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Simple Round Braided Challahs For Rosh HaShana

Re-posting this the night before Rosh HaShana, as this is what I'll be doing tomorrow! Such a great braid to know and so simple. In fact, once you master it you may even have to go into the catering business and look for some commercial catering equipment, yes these challahs are that good!

Here is what I wrote previously: With Rosh HaShana just a week away, now is a great time to bake traditional round braided challahs for the holiday, with raisins of course! Thanks to some readers who left comments on my post showing how to braid these beauties, I realized that I ought to share some photos I took last year just before the holiday!

Last Minute Rosh HaShana Card: A Splatter Pomegranate!

Yes, the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana starts tomorrow night, but there is still time to squeeze in a few last minute Rosh HaShana cards, even if you don't give them until after the holiday, which is just fine too! The 10 days betweeen Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur is also a time when we continue to wish people a "Shanah tovah" and there is also a blessing about being "sealed in the book of life" so the feather together with the pomegranite, well, it is quite perfect, since the pomegranate is a symbol for Rosh HaShana!  And of course, you could also use feathers and pomegranates as succah decor, so the more the better! Need some tips to make you own? Keep on reading.......

Last Minute Rosh HaShana Table Decor: Giant Origami Apples!

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Rosh HaShana is tomorrow night, but maybe you can still squeeze in a few origami balloons that can be made into apples? Go for it!

I am re-posting this giant origami apples tutorial because it is just to wonderful not to share again. Make apples to enjoy for Rosh HaShana and use as succah decorations as well! So simple and while you are at it, make a whole giant bushel full!

Origami apples are so simple to make and are the perfect craft to whip up right now! Fill a basket with them to use as a centerpiece, use them as place cards, hang them mobile style or make a bunch and scatter them around the house. (Or save this idea and gift a whole basket full to your teacher!) The best part is they look great everywhere and any where, and would make cute little Rosh HaShana gifts as well. Attach a tag that is a card and you'll surely warm the hearts of all your recipients! I used these very apples as apple centerpieces for a Rosh Chodesh party, and then a neighbor borrowed them as centerpieces for a Brit, and depending on the colors you choose they can look elegant or playful, or both. So take my advice and get crafting dear friends, the Jewish New year is in less than 3 weeks, with Succos to follow so a barrel of origami apples will serve you well, promise! And yes, you can of course make these in a smaller size and in a variety of colors to represent a wide range of fruit, as I've done here with my origami fruit, cute as can be!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Phew, what a week it has been, and on shabbat we ran to the bomb shelter multiple times, and while we heard the good news on shabbat via non Jews, that some of the evil in the world has been extinguished, the confirmation just a half an hour ago was such a sigh of relief. Now maybe the citizens of Lebanon who've been hijacked by terror can live in peace along side us! Features from last week's party coming soon. Okay, I'm back after more crazy and scary days here in Northern Israel, to share the features before we start the holiday of Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, which is always two days, and this year is back to back with Shabbat, so we'll be having 3 unplugged days.......maybe not exactly as we'd planned but the holiday goes on, so wishing everyone an amazing Rosh HaShana!

Festive Rosh HaShana Symbols (Simanim) Placards Craft For Kids

With Rosh HaShana coming in just over a week, now is the time to get crafting, with the kids and for yourself, in order to truly honor this oh so important and lofty holiday! The subject of the Rosh HaShana symbols or simanim is perfect for a variety of crafts including placards, garlands, napkin rings and cards. So while I've chose to do this craft on skewers to place in a vase, you can choose to make the symbols in the same manner just presented in a different way, though of course I do recommend them as cut-outs as they are just too cute! I have noticed in my crafting class that kids drawing skills these days are seriously in decline, so encourage your kids to draw, even the simplest things, as in this craft. And please don't give in to them when they say "I can't draw it" just get them to do a practice page and they will get it! Okay, lets make some fun and festive Rosh HaShana simanim placards!

3 Changes To Make At Home For a Better Back To School Experience

Making the transition from a long, fun summer to an often comparably rigid school environment can be tough for any child. And then of course for some there is the back to school period after a holiday break for Succot or Passover, or even Winter break. To make sure that the process is a little easier for your little ones, there are a wide variety of back to school hacks that can work really well! One of our most important roles as parents is helping kids adjust to the ups and downs of everyday life in a healthy positive way, to help them be the very best versions of themselves. Of course this might mean that we the adults have to work on ourselves first, but that is a good thing!

Let's talk about some important ways that you can help your child during this stressful transition period, and at the same time give them tools for life that can help in so many ways.

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! With Rosh Hashana just around the corner followed by more holidays, now is the time to get crafting, or in my case, painting in order to take my Succah up to another level this year with giant prints of new paintings......I hope, but if not, then next year! As I write this we've been told by our mayor to stay close to a bomb shelter, which in our case, since our house was built after 1991, we have a bomb shelter room in the house, so we are sleeping there tonight in order to get a good night's sleep! Big sigh, and nothing really seems all that important when war is staring us in the face here in Northern Israel, not to mention everything going on in the South. But yes, life goes on and my answer is creativity, both with crafting classes I'm giving at no charge to school age boys, and everything that goes into this blog! So enjoy the features from last week's party, and get crafting!

How To Create A Productive Homework Environment for Kids

Educating a child is one of the most important roles for every parent. Of course this starts at age zero, but by the time kids have homework parents must focus on creating a productive homework environment, which is essential for their success. Of course if they're overwhelmed, asking for help with do my homework for me services can relieve stress in a pinch. Academized.com offers professional homework assistance, making it a useful essay writing service for students who need extra support. In this article, we will explore some of the strategies and tips parent can use to create a home study space that will enable the child to develop a focus and commitment to their learning which, in turn, will translate into good study habits and academic success.

DIY Paper Pomegranite On A Branch Craft

I have to admit, this is one of the cutest crafts I've done lately, and I just can't wait to make more! Perfect for Rosh HaShana, and then bring your pomegranite branches into the succah! Use them to fill vases, or make garlands for the table or to hang overhead, on LED lighting or on rings hung horizontally.......or how about as part of a placecard/napkin ring? However you choose to use this idea, make a bunch as they are truly adorable. The traditional green and red is fun, but how about neutral colors or something unexpected? Okay, lets get started........

Stunning Coleus In A Lovely Mixed Garden Bed With Elephant's Ear!

This week I was walking in one of the old stone alleys in my neighborhood, and a slightly neglected one at that, and came across this stunning garden bed with Coleus, wow! It is positioned perfectly to detract from the electric box, and I guess there was a hole of some kind in the ground that called out to be a garden bed filled with shade loving plants, and look how happy those plants are! Part of the success of this grouping is that there are four different kinds of leafy plants with 4 drastically different sizes, something to keep in mind friends and I certainly will, as this combo is so very very pleasing to the eye! The largest leaves are elephant's ear, a personal favorite, then the coleus, then a smallish plant that I can't identify, and then a tiny ground cover/wandering Jew of sorts. Depending on what kind of winter we'll have this year, I doubt that the coleus can survive, so I hope the gardener will take cutting and make new plants indoors to re-plant here in the spring. The elephant's ear won't survive snow or prolonged frost either, but it is somewhat hardy, as I've seen it in another nearby container garden and it appears to be surviving from year to year. Okay, lets take another look.....