This blog is filled with ideas to turn everyday moments into Jewish moments, especially for families with young children.
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There are so many fun ways to celebrate Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year! From yummy foods to DIYs to family outings, we share so many ways for your family to have a sweet new year!
I loved creating a very crafty “arty party” birthday for an adorable 4 year old girl. She was imagining Peppa Pig and her brother George too. I made adorable craft kits for all her friends, each with two crafts - a handmade necklace and Peppa’s house! This is a sweet theme for a birthday, or even a special party to celebrate friendship, family and love (think Valentine’s Day or Tu B’Av - the Jewish day of love)! Come take a look!
We’re celebrating Hanukkah in the most delicious way - with a donut decorating party! We made a batch of chocolate and vanilla donuts in a newly gifted donut baking pan and decorated them with homemade icings and delicious toppings! This is a wonderful party to set up for adults and children alike. Let the decorating begin!
We’re starting to get a little topsy turvy around here! On Hanukkah, we spin tops called dreidels, and they’re just so many fun and creative ways to include them in our Hanukkah celebrations - like with this cute puffy dreidel necklace. You only need a few materials to make your own, and they’re the perfect accessory for littles to wear while singing the dreidel song! So let’s go make a puffy dreidel necklace!
I loved creating a very crafty “arty party” birthday for an adorable 8 year old girl. She was imagining witches and broomsticks, and after brainstorming with mom and daughter, I put together two adorable craft stations. This is a very fun theme for a fall party, and you’re invited to take a look!
Making honey bee crowns with your family is one way to put imaginative play into your Jewish New Year celebration. Plus, They’re extra fun to wear while eating apples dipped in honey! One sheet of poster board makes 10 crowns, so they’re perfect for a party or picnic celebration. Let’s go make some!
Have you ever heard the Yiddish word Shluffy? It’s a loving word that tells your child, “It’s time to go to sleep.” Whether you have a little that easily goes to bed, or one that needs some extra encouragement, making a little Shluffy baby together is a sweet and loving activity that guarantees sweet dreams.
To get ready for Tu B’ Av (the Jewish Day of Love), we’re thinking of all the Jewish things we love, and one thing that makes our heart flutter is Challah on Shabbat! We love baking challah and making challah baby necklaces too - especially when they’re all wrapped up in a dainty challah cover. Come make one with us!
We’re getting ready for a new season and extra sunny days by making favorite summer-time yarn crafts, but with a new twist - like this sun wheel! We made it as a wand to wave high at the sun for the upcoming summer solstice. You’re invited to make one too! We show you all the details in our DIY tutorial!
To welcome the sunniest day of the year, we made summer solstice pom-pom wands. The circle shape of the pom-pom reminds us of the sun, and we selected yarn colors to represent sunny days. You only need a few materials to make your own. So let’s go make a pom-pom wand!
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!
Have you baked matzah for Passover yet? A fun way to “bake” matzah with children is by sewing a puffy matzah necklace from felt and cotton balls! This adorable matzah has a sprig of parsley on top to remind us that Passover comes during spring, when the land is lush and green. So let’s go “bake” a matzah necklace!
Everyone loves babies. To celebrate the upcoming season of spring and the story of Passover, we wanted to celebrate our love of babies - and Baby Moses - by making a Baby Moses sock doll. You only need two socks to make one, so let’s go make a sock baby!
We’re hopping into Passover celebrations by making DIY froggy crowns! In the Passover story, hundreds, probably thousands of frogs, rained down from the sky all over Egypt. The lifecycle of a frog reminds us that we are always growing and changing - leaving something behind and gaining something better. So hop to it! Let’s go make a froggy crown!
Purim’s almost here, and that means making yummy Hamantaschen - sweet triangle shaped pastries stuffed with wonderful fillings! We wanted to explore other ways to make Hamantaschen - like a puffy Hamantaschen necklace! They are sure to get you and your littles in the joyful spirit of Purim. You only need a few supplies. So let’s go make one!
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!
Right now, it’s the Hebrew month of Kislev. Two wonderful things about Kislev are, we celebrate Hanukkah, and it is also known as the month of dreams -
A cute children’s menorah, made extra special, with happy and smiley candle friends.
It’s special when children are able to experience the lighting of Shabbat candles by themselves. To “light” them safely, we created an imaginative DIY Shabbat Candle Lighting Set, especially for little ones! Here’s what you’ll need to create your own:
Picnics and ants seem to go together, and we thought it would be fun to put some imaginative play into our picnic, by making ant crowns!
