This blog is filled with ideas to turn everyday moments into Jewish moments, especially for families with young children.
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I loved creating a very crafty “arty party” birthday for an adorable 4 year old girl. She was imagining Peppa Pig and her brother George too. I made adorable craft kits for all her friends, each with two crafts - a handmade necklace and Peppa’s house! This is a sweet theme for a birthday, or even a special party to celebrate friendship, family and love (think Valentine’s Day or Tu B’Av - the Jewish day of love)! Come take a look!
Today I’m making special Valentines (Galentines!) for my girlfriends - sweet bracelets on a thread with 13 seed beads! Not only does the number 13 have special significance to the Hebrew word for love (Ahavah), a red string bracelet is also known in mystical Judaism to bring protection and luck, so these simple bracelets pack a lot of power! Whether you are making one for yourself or several for friends, we share the tutorial to make your own!
It’s cold and rainy today, and we’re spending time indoors giving new life to discarded books and papers! We’re creating decorative paper garlands with bird and leaf silhouettes which makes us think of warmer days and spring! This simple craft is so versatile - you can use any type of paper and silhouette too. I love doing this with friends, and we have some tips for making garlands with littles too! So let’s go make some paper garlands with vintage papers.
Celebrate Tu B’Shevat and Shabbat Shira with freshly baked bird challah. These cuties are so simple to make with frozen bread dough, and they can also be painted with “edible” paint! This is a wonderful way to honor birds on this special Shabbat! So let’s go bake and “paint” bird challah!
Hello Tevet! We recently began this new month on the Jewish calendar. Tevet is known for the start of winter, and also for the baby goat (kid) or gedi in Hebrew (so cute)! We’re celebrating this new season by making a very special snow globe. You can read more about the gedi and see the process to make your very own winter wonderland too!
We’re celebrating the month of Tevet and the arrival of the winter with a flurry of snowflakes - edible marshmallow snowflakes! In Hebrew, snowflakes is pronounced Ptitey sheleg, and they’re pretty magical because no two are ever the same. With this snacktivity, we’re challenging ourselves to make as many different patterns as we can. Come make some with us, and don’t forget the hot chocolate too!
It’s the start of winter (horef in Hebrew) and a new month! We’re celebrating the new season with a winter yarn tapestry, complete with icicles (yarn strands), snowflakes (circular weavings) and snowballs (pom-poms). This is a festive project for grown-ups and kids alike! Come celebrate winter and make a yarn tapestry with us!
This is a special tutorial to make circular loom weavings to finish our winter yarn tapestry. We used yarn in different textures, thickness and shades of white to make these beautiful weavings. We think they look a little like snowflakes, which is perfect for the arrival of a new season! Come make some with us!
On this last day of Hanukkah, we are making intention word bracelets with alphabet beads as a personal promise to ourselves to shine bright like the Hanukkah lights. You can choose any word that is meaningful for you. We chose the Hebrew words “or ve ahavah” which translates to “light and love” in English. See the steps to make your own bracelets.
To spread smiles and happiness this Hanukkah, we’re making colorful dreidel necklaces to share with some of our favorite friends. We use paint chips from our local home improvement store to make these cuties, and string the necklaces with beads in different shapes and sizes. This is the happiest (and easiest) dreidel necklace for littles, so let’s go make one!
One of our favorite traditions is to decorate our home as a family for Hanukkah! My most-loved decorations are handmade, like these festive dreidel garlands and mobiles - all from a collection of paint chips. This is a wonderful collaborative project to do with littles, and we show you all the steps to make your own!
We’re starting to get a little topsy turvy around here! On Hanukkah, we spin tops called dreidels, and they’re just so many fun and creative ways to include them in our Hanukkah celebrations - like with this cute puffy dreidel necklace. You only need a few materials to make your own, and they’re the perfect accessory for littles to wear while singing the dreidel song! So let’s go make a puffy dreidel necklace!
A beautiful tradition in Judaism is to light a memorial candle, a yahrzeit candle, on the anniversary of a loved one’s passing. I received a candle for my dad, and spent the afternoon making a special candle holder from clay and imprinted with wildflowers. If you’d like to remember someone you love with a beautiful little memorial candle holder, read on to learn how.
There’s something about picnics that make us so happy. We’re having a sit down picnic dinner for Rosh Hashanah this year, and we’ve saved you a seat with our apple basket place cards. They’re so adorable and make sweet party favors too. We share a full tutorial on how to make them.
For this Rosh Hashanah, we are full speed ahead with a picnic theme, which I think is lovely for grown-ups and children alike. Our picnic has an abundance of apples, honey bees, white plates, and baskets filled with flowers and lots of handmade touches. Come take a look!
On Rosh Hashanah evening, right as the sun sets, we begin our holiday by lighting candles. This year we made special festival candles by drawing doodles on tissue paper and then melting the paper into the candle wax. This is a fun project for all ages. So let’s go bring some warmth, love and light into our New Year by making Rosh Hashanah candles!
Teeny tiny pinecones are made into honey bees for our Rosh Hashanah honey pot! This is a very simple craft but oh so very cute! You only need a few supplies, so come make a sweet honey bee and honey pot with us!
Making honey bee crowns with your family is one way to put imaginative play into your Jewish New Year celebration. Plus, They’re extra fun to wear while eating apples dipped in honey! One sheet of poster board makes 10 crowns, so they’re perfect for a party or picnic celebration. Let’s go make some!
Have you ever heard the Yiddish word Shluffy? It’s a loving word that tells your child, “It’s time to go to sleep.” Whether you have a little that easily goes to bed, or one that needs some extra encouragement, making a little Shluffy baby together is a sweet and loving activity that guarantees sweet dreams.
To get ready for Tu B’ Av (the Jewish Day of Love), we’re thinking of all the Jewish things we love, and one thing that makes our heart flutter is Challah on Shabbat! We love baking challah and making challah baby necklaces too - especially when they’re all wrapped up in a dainty challah cover. Come make one with us!
