February 2010

  • Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday & Wishing You A Joyful Purim!

    This week has been very busy with all the preparations for Purim, so time has just flown by! If you are reading this on Sunday, you can be sure that I am not on the computer, I am celebrating Purim and trying to be the hostess with the mostess to at least 40 sit-down guests,…

  • A Quick Purim Costume From the Classroom!

    My four year old came home from school the other day looking so cute I just had to share this with you!He is dressed up as Mordechai, the hero of the Purim story, and someone we'd definately like to emulate! His teacher made these for the whole class, and the simplicity is just too sweet!…

  • Recycle Cups & Make A Fun Noise Maker For Purim (Or Your Next Rhythm Project!)

    Here's a fun project to do with the kids today or tomorrow in preparation for Purim which starts Saturday night. (The exception being that Purim is celebrated Sunday night in Jerusalem.) I did this one, but kids can certainly have fun applying stickers and tape themselves. The noise maker or grogger is a classic Purim…

  • Stock Up On Some Freezer Paper!

    My brother and family just visited from the United States and look what they brought me! All summer I was tempted by all the freezer-paper stenciling tutorials on the internet, and couldn't try it myself! (There may be a similar product here in Israel, but since I had nothing to go by I couldn't look…

  • Serve A Whole Smoked Salmon for Purim!

      Here's an idea for a delicious appetizer course that your guests will go crazy over. A WHOLE Smoked Salmon! For the past three years we have tested this idea, and now we can't imagine Purim without a giant fish gracing our table! Now a smoked fish with no embellishments, looks well, dead, so be…

  • Embellish It With Round Metallic Stickers!

    Round metallic stickers are a craft staple over at my house! I don't know what it is, but they're just so useful and add a nice shiny touch to so many projects. I use them to make polka dots on colored paper, for joining ribbon on a gift, for adding a small touch to a…

  • Make Giant Carrots (& Some Bunny Ears) For Purim Or Anytime!

    Here's a fun project for Purim or any time! How about making some giant cardboard carrots with the kids and then making some wearable bunny ears as well for a cute but simple costume. (Bunny ears not shown, you'll have to use your imagination for that one!) You'll Need: orange crepe paper green crepe paper…

  • Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!

       It's Sunday again, which means it's time for Craft Schooling Sunday! I'm so very happy with all the amazing projects my talented guests have been linking to, and I hope that the party will grow to include crafters from around the world. If you know someone with a blog or site that is a…

  • Hardenbergia: A Stunning Tropical Vine That Blooms In The Winter!

    It's been quite a while since I've written about my container garden! Why? Well I'm not doing much gardening around here in the winter as most of my plants are in a state of dormancy. Our Winters are not severe like the East Coast of the U.S. but still generally cold and hopefully wet. There…

  • Fill The Walls With Fun Masks From Cut Paper!

    Purim is a week from Sunday, so now is a great time to give the kids a fun decorating project. Why not fill a whole wall with paper masks of all kinds? It's so much fun and looks great! When we lived in Jerusalem, we had an small entryway, and I used to fill it…

  • A Crocheted Beanie: For A Costume Or A Cute Baby Gift!

    Suffice it to say, this year I'm going all out on the costumes for my little ones. A working sewing machine and a blog that demands lots of new material are helping motivate me to create lots of fun things for Purim, and in doing so I'm also sharing with my children the joy of…

  • A Happy New Month On The Jewish Calender!

    Some of you may or may not be aware of this, but the Jewish people have their own calender. And we really do live by this calender except for things having to do with business and government operations which are run according to the Gregorian calender in order to be in sync with the rest…