewish families to their Jewish roots, and when it's home baked it's even more special. So while many think they just don't have the time, I can tell you, it's worth the extra effort and once you get the hang of it you'll want to fit…
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Castle Birthday Cake Decorations Made Simple
Here is the cutest and simplest castle birthday cake that I think will please your child just as much as a complex iced castle cake that took at least a whole day to make, and was anyway devoured in a matter of minutes! And you could certainly use this same idea to make a barnyard…
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Toilet Paper Roll Birthday Crowns
Toilet paper roll birthday crowns will make your next birthday party so much fun. Put a birthday crown at each place setting, or even use them as napkin rings —a wonderful suprise for each guest. And when everyone puts a super sweet toilet paper roll crown on their head, adults included, the smiles will be…
