Raising children in love and faith
My family absolutely loves tea parties so this year for a special new hamantaschen flavor I decided to create a Cranberry Hamantaschen “Scone” With Lemon Curd Drizzle that we could eat during a family tea party! Cranberry scones are my family’s favorite type of scones so it wasn’t a hard choice when I wanted to …
We all have our favorite hamantaschen flavors and mine has always been apricot which is why I love this Sweet and Tart Apricot Hamantaschen recipe! We make it every year and always double, or quadruple!, the recipe to make sure there’s enough for us and for the mishloach manot we give to friends. Hamantaschen are …
What better way to spend a gray and drizzly Purim Shabbat than exploring with playdough using our fun Purim Playdough Mats?! Note: This adventure, and post, started last year, in 2020 (I can tell by how small my little guy’s hands look compared to this year!). But, per usual, it took me a long time …
If you know us, you know we always kick off holiday preparations by reading our favorite holiday books and have embraced adding a fun game elemental to the reading so here is your Purim Reading Bingo Challenge to play while reading your favorite Purim books! What You’ll Need Purim Reading Bingo Challenge free printable Space …
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 Purim Themed Sticky Wall is the perfect fun, meaningful, and sensory-filled activity to prepare your children for the holiday of Purim! It’s super quick to make, can have various levels of kid-involvement in its creation, and can entertain those kiddos (from little toddlers even up to those big elementary school kids!) for a pretty …
Purim is only a few weeks away and we are all about bringing the Purim story and symbols into our everyday play! This Purim Sensory Bin is simple to create (especially if you have leftover rice from another sensory bin!) and is a wonderful way to get your littlest kids involved in learning about Purim! …
These Purim Paper Doll Characters are so easy to make, thanks to the wonderful creators at Beyond the Balagan. And once you laminate them or enclose them in contact paper their uses for extended imaginary play are endless! What You’ll Need Purim Puppets from Beyond the Balagan. You can also google “Purim characters coloring page” …
These Purim Character Clothespin Dolls were so easy to make and are absolutely adored by all three of kids! They were creative in their design and in their imaginary play. And it melts this Jewish mom’s heart to hear play that includes “Boo Haman!” and “Queen Esther will save us!” We are so ready for …
