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Bonfire Sweep
Arts, Crafts & Sensory Jewish Holidays

Bonfire Sweep

by adminupdated on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023Leave a Comment on Bonfire Sweep

Sweep some Lag Ba’Omer or summertime fun into your kiddo’s life with this super simple Bonfire Sweep! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! My kids loved when we did the Star of David sweep for Yom Ha’atzmaut. I figured they’d love this Lag Ba’Omer invitation as well and I was right! …

Bonfire Fizzy Play
Arts, Crafts & Sensory Jewish Holidays

Bonfire Fizzy Play

by adminupdated on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023Leave a Comment on Bonfire Fizzy Play

I don’t think we can let a holiday go by without some fizzy play and for Lag Ba’Omer we had a super simple Bonfire Fizzy Play experience that was so much fizzy fun! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! I haven’t met a kid who wasn’t fascinated by fizzy play. Baking …

Squirt Bottle Bonfire
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Squirt Bottle Bonfire

by adminupdated on May 4, 2023May 4, 2023Leave a Comment on Squirt Bottle Bonfire

We had such a blast creating this Squirt Bottle Bonfire to celebrate Lag Ba’Omer! Fine motor skills, hand muscle development, process art and a cool Lag Ba’Omer decoration afterwards? Yes please! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! I had this vision in my head and it was so cool to see …

Bonfire Light Table Invitation
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Bonfire Light Table Invitation

by adminupdated on May 4, 2023May 1, 20231 Comment on Bonfire Light Table Invitation

We have so much fun with our DIY light table and Lag Ba’Omer gives us a perfect opportunity for this Bonfire Light Table Invitation! One of the traditions of Lag Ba’Omer is to have a bonfire. Whether or not you’re able to set up a real bonfire, this kid-friendly light table bonfire will allow the …

DIY Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Sensory Tray
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DIY Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Sensory Tray

by adminupdated on May 18, 2022May 18, 2022Leave a Comment on DIY Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Sensory Tray

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, …

Lag Ba’Omer Foil Print Bonfires
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Lag Ba’Omer Foil Print Bonfires

by adminupdated on May 18, 2022May 10, 2022Leave a Comment on Lag Ba’Omer Foil Print Bonfires

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) …

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Is ice cream one of the sweet traditions you look Is ice cream one of the sweet traditions you look forward to for Shavuot? In our house that’s a definite yes, bring on that sweet frozen milk and honey 🙌🍦 To get us in the we-all-scream-for-ice-cream mood, I set out this super simple ice cream fine motor and counting invitation, perfect for Shavuot or any time you want a sweet activity 😉

I made ice cream cones out of brown paper, then set out a bunch of cotton balls and tongs. I invited my kiddos to use our Shavuot Counting Cards to identify the number on the card (either by reading the word, visually identifying the numeral or by counting the dots—so much great differentiation in one card!!), then count out and transfer the corresponding number of cotton balls, using the tongs, to create their ice cream cone. The kids were super excited to actually add the number of “scoops” to match the following card number so they added a level of math and addition that I didn’t even anticipate, these smart guys ❤️

These Shavuot Counting Cards are available in our With Love, Ima Shop, link in bio. Enjoy!

#shavuot #icecream #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewish #preschoolathome #jewishholidays #earlylearners #mathactivities #finemotoractivity
I love making a visual of Mount Sinai for Shavuot I love making a visual of Mount Sinai for Shavuot and this year I added a nature cutting tray to the invitation, making it a Shavuot Nature Cutting Tray and Mount Sinai Nature Collage. I’m in love 🥰 Lots of good fine motor skill practice with the nature cutting (and proper positioning help with thumb up for the incoming kindergartener!) and artistic creativity with how the kiddos arranged the cuttings to create a beautiful (and lovely smelling!) Mount Sinai ❤️ One of the traditions of Shavuot is decorating with greenery and nature and I think we accomplished that with this first activity 🙌 Had to follow with one of our favorite @pjlibrary Shavuot book, The Littlest Mountain ❤️

#shavuot #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #jewish #preschoolathome #jewishholidays #finemotoractivity #earlylearners
We have less than two weeks until the next major J We have less than two weeks until the next major Jewish holiday, Shavuot! Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah and this year the holiday starts on Sunday, June 1st. This holiday also marks 7 weeks, 49 days, since Passover—this is the Counting of the Omer we’ve been doing! I really can’t believe almost seven weeks have flown by this fast!

