Raising children in love and faith
Today we gathered all our Passover books, then made our Passover Book Box and played our fun Passover Reading Bingo Challenge! We love books in general and find them so helpful to introduce or review a holiday. And then continue reading them throughout the holiday because they are so fun! Making a Passover Book Box …
Passover is early on the secular calendar this year but have no fear, we’ve got you covered with lots of fun, engaging, and meaningful crafts and activities all linked here on our Passover 2021 Round Up page! Passover starts on March 27th this year. This holiday commemorates the exodus of the Jews from slavery in …
Back by popular demand from my kiddos, a couple weeks ago we made our Purim Tape Resist Mural and I absolutely love seeing the bright colors and fun symbols on our wall! Purim starts tomorrow but there is still time to do this craft. It’s a great learning tool, a lovely Purim decoration, and a …
When I asked my kids what their favorite part of Purim is they all said the Carnival: games, tickets, costumes, and fun … ok Pandemic, we can still make this happen and over the weekend we did: enter our own DIY At-Home Purim Carnival! We put together some games (kiddos helped make them), crafts, activities, …
Purim may only be a few days away but there’s still time to create a fun Mishloach Manot with this Spice Up Your Pandemic Purim Mishloach Manot theme! Ready to put some Persia in your Purim? This year we decided to add some Persian spices to some of our favorite snacks. You probably already have …
Purim is a great time to talk about courage, bravery and standing up for oneself and others and this Courage Catcher Craft not only reviews this major theme of the holiday but also empowers your own children to think about how they can be courageous. What You’ll Need Paper Bag (or construction paper or cardstock) …
Today in Sunday School we made I Spy Purim Grogger which we then shook and booed as we read our Look & See DIY Megillah! So very easy and so much fun! What You’ll Need plastic or glass container rice (dyed if you want) symbols for different characters in the Purim story: can use clip …
Today I invited the kids to play with the Hamantaschen Matching Activity I set up for them. As intended, this set of cards has so many possibilities because I wanted it to work with the three big kids and what their different needs and goals are right now. All you need is to print the …
We create a sensory bin every year for Purim but this year we changed it up a bit and made it a Purim Sensory Rescue Bin and Wall! Sensory bins are a perfect hands-on way to prepare and celebrate Purim. For this twist, all you need to add is some tape to your favorite Purim …
Today we made our first Purim crafts of the season, our Purim Book Box + Banner! Both were easy peasy and involved just a little printing and supply gathering on my part and creativity of the part of the kids. What You’ll Need Empty box, big enough to store books Paint Paintbrush Cardstock Hamantaschen printable Paint, …
