Remembering Jerusalem: Family Crafts For The Three Weeks

The 17th of Tammuz, the minor fast day which marks the beginning of the period of mourning for Jerusalem that is referred to as “The Three Weeks” is on Thursday, so lets add some meaning to this important time with some creative crafts! For those of us who live in Israel, and for whom the idea of the destruction of our Holy Temple in Jerusalem is easier to grasp, the crafts can be a great way to delve deeper into all the issues that surround this mourning period. This year with all the craziness in the world working through emotions with art and craft is a valuable exercise for everyone! For those living outside of Israel, I’d say filling the house with crafts for the three weeks is crucial to stress its importance…….so let’s get crafting. Below you’ll find more than enough links to keep you busy for at least three weeks!

This is one of the first crafts I posted here on creativejewishmom.com, and it still looks great I must say, so grab some tissue paper and make this lovely remembering Jerusalem Tissue Paper Collage, you can enjoy it year round as well, of course!

My kids loved this recycling craft that has a few fun parts to it, colored salt remember Jerusalem craft is a winner!

This Jerusalem collage craft, is so much fun as there are so many ways to go, and the supplies are really just paper and glue!

Make this fun baby food votive jar craft, but don’t worry if you don’t have any baby food jars to recycle (I got mine from a friend) regular jars will work too…..right?

A simple cut paper collage of the Western Wailing Wall, the Kotel, is lovely and modern, and a great group project as well!

Using the most basic art supplies and recycled cardboard, paint the kotel in rainbow colors craft is so much fun you won’t want to stop!

And last, but not least, as this is actually one of my all time favorites, use recycled boxes (turned inside out) to paint stones in this rebuilding the Beit HaMikdash craft.