To get us in the Shavuot-mindset, we of course started with a Shavuot Shelfie! Once again, I set out (almost) all previously shared invitations so the kids can explore on their own and at their leisure. One new and super simple activity is the Ice Cream Do a Dot printable 🍦 

The following activities are featured on this year’s Shavuot Shelfie:

- Shavuot Book Box
- Shavuot 3 Part Cards
- Flower Posting
- 10 Commandments 3 Part Cards
- Ice Cream Do a Dot
- Flower and ice cream chunkies @woodpeckerscrafts (Use code WithLoveIma5 for a discount!)
- Shavuot counting cards
- 10 Commandments counting cards 
- Book of Ruth 3 Part Cards
- Flower + Paint Palette Color Matching
- @leelaaloustickers Shavuot booklet 
- Shavuot cutting strips
- 10 Commandments art
- Torah scribe art
- Mount Sinai Splatter Paint Art 

All printables can be found on our website in the Shavuot Hub, link in bio!

#shavuot #jewishholidays #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #jewish #preschoolathome #shelfie #jewishlearning #pjlibrary @pjlibrary #jewishkidlit #jewishkidsbooks
Shavua tov! As we said goodbye to Shabbat, we read Shavua tov! As we said goodbye to Shabbat, we read this sweet newly released book, The See-You-Soon Spice Box by @pamelaehrenbergauthor , and crafted lovely spice boxes ourselves during the in between time of Havdalah before getting to use these new spice boxes in our own Havdalah ceremony ❤️ The story is about Havdalah, but even more so about the love between a great grandmother and her great grandson and the connection and joy they find together even when they are apart. Having recently lost both my grandparents, my kids’ great grandparents, this story felt especially touching and I feel so incredibly grateful for the time we all had with my grandparents. I love that in the story Silas was inspired to create his own spice box because his great grandpa had done the same. 

The kids followed the craft described in the book to make their own super simple DIY spice boxes (using recycled materials, yay!), then got to sprinkle their own mixture of spices (whole cardamom, cloves and cinnamon sticks) into the boxes. We all enjoyed inhaling these spices and thinking about how these were kid-made and made with love as we passed them around during the ceremony ❤️

May your new week be one of peace and of many blessings ❤️ Shavua tov ❤️

#shavuatov #jewish #jewishkidlit #jewishbooks #jewishkidbooks #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #preschoolathome #familytime #havdalah
And … it’s here! Bonfire (well a gentle fire i And … it’s here! Bonfire (well a gentle fire in our backyard fire pit 🤪) and s’mores, lots of laughter and family time to celebrate the start of Lag Ba’Omer 🔥❤️

#lagbaomer #jewishhome #jewishholidays #jewishfamily #jewishchildren #jewishkids #familytime #familytraditions
My kids keep playing with the Fizzy Fun Bonfire Se My kids keep playing with the Fizzy Fun Bonfire Sensory Bin I set up on Monday so I was inspired to create another Lag Ba’Omer sensory bin for today’s activity and this one comes with a free printable 🙌 My boys are both very into counting and numbers right now so I counted out 33 red gems (vase fillers found at Dollar Tree!), scattered them in a bin and covered with one of my favorite super simple sensory fillers, oats. I created the Lag Ba’Omer 33 Bonfire Printable to reinforce that Lag Ba’Omer takes place on the 33rd of the Omer and to give my boys practice counting, one to one correspondence and number recognition. The boys searched in the oats for the red gems, then added a gem to each number in the bonfire outline, counting as they went and making sure they added the gems in numerical order. And when they finished … they dumped the gems back in the bin and did it all again, woo hoo!!

The printable is available for free and can be found in our Lag Ba’Omer Hub, link in bio. It would totally work for a do a dot (with dot markers or stickers) invitation as well … in fact, I might try that tomorrow 😉

#lagbaomer #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #preschoolathome #jewishholidays #freeprintable #sensorybin #sensoryplayideas #sensoryplayathome #sensoryplaytime
Here’s another simple Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Craf Here’s another simple Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Craft that’s perfect for your kiddos to create and enjoy the process! Thanks to @mrskingdergarten who shared her foam sticker Easter Egg paint prints and gave me the idea to make one for Lag Ba’Omer, I drew a bonfire outline, then let the kids add their own foam stickers. Paint with red, orange and yellow paint, then lay a blank piece of paper on top, lightly pressing down, to create your very own Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Print Art 🙌 Peeling stickers is such a good fine motor and pincer grasp skill practice and we were all so excited to see what the prints would look like! Add some paper strips for logs, dry and enjoy some original masterpieces perfect for the upcoming holiday ❤️

#lagbaomer #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #preschoolathome #jewishholidays
It’s been awhile since we’ve had some fizzy se It’s been awhile since we’ve had some fizzy sensory fun and the kids were overjoyed when I invited them to play and explore our Fizzy Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire! Such an easy set up: baking soda and colored vinegar, add some sticks and rocks to create a bonfire image. Eye droppers encourage fine motor skill and pincer grasp practice. Skill building, connection to Jewish learning, and a whole lot of sensory fun!!!

