All tagged Fall

DIY: Pumpkin challah rolls

Celebrate pumpkin season (and Shabbat) with fresh baked pumpkin challah rolls. These cuties are so simple to make with frozen bread dough, and they can also be dressed-up for “challah-ween” with icing, sprinkles and candy eyes. This is a wonderful family activity for fall. So let’s go bake and dress-up pumpkin challah rolls!

DIY: Gourd patch cupcakes

We recently baked a “patch” of gourd and pumpkin cookies to celebrate fall! They were so fun and festive, we decided to also use the cookies for pumpkin (and gourd) patch cupcakes! This is a simple (but oh so cute) activity with store bought cupcakes, dried fruit and nuts! It’s also a wonderful activity for littles to help with too. Come visit our pumpkin patch and make some fall cupcakes us!

DIY: Tabletop Sukkah

We’re bringing Sukkot and the fall harvest into our home by building a tabletop sukkah, draped in branches of tiny leaves and autumn flowers. It’s wonderful to experience building a sukkah, even if it’s small in size. For this project, you only need a few items - most found in nature. We show you all the steps in photos, so let’s go build a sukkah!

DIY: Graham cracker sukkah

Jewish people have been building sukkahs for a couple of thousand years - really! This year, we’re building our sukkah with graham crackers, pretzel sticks and a harvest of dried fruits and fresh herbs. This is such a wonderful activity, and actually, building a sukkah is considered a mitzvah! So come make one with us!

DIY: Sukkah greeters

During Sukkot, we read in the Torah that we should take the branches of the beautiful trees...celebrate and be happy! We love the idea of using tree branches and repurposing them into a joyful family craft for Sukkot. Come make some Sukkah greeters with us!

DIY: "Painted" rainbow challah

We’re “painting” rainbow challah to celebrate the first Shabbat of the New Jewish Year! We made edible paint from natural food colors, and used challah as our canvas. This is such a fun food craft for all the little artists in your life, or anytime you want to add a little extra color and happiness to your Shabbat! So come “paint” some challah with us!

DIY: Edible turkey

We thought it would be fun to make our own edible baby turkey - in honor of our upcoming “Turkey Day,” (Thanksgiving) which will be celebrated later this month in the United States. This is very easy to make - even for young children.

DIY: Edible Sukkah

One traditional way to celebrate Sukkot is to build and decorate a sukkah! To “build” a sukkah on a small scale, you can make DIY edible sukkahs! Make a lot, and you can invite friends over to have an sukkah decorating party!