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How to Teach Kids Empathy in Everyday Life
With the important holiday of Passover coming up in just 2 nights, now is a great time to think about some of the holiday lessons we especially want to focus on with our children. The Passover story emphasizes the importance of empathy and helping others, and remembering that we are not alone in our strugggles.…
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How To Make A Large Pyramid From A Square Gift Bag
I almost can’t believe it myself, but just as I was dreaming of making origami pyramids from marbled paper, I remembered I’d saved a marble pattern gift bag! Miracle of miracles, I actually knew where it was, and when I realized it was square and thus the bottom of the bag could be used as…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! We are rushing to finish all the preparations for Passover, a huge job, with a top to bottom yearly house cleaning, and this year some serious moving around of furniture and a new look in the living room, which I just love and we did…
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How To Make Crocheted Lice With Hot Glue Details
With the Passover seder coming in less than a week, now is the time for some quick crafts that will create memories for the little ones (or big ones?) And friends, since everyone does need to sit for a moment, learning how to make crocheted lice with hot glue details might be just the project…
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How To Crochet Lice For The Passover Seder
I’ll admit my title How To Crochet Lice For The Passover Seder sounds strange indeed, unless of course you are trying to think about how to make a Ten Plagues Set for kids to enjoy at the Passover seder, and then it might not sound strange at all? Hopefully you know how to crochet, or…
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How To Make A School Of Fish Mobile
This post, How To Make A School Of Fish Mobile, might be just the thing to keep the kids busy while you prep for Passover? But what do fish have to do with Passover, you might ask? Fish are a wonderful sign for the crossing of the Red Sea, which we celebrate on Shvi Shel…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here. We are well and safe despite living in the midst of an active ongoing war, wherein one has a hard time distinguishing between thunder and exploding missiles, as crazy as that sounds! I wrote a paragraph about all this, but is somehow got deleted as…
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How To Make A Gold Leaf Origami Pyramid
I just can’t stop making origami pyramids, because they are so simple to make and with fantastic results…….and since I just might make a pyramid tablescape for the Passover seder coming up just shy of 2 weeks, now is the time to figure it all out, meaning what will the seder table look like this…
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How To Make Golden Origami Pyramids For The Passover Table
When I discovered that making origami shapes using toile paper elevated the craft to something totally lovely, and even elegant I was so very very happy, as having said goodbye to using bright colors in the dining room, I though my crafty holiday decor might suffer. But it turns out that opting for metallics, neutrals…
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How To Make Simple Origami Pyramids For Passover
Now is the time to learn how to make simple origami pyramids for Passover, as truly this one is a gem, and if you use toile or metallic paper they can even pass as “elegant!” I truly can’t believe that the same origami balloon technique I’ve been using for years to make origami pears, origami…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Ever thought what life might be like when you’re not sure if the loud booms are war planes, missiles, or thunder? That is indeed our reality on this rainy Sunday, but not complaining as while there are many many inconveniences given the safety concerns, closure…
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How To Feed A Crowd With Home Baked Whole Wheat Sourdough?
Thinking of baking a large quantity of sourdough for an upcoming party, either to serve at the event or send home with guests in a gift bag? (Check out my DIY Custom Bakery Bags which truly are the cherry on top!) You truly can do it, it just takes planning ahead, the right equipment, and…
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How To Bake Whole Wheat Sourdough With Success: Six Key Factors
Now that I’ve put a hold on my sourdough baking adventures, as we are ridding the house of all things flour and bread for Passover, I have more time to write about it. So sorry about the timing, but such is life! After many months of experimentation, I can now happily write How To Bake…
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How To Make An Artful Paper Vase From A Failed Painting
Pulling this one out of the archives, as it is surely useful to many right about now, as we attempt to make some order of our creative cabinets and rooms and drawers? I do think that saving art in a nicely organized box is a great idea, but in my case, saving non-successful paintings is…
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How To Make A Splitting Of The Red Sea Passover Diorama
I am reposting this krias yom suf, splitting of the Red Sea craft that I made with my kids 15 years ago! Those kids are now in their low twenties, and I am so happy to have a virtual record of all the things we did when they were much younger! This craft honors the…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Scary times and yet life goes on and especially important to make time for creativity to ease the nervous system just a bit. Rushing to post this so hope everyone is staying safe and enjoy the features from last week’s party! A really great set…
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How To Make A Limited Edition Logo Gift Bag For Your Purim Bakery
Given my latest obsession with whole wheat sourdough baking at home, I just had to be the over achiever and bake enough sourdough to give in my Purim gift baskets, which is actually a bit insane, but doable if you plan a few weeks ahead. After the idea of baking all that sourdough started to…
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How To Make A Stand-Up Paper Doll Clown Chain Craft
It is true, Purim is now officially over but this post that teaches you how to make a stand-up paper doll clown chain is great for any party! Use this general idea for a birthday party, a welcome home party, a graduation party, or even for other Jewish holidays but with different characters! Or quite…
