Raising children in love and faith
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, …
Spring means one Jewish holiday after the other and even though I still have not managed to take down my Tu B’Shevat decorations, I know it’s time to start prepping for Purim so here is our Purim Round Up 2021! This year Purim starts at sundown on Thursday, February 25th. So just a little over …
This week we worked on Two Ways to Create Tu B’Shevat Resist Art Murals. Our first one was a tape resist mural focused on the Seven Species, the special foods that you eat during Tu B’Shevat seder. We fell in love with tape resist art after seeing Busy Toddler post her amazing Thanksgiving mural. We …
I thought playing with a Tu B’Shevat DIY Snowy Tree Sensory Exploration Activity to continue learning about Tu B’Shevat and enjoy feeling something as close to snow as we can get right now would be a fun and engaging post-school activity and it was! What You’ll Need baking soda hair conditioner leaves Putting It Together …
Today to prepare for Tu B’Shevat we did Tu B’Shevat Plant-Brush Painting and made a pretty cool mural and definitely had lots of fun in the process! What You’ll Need Kraft paper Tape Washable paint Assortment of plants Clothespins (optional) Popsicle sticks (optional) Glue gun (optional) Putting It Together First, collect different plant materials. We …
This afternoon we created our A Tree in Every Season Art Panels for Tu B’Shevat and they are awesome! What You’ll Need A Tree in Every Season Art Panels printable Cardstock Paint sticks, brown and green Glue Pink sprinkles Green construction paper Q-tips Rubber bands Orange, yellow, and red paint Watercolors Paintbrush Salt Putting It Together …
