These easy homemade bird feeders to make with kids are such a fun and easy project that will get them outside and seeing birdies! Making easy homemade bird feeders with kids out of home waste is a good way to help the environment and the...
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Sometimes the simplest crafts provide the most joy. This is a great thing for me to embrace. Though I always have grand ideas and notions of what we can accomplish in a single day, sometimes the cranky baby that can’t seem to be calmed...
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Tonight starts Shevat 15 according to the Hebrew Calendar, thereby making it Tu B’shevat. “Legally, the “New Year for Trees” relates to the various tithes that are separated from produce grown in the Holy Land. These tithes differ...
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Naomi loves to make gingerbread houses, and this year it occurred to me that we could really make it part of our Hanukkah celebration by modifying a kit to make a Temple with some Macabbean soldiers. It was pretty fun to play with candy, and a...
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We took one morning last week to work as a candle factory. (we used this kit) We are ready to burn-em-up! on the to-do list (among other daily necessities): make some cookies like these. (we should be so talented) tell the story. keep reciting...
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Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone enjoys seconds, pie, and loosened belts. these are some of our holiday decorations. Felted acorns and paper Pilgrims and Native Americans from the Toymaker.
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Supplies: Paper, tempera paints, and broccoli. Naomi and I have been doing a lot of paper exploring. Mainly Naomi. It’s hot outside, somewhat dreadfully hot & if you can manage to beat the heat it’s still hard to ignore the blood...
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I won’t go into a lot of detail about our Passover meal this year, it wasn’t traditional at all, but it was magnificent! Friends and new experiences and LOTS of learning. I think we all are feeling like we walked away a little more in...
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Although we’ve put up bird feeders before, this year we’re doing it in time with the tradition of Shabbat Shira–the Sabbath of song. It’s called such due to the portion of scripture that is traditionally read this week...
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Oh our second day of Hanukkah. Well, first we went downtown to the Menorah lighting last night, ate latkes, cookies, heard music and shivered. It was a chilly night, but it was a nice crowd & there was more huddling than usual amongst...
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Our first few Hanukkah crafts: 1. This sweet advent style menorah craft a friend of mine found in Family Fun magazine. Although we were a little rushed in putting them together, they turned out really cute & I look forward to using it...
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