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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…
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Crocheted Children’s Cloche With Giant Flower
Here's a fun crocheted hat with a giant flower to keep things a little cheerful right about now. Winter has finally arrived in our mountain town in Northern Israel, so I just had to crochet my daughter a few cold weather accessories. Plus she's now ready to wear large flowers on her head so I…
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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…
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Drawing With Pastels On Black Paper
I'm loving simple geometric drawings done with pastels on black paper. My nine year old daughter did these, and I just had to share them with you as there's something so very satisfying about drawing on black paper with vibrant colors! Needless to say, this is a great little activity to pull out of your…
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Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Rug
You can crochet with yarn made from old t-shirts, and making a little rug from t-shirt yarn is a great way to start! Okay, I have to admit, this rug is so little that I had wanted to add to it before sharing it with you, but there's no time like the present. So grab…
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Colorful Peacock: A Nine Year Old’s Third Oil Painting
I love this colorful and abstract peacock painted by my nine year old daughter. I am so very proud of her and equally happy that she is following in my footsteps, and at an early age! And since I never studied painting myself, it makes me so happy to see my daughter excelling at it.…
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Craft Schooling Sunday Resumes January 29th
Dear Readers, Hi, it's me, Sara, the writer and creator of this blog. Thought I'd just write you all a little letter to apologize for not resuming Craft Schooling Sunday on the first Sunday in January as I had planned. Getting back into the blog after the holidays has been a greater challenge than I'd…
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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,…
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Giant Crocheted Rosette Flower
Okay, maybe not exactly a giant crocheted rosette flower, but definitely a very large crocheted flower. You know, the kind of flower that will certainly make a cheerful statement worn on a hat or a winter coat right about now. So I do hope that you crochet, since everyone could use a little wardrobe pick me…
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Textured Rolling Pin DIY
Here's a simple DIY for a textured rolling pin that you can use in so many ways: to texture clay of all kinds, for play dough and salt dough and maybe even as a printing tool for painting some wrapping paper, though don't take my word for it, haven't tried it! I made this one…
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Spoon Puppets…..The Perfect Winter Craft For Kids
Aren't these spoon puppets just too much fun? This dear readers is an example of a craft that will enthrall most kids and really requires minimal supplies and mess, and can be used afterwards to put on a show! So gather the supplies and your kids will be making spoon puppets for days, promise! You'll…
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Spoon Puppet Kid’s Craft
Here's a fun craft to do with the kids this winter: a spoon puppet theater! A few days ago I did this puppet craft with a group of about 60 girls ranging from ages 5-12, and it was fortunately received with great enthusiasm. Yes, quite a few of the girls needed help with the theater…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Price Tag Sticker Candle Jars
Aren't these neon price tag sticker candle jars fun? When I bought some rolls of these stickers I thought I was buying them for my kids. Of course my kids don't have any idea that neon is "back" or that their mom really bought the stickers to satisfy that personal desire of hers for just…
