This year we made Purim Bravery Charms to carry the idea of bravery with us wherever we go, during Purim and beyond! Purim provides such a great opportunity to discuss ometz lev, courage or strength of the heart, what kids may understand more simply as bravery.
In our house we make sure to talk about how brave Queen Esther and Mordecai were in the Purim story and the very many ways we can all be brave in our own lives. But of course it can be hard to be brave so we made these sweet Purim Bravery Charms to tuck into a backpack, hang on some keys, wear around a neck, or even keep safe in a pocket so that we can see and feel the charms and remember how we want, and have the power to be, brave.
What You’ll Need
- Polymer clay (or whatever type of dough or clay that you prefer that can harden or be baked)
- Heart cookie cutter
- Rolling pin
- Letter stamps
- Ribbon
Putting It Together
- Roll out your clay.
- Use a heart cookie cutter to cut out heart shapes.
- Make a hole near the top of the heart.
- Stamp the heart with a B (for bravery) or the entire word brave (optional).
- Bake per clay instructions.
- When hardened and cooled, add ribbon for a keychain, necklace or whatever you want!
- Read a Purim book about bravery, if you so desire!
Finished & Loving It!
These Purim Bravery Charms were super easy to make. We love working with polymer clay because it’s so easy to use and bakes quickly. And of course the bright colors are lots of fun too! It was easy for the kids to roll out the clay themselves, but also provided good hand strengthening practice as they manipulated the clay then the rolling pin.
Most of the kids just chose to stamp the letter “B” on their heart charms to remind them to be brave. I was able to squeeze the entire word “brave” on mine. And my daughter got super creative with hers by adding additional decorative touches—love the opportunities for creativity when working with mediums like this!!
We tucked my oldest’s into his backpack. No one else has to see that it’s there but it’s enough that he knows it is. That’s the beauty of charms! My daughter wanted to create a beautiful hanging mobile type thing with hers (she made multiple!) and the preschooler wanted a necklace. I added mine to my keychain.
We read the book Queen Esther Saves Her People which is a longer book so better for the slightly older kid crowd. But it’s a great book that explores Esther and Mordecai’s brave actions in the Purim story. It’s our hope that the Purim Bravery Charms we made today will help empower all of us to stand up for what we believe in, have courage to do what is right, and follow the path that our heart tells us to take.
Last year we made Courage Catchers that still hang on the kids’ bedroom walls. We find it helps all of us to have physical reminders of empowering ways to act.
We also have an entire Purim Activity Bundle ready for your Purim learning and exploration fun! Check it out in the With Love, Ima Shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Check out our recommended Purim books from our Bookshop.org Shop!
The following sites are amazing resources for learning more about this beautiful holiday:
Chag Sameach!!
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