Passover Seder Foods String Art

I’ve been wanting to try a string art process for awhile so of course I was excited to incorporate it with a Passover craft in this Passover Seder Foods String Art! As with all process art, each attempt is different and unique. And with this one, my kids (thankfully) enjoyed the process! I’m also pleased that we have a final product that functions as a lovely Passover decoration, in addition to being a fun process the kids loved doing.

I cannot believe that Passover starts in just two days! Are you ready? I definitely am not! Whether you are or not feeling prepared, there’s still time to do this fun craft with your kids, review the ritual foods and make a decoration for your seder!

What You’ll Need

Passover Seder ritual food items cut outs, doubled (use scissors or a cricut)
Cardstock
Washable paint
Tray
String
Scissors
Protective mat/tablecloth
Colored paper (optional)
Glue (optional)
Tape (optional)

Putting It Together

Prepare your Passover Seder ritual food items cut outs. I used our cricut but you could trace or draw the foods on cardstock, then cut out. You want two matching food items to represent each ritual food.
Cut lengths of string.
Squirt paint onto a tray, whichever colors your kiddo chooses.
Put the string in one (or more!) of the paint blobs; smoosh it around so the string is covered with paint.
Use two pinched fingers squeezing down the length of the string to squeeze off excess paint.
Choose your first ritual food item cut out and place it on your table.
Place the string on the food item cut out. You can place the string however you want. Make sure some of the string is sticking out past the edge of the cut out.
Repeat with as many strings as you’d like, placed however you want.
Place the matching cut out on top so that it matches exactly.
Put one hand on top of the matching cut outs to hold the them in place. With the other, gently pull the visible string so it’s pulled from between the sandwiched cut outs.
When all strings have been removed, pull apart your cut outs.
Check out the cool designs your string made!
If you want to turn the Passover Seder Foods String Art into a Passover Seder banner, let the cut outs dry, then glue to paper, cut the excess off leaving a border around the image, attach to yarn and hang up!
If you want, you can pair this activity with a book that talks about the Seder and the ritual food items, like Company’s Coming or Kayla and Kugel’s Almost Perfect Passover.

Finished & Loving It!

The kids really had no idea what we were doing when they first saw this set up. Luckily they were game to try it! They actually love getting to choose their own paint colors so the fun started from the very beginning.

Hands do get messy with this craft! We did it at the kitchen table so part of the process was rinsing hands as needed. Some kids will really enjoy playing with this texture. But for others it won’t be their thing. If they don’t want to touch the paint, you can try using a fork to move the string in the paint blob. You can even try transferring it to the cut outs this way.

My older kids were able to pull the strings out without much help once I explained the process. My younger one wasn’t quite coordinated enough to hold down with one hand and pull with the other. Not a problem, I’m always happy to help!

Pulling apart the cut outs to reveal the art inside was so great! We really had no idea what it would look like and each cut out looks different. If you’ve seen this process before, some people can make really beautiful designs that look like flowers. I can see some of that in some of the cut outs which I thought was pretty neat. But of course even when it doesn’t look like anything, the abstract designs are colorful and really cool!

Another fun part of this was discussing how the matching cut outs mirror each other. Once you pull them apart and set them up side by side you can see this mirror effect. So neat!

We let out Passover Seder Foods String Art dry and then I turned it into a banner (so it could hang behind the table as we celebrate our Passover Seders. A wonderful reminder of the fun process that took place, the Passover review and learning that occurred, and symbols of these special ritual foods for years to come!