Festive Painted Apples For Rosh HaShana

Let the Rosh HaShana crafting take over your dining room table, because what a great way to end the Jewish year! And with just a bit of forethought, whatever you make now can be used as decorations in the Succah (coming up 2 weeks after Rosh HaShana), or as little gifts or cards to wish neighbors, family and friends a sweet New Year! We are about to enter a three week lock down here in Israel, which means more time for family crafting, and hopefully a succah that is more creative than ever! But lest I digress, first let’s celebrate Rosh HaShana and a family birthday Wednesday night, with lots of color and fun painted everything!

I have been going to town with painting a whole box full of styrofoam apples, and then doodling on them with a white paint pen, and at the moment those that are still in my house (I sent a basket full to loved ones for Rosh HaShana) are actually living in a glass fish bowl, which is a fun way to use a fish bowl if you have yet to make it a terrarium! Okay, lets talk about how to decorate your little painted apples, as there are so many options!

You’ll Need:

• plastic, styrofoam or paper mache apples
• acrylic craft paint, choose four colors plus white for all your crafting, to make everything go together!
• a white paint pent (everyone loves Posca brand, so I bought some, they are good, with no huge leaks so far)
• high tack craft glue
• sequins, beads, ribbon, patterned napkins, tiny scraps of fabric, washi tape, little pom poms

How To:

If you want to make apples like the ones here, they are simply painted, (several coats with some colors) and after DRY, little dots and dashes were added. After I took these photos I drew lines around the apple, covering the whole apple, which also looks great. For consistency, choose four designs that work and then go to town. Too many different looking apples might be too busy (for my eye) on the other hand if doing this with a bunch of kids, so a unique basket of apples could look great, as could doing collage with all kinds of materials on the apples. I am imagining little pom poms, sequins, washi tape, you name it. I’m enjoy mine with just little white doodles, so maybe next year?

Painted apples in fun non-red or green colors are joyful, so please forget about the red and green!

Wishing everyone happy Rosh HaShana crafting! And yes, I did crochet that basket, and hope to share it before gift giving season, which is when I created it, last year. My how the year speeds by, and doesn’t always leave time for sharing everything I’ve been up to, but not to worry, everything in its time! And now is the time for these apples, so get crafting!