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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Today, Shabbat was actually the 17th of Tammuz, a fast day on the Jewish calendar, but since minor fasts never occur on Shabbat, the fast and mourning are pushed off until Sunday. The 17th of Tammuz is the day that marks the beginning of “The Three Weeks” a period of mourning leading up to Tisha B’Av. Take a look at all the crafts in the archives to remember Jerusalem, which is what this period is all about. As you can see from lack of crafting posts on the blog I have been totally and completely occupied with other…
- Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Recycling, Crafts: Summer, Crafts: Watercolors, Holiday: The 17th of Tammuz, Holiday: Tisha B'Av, Recycled Cardboard Crafts, Watercolors
Paint The Kotel In Rainbow Colors For The 17th Of Tammuz !
I have pulled this post from the archives, as it is truly a perfect one. Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a solemn fast day on the Jewish calender which marks the beginning of a three week period of mourning for the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, (The Holy Temple/King Soloman’s Temple.) So with the boys home from school early, and my daughter just starting her summer vacation, there is no time like the present to try and get back into our crafting groove which I have missed greatly! So today I pulled out the watercolors, and grabbed a white corrugated cardboard box, and we all spent some time painting…
- Chanukah Crafts, Crafting A Future, Crafts for Kids, Crafts: Recycling, Educational Projects, Holiday: Chanukah/Hanukkah, Holiday: The 17th of Tammuz, Holiday: Tisha B'Av, Recycled Cereal Box Crafts
Rebuilding The Beit HaMikdash Recycling Craft For Kids
I have pulled this post from the archives, as it is one of my favorites for The Three Weeks. Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a solemn fast day on the Jewish calender, and certainly a perfect time to work on my “Rebuilding the Beit HaMikdash” recycling craft with kids of all ages! Of course one could certainly use this idea to also learn about the Kotel (The Wailing Wall) which stands today and was one of the outer walls of the courtyard of the Beit HaMikdash. Starting today, we enter a period of mourning for the next three weeks— mourning for the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, the Holy…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With summer in full swing, now is the time to get crafting. Okay, maybe not for all of us, as here at CJM headquarters I am neck deep in design work and renovations in our home, which is why there has been a noticable lack of crafting going on, but such is life! Ever decided to clear out an entire floor of your home so that you can turn it into a vacation rental, for at least while you are on vacation? Wow, a huge job and our house looks really really scary at the moment, but of…
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Summer Doodling: Making Patterns On Glass
This past week I discovered while substitute teaching for a candle making workshop that doodling on candle jars can be a wonderful way to turn candlemaking into something truly wonderful and unique. While I was thinking about doodling a cityscape of Jerusalem on the jars, one of my students did this sweet doodle pattern, which was one of the better efforts. The only boy in the group drew the stones of the Western Wall on his glass which was also quite successful while others wrote blessings or their names. I’m quite sure you can think of a long list of ways to decorate your glasses or jars filled with colorful…
- Crafts for Kids, Crafts: Candles, Crafts: Summer, Crafts: Teacher Appreciation Gifts, Crafts: Winter, Great Gifts To Make, Holiday: Chanukah/Hanukkah, Holiday: The 17th of Tammuz, Holiday: Tisha B'Av
DIY Striped Candles Are The Perfect Summer Craft!
Remember making candles at summer camp? I sure do, especially the ones we made at the beach in milk cartons! Candle making can be on the messy side, but is a perfect craft to do especially when you have a few hours on a lazy summer afternoon, and a bunch of kids (or kids at heart) in need of some creative fun! The candles you see here were actually made by some of my students in a candle making workshop for which I was the substitute teacher. Unfortunately I did not have the time to take photos of all the projects as my students stayed for two hours rather than…
