This blog is filled with ideas to turn everyday moments into Jewish moments, especially for families with young children.
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Celebrate summer with Malabi, a delicately sweet Israeli milk pudding perfumed with rosewater. We topped ours with with diced peaches, peanuts and golden honey - a delicious fusion of Israeli street food and the classic American dessert of peaches and cream. Served in small glass jars, it looks like a happy burst of sunshine.
We’ve officially welcomed a new Jewish month - Tammuz, and with it the official start of summer! On the Jewish calendar, the summer season includes the months Tammuz, Av and Elul. Join us in celebrating summer with yummy foods, summer crafts and some special family outings.
As we get closer to Mother’s Day, (celebrated this year in the United States on May 9), I thought it would be sweet to honor the shared love between a mom and child on a hand-stamped charm and fingerprint necklace. You only need a few supplies (and a little finger), so let’s go make one!
It is the perfect time of year to have a small backyard party- and this party is all for my love of the season of spring! We’re decorating flower containers, making pet butterfly rocks (complete with a little habitat) and snacking on dirt pies. I even have a sweet spring-themed storybook to read to the kiddos too. Come join me at my spring party!
Celebrate the season and welcome the soft rain showers of early spring with a beautiful piece of art made with rain and bleeding tissue paper. You only need a few materials - and the best part - if you’d like, your kiddo can even catch rain drops in a bucket to use in their creation! So let’s go make some rain art!
Passover is coming, and with it, a time for cleaning and renewing. A besom is perfect tool for a spring cleaning. It’s known not only for sweeping, but for also providing your home with clean energy to purify and renew. You only need some pine needles and cotton cording. So let’s go make a handheld besom (broom)!
It’s the Jewish holiday Passover! It comes during the Hebrew month of Nisan and the season of spring! We can’t wait to bake matzah, make an afikomen bag, get crafty with matzah necklaces, “plant” parsley and celebrate the Passover story with Baby Moses! Discover so many ways to celebrate with your family!
One way to celebrate Purim is by wearing costumes! Anything goes when it comes to dressing up! You can wear any costume you’d like - or dress as a character from the Purim story. This year, we’re having a Purim costume dress-up party and our guests are DIY clothespin dolls!
It’s the Jewish holiday Purim (the 14th of the Hebrew month Adar)! We can’t wait to dress-up, bake some yummy Hamantaschen and make some joyful noise with groggers! Discover so many ways to celebrate with your family!
Tu B’shevat comes just at the very beginning of spring in Israel. Fruit trees feel the arrival of spring before people. As their roots awaken, the trees begin to drink water hidden deep in the earth, causing sap to rise up and flowers to bloom.
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.
We wanted to capture the warmth and light of a Lag B’Omer bonfire, with a “kid-friendly” twist. For our bonfire, we decided to paint it on a canvas drop cloth. Read on to create your own!
We have lots of fun ideas to celebrate Lag B’Omer, like this cute DIY “no-sew” ant plushie, because you know, ants and picnics go together! Whether you are celebrating the holiday with a picnic, or just want to cuddle with a new friend, we show you everything you need to make your own ant plushie!
Something important to the season, that often gets overlooked when we talk about spring, is soil and mud. We kind of love mud in our family!
Spring (Aviv in Hebrew) has always been my favorite season. In Judaism, spring is the season of life, victory and optimism. If there was ever a time and place to celebrate spring, it is now! We have a wonderful round-up of activities! So let’s go celebrate spring!
When I was 14 years old, I visited Israel with my parents and younger brother. It extra special because it was at the beginning of Hanukkah and we were visiting my older brother who was living at the time on Kibbutz Tzora in central Israel,
