Raising children in love and faith
I made this DIY Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Sensory Tray for the kids last year but we were all excited to take it out again this year and enjoy some simple sensory fun! What You’ll Need Cardboard, two pieces (I used pieces around 9 x 14) Scissors Sharpie Glue gun Food coloring or paint in red, …
Bonfires are a special traditional way of celebrating the holiday of Lag Ba’Omer and these Lag Ba’Omer Foil Print Bonfires are such a fun and easy craft for your little ones to enjoy! What You’ll Need Paper (cardstock would be sturdier with the wet paint, but we used printer paper and it worked just fine) …
In the middle of the Omer we celebrate the holiday of Lag Ba’Omer and since it’s almost that time already, I set up a Lag Ba’Omer Shelfie + Starter Activities for the kids to explore and enjoy the holiday! I’ve been needing super simple activities this May and this Lag Ba’Omer Shelfie is no different. …
Today I wanted to teach the kids a little bit about a kibbutz and these special communities in Israel so I set up a Kibbutz Harvest Sensory Bin. It’s another super simple set up and concept but with awesome learning opportunities for Jewish learning + age differential skill development! My daughter read off the short …
One of my favorite Israeli foods is falafel so I thought it would be fun to create an activity inspired by this tasty dish; hence, our Falafel Transfer! A super simple activity with awesome fine motor skills practice. Yay! What You’ll Need Brown or beige felt Needle and thread Brown pom poms Tongs Putting It …
In Israel Yom Ha’atzmaut kicks off with a special torch lighting then a fireworks show so I thought we’d do our hands-on kid-friendly version with a Kick Off Yom Ha’atzmaut Torch Craft & Loose Parts Fireworks! Both set ups are easy and fun and are a simple way of learning more about how this holiday …
With Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, coming up in a little over a week, it was the perfect time to set up our Yom Ha’atzmaut Shelfie + Starter Activities! The kids helped me create many of the activities and decorations that we displayed and explored. Yom HaAtzmaut (can be spelled either way!) is such a …
One of the Passover Seder traditions our kids look forward to every year is the plague bags I give them during the naming of the 10 plagues portion of the Seder and I really hope they will like these new Passover Playdough Loose Parts Plague Bags I made for them this year! Each year the …
I love creating different types of holiday murals each year to showcase the holiday and add extra learning and review for the kiddos so this year we created a Passover Story Mural to remind us of the different parts of the Passover story. Throughout the past month we’ve done many different activities that focused on …
This year I wanted to have the children create special seder plates that could be used during our seder and also for pretend seder play and these DIY Wooden Seder Plates came out so absolutely beautiful that I want to use them all year long! The DIY Wooden Seder Plates are super easy to make …
