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My family loves Tu B’Shevat, a lovely holiday that has gone through many transformations, some of which our Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities 2024 were able to capture with simple, fun, hands-on activities that allowed us to learn about and explore this holiday. Tu B’Shevat, the new year or birthday of the trees, has …
We usually plant parsley and a tree every Tu B’Shevat but this year I was excited to “plant” something new with the kids, and put a fun, creative spin on it: Welcome to our DIY Chia Creations (2 ways!). Either one of these methods to make Chia Creations are super simple and have quick results: …
Tu B’Shevat is the birthday of the trees and this Messy DIY Puffy Paint Birthday Cake is such a fun, sensory way to celebrate! All you need is a few supplies and then your children’s creativity can over. Save this for a Tu B’Shevat seder decoration or throw a little afternoon birthday party for the …
I love how this Where Does It Grow? Seven Species Match activity guides my kids to learning more about the plants that create the delicious foods that we enjoy eating on Tu B’Shevat. I was curious to see if they would be able to correctly identify which foods grew on which plants by either real knowledge …
Even though it is currently cold where we live and there are not new blossoms blooming, in Israel Tu B’Shevat marks the start of the spring season of nature blossoming and it’s always lovely to incorporate some bright and beautiful nature activities in our Tu B’Shevat learning, such as this Tu B’Shevat Flower Threading activity. …
Isn’t it fun to test out different senses with activities, like our kids’ sense of smell with these Tu B’Shevat Montessori Smelling Bottles? We’ve done a blind-folded Smell This! Seven Species experiment before (and it was great!) but this year I wanted to do something a little more formatted and focused. The idea behind Montessori …
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 …
Earlier today all 4 kids played with some variation of our Tu B’Shevat Color Matching Fruit Tree activity and it was a total hit! What You’ll Need Box Tu B’Shevat Color Matching Fruit Tree activity Printable Scissors Tape Exacto knife Orange, red, green and yellow pom poms Tongs (optional) Putting It Together Find an empty …