#lagbaomer #jewishholidays #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #sensorybin #sensoryactivity #sensoryplaytolearn #sensoryplay #sensoryplayideas
new Lag Ba’Omer bonfire art this year is made wi new Lag Ba’Omer bonfire art this year is made with … marshmallow paintbrushes!! This was so easy and fun (and yes, delicious too since I set out a bowl for ones they could eat!)! I’m always a fan of process art and boy was this one sweet and lovely ❤️

#lagbaomer #bonfire #campfire #processartforkids #processart #jewishholidays #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #preschoolathome #kidart
Counting our way through the Omer means we are ver Counting our way through the Omer means we are very close to the holiday of Lag Ba’Omer, which occurs on the 33rd day of the Omer, this year starting next week on the evening of May 15th. Lag Ba’Omer remembers when Jewish students had to hide their Torah learning (disguising their learning as them hunting with bows and arrows or picnicking), celebrates the lives of great rabbis Akiva and Shimon, takes a pause in the mourning period of Omer to cut hair and have weddings, and often includes celebrating with bonfires with friends and family ❤️ 

I set up this year’s Lag Ba’Omer Shelfie with activities from previous years and I can’t wait for my kids to explore and enjoy throughout this next week:

- Lag Ba’Omer @pjlibrary books
- Lag Ba’Omer sensory bin made with scarves, DIY clay marshmallows and cardboard and felt s’mores 
- Our wedding album ❤️
- Lag Ba’Omer 3 Part Cards
- Pretend Play Picnic Food
- Felt Bonfire Invitation
- Jewish Wedding Nomenclature Cards
- Toilet Paper Hair Cutting Invitation
- Felt S’mores Invitation 
- Bow and arrow and tree target number matching cards
- 33 Do a Dot

Check out our Lag Ba’Omer Hub for links to more activities and lots of printables, link in bio!

#lagbaomer #jewishholidays #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #jewishcrafts #shelfie #jewishlearning #handsonlearning
Hanukkah in May? When you have a fun new game to t Hanukkah in May? When you have a fun new game to try out, you are definitely excited to celebrate Hanukkah any time of the year 😂 We are so lucky that we got to try out this new Hanukkah board game and I must admit, I had no idea how uninformed I was about Hanukkah trivia and I absolutely loved getting the chance to learn more about this holiday while getting to also enjoy special time with my family 🙌 

This game can be played with small or large groups and does involve reading but all ages can attempt to answer the trivia questions and of course learning is happening with each question! My youngest boys were actually the most fascinated with it and kept asking questions even after we made it all around the Hanukkiah ❤️

The creators of this game, Anya and Irina Kagan, are a Jewish sister duo who’ve created this Hanukkah board game to bring some light and joy to the Jewish community. They hope to launch Gifts Galore: Hanukkah with a Kickstarter campaign this June.

It was a special treat to get to play this game in May (the gelt was a fun addition too haha) and I know it will become a Hanukkah family tradition, perfect for our traditional second night of Hanukkah theme, Game Night!!

If you want a chance at playing this game with your family sign up for their newsletter at https://www.giftsgaloregames.com/p/hanukkah.html so you’ll be the first to find out when the Kickstarter goes live!

#hanukkah #familytime #familygamenight #familygame #boardgame #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewishholidays
We had such a wonderful time being in community an We had such a wonderful time being in community and celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut with @hillelatdavisandsac ❤️ Happy Birthday Israel!! ❤️🇮🇱❤️
We kicked off our Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration wit We kicked off our Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration with a Loose Parts Star of David family creation ❤️ Super easy, a fun way for us to do something simple and creative together, and a bright and beautiful way to start celebrating Israel’s birthday! We also celebrated with some brownie bites sprinkled with blue and white sprinkles in the shape of 77 because why not?! Tomorrow night we will continue the celebration at our local @hillelatdavisandsac Israel Fest. 

In honor of Israel’s birthday, and to help Israelis during the terrible wildfire devastation, we also made a donation to Jewish National Fund @jnfusa for their support of Israeli wildfire efforts.

How are you celebrating Israel’s Independence Day? 

#yomhaatzmaut #israelindependenceday #israelsbirthday #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #jewishholidays #looseparts #creativekids
Can you celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut without making Can you celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut without making an Israeli flag? Probably but we’ve never tried and we don’t want to start now 🤪 Over the years we’ve made Israeli flags in many different ways—collages, salt painting, dot stickers and more. This year we made collage windsocks in both my classroom and at home and they were a huge hit. Who wouldn’t want to get to sing and dance around with streamers trailing behind you? We topped it off with some DIY Happy 77th Birthday Israel crowns. When I teach about Israel, I always like to share about the diversity of topography, activities, landmarks, food, and people. This year I made our own Israel symbols for the kids to color in that represent a bit of that diversity and are great starting points for deeper conversations. Yesterday my students were the most focused creating these crafts than I’ve seen them all year! Getting to see them crafting Israel, then doing the parade as we sang Hatikvah really warmed my heart. At home after school today we didn’t do a parade but we did do a dance party and that was pretty fun too 🙌

The Israeli flag template is available as a free printable on our website in our Yom Ha’atzmaut Hub, link in bio. Check out the other activities we’ve enjoyed over the years and have so much fun preparing to wish Israel a happy 77th birthday!!

#yomhaatzmaut #happybirthdayisrael #israeliindependenceday #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewishcrafts #jewish
May this shlissel challah unlock all the blessings May this shlissel challah unlock all the blessings, the return of the hostages, health and safety, peace and lots of family time and love ❤️ Shabbat Shalom ❤️

#shlisselchallah #shabbat #shabbatshalom #jewishfamily #jewishchildren
What could be better than entering Shabbat and the What could be better than entering Shabbat and the weekend with some Israel love in the form of our Yom Ha’atzmaut Shelfie?! Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, starts the evening of Wednesday, April 30th. On this Shelfie we have, once again, the tried and true. Over the weekend the kids can explore as they wish—reading about Israel, playing matching games, making flags, doing some Israel-themed counting, and of course, getting some tactile feedback with a simple but fun Happy Birthday Israel sensory bin ❤️ 

Happy Birthday Israel!!! ❤️🇮🇱❤️

More crafts, activities and printables are available on our Yom Ha’atzmaut Hub, link in bio! 

#yomhaatzmaut #israel #jewishpride #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewishcrafts #jewishholidays #handsonlearning @pjlibrary
Tonight starts Yom HaShoah. We REMEMBER. And ma Tonight starts Yom HaShoah.

We REMEMBER. 

And may our voices and actions all loudly proclaim NEVER AGAIN 💔

#yomhashoah #holocaustremembranceday #neveragain #therememberusproject @onemorecandle #jewishfamily #jewishchildren #jewishhistory
Last night, after lighting a candle for my grandpa Last night, after lighting a candle for my grandpa, we came together to create this Yom HaShoah mosaic candle tray. I already had in my mind that it would be a family project, all of us working together to create something beautiful out of tiny little pieces. I think it was especially beautiful as an act of healing and togetherness that we also needed. 

My goal for this little mosaic candle tray is to have something special that we bring out each Yom HaShoah, to place the yahrzeit candle on it, and light it with intention: to remember the lost lives of our adopted Shoah children, as well as all those lives that were so brutally and tragically ended during the Holocaust. To say their names and carry their history with us from generation to generation. May such atrocities never happen again ❤️

I would love to hear your thoughts—should I write out the names of our adopted Shoah children directly on the tray (we plan to add more with each child’s bet mitzvah), or just have these names written out on a piece of paper that’s next to the tray? I can’t decide!

If you are also interested in adopting a child of the Shoah, we have adopted through @onemorecandle as a family and through the Remember Us Project: The Holocaust B’nai Mitzvah Project (http://www.remember-us.org) in conjunction with our kiddo’s bet mitzvah. 

#yomhashoah #holocaustremembranceday #therememberusproject #neveragain #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #jewishcrafts
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, starts thi Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, starts this Wednesday night. And this year I felt like we needed to do a little more learning, exploring, and really feeling about it. Yesterday I shared the famous butterfly poem with the kids, thanks to this beautiful printout from @yadvashem @echoesreflections Echoes and Reflections. We then created our own nature butterfly prints, which really felt so in line with the poem—symbols of nature that were once had, but so horribly lost, during the Holocaust. 

Thanks to all the wonderful shares of new Holocaust books on International Holocaust Day, we’ve added some really meaningful, and achingly beautiful, Holocaust books to our collection. I have also now found some additional Holocaust books that look like they would be an important and helpful addition to a family’s bookshelf, as well as kid-oriented Holocaust resources, from @kar_benpublishing . 

This is such a horribly tough and terrible topic to discuss with children. I’m grateful for the guidance that exists. And the ability to explore these big and powerful feelings, and history, through art. I think it really does help. 

#yomhashoah #holocaustremembranceday #jewishhistory #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewish #jewishcrafts #preschoolathome #natureart
Still recovering and exhausted from two Seders and Still recovering and exhausted from two Seders and the start of the work/school week? 🤪😴 I hear you! I set out this super simple after school activity for the boys that lets them review some Passover themes and practice math and counting skills. Simply roll, count and mark off the corresponding number on the sheets! 

The sheets are available as a free printable in our Passover Hub, link in bio. Enjoy!

#passover #pesach #jewishlearning #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewish #preschoolathome #jewishholidays #earlymath #earlylearners
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