Do you want to add a spiritual element to the party? Or do you need some extra fun? My daughter’s bas mitzvah party, overall, was pretty typical for our neighborhood. We had a dairy buffet and dessert table plus a project for the girls to do as an activity. (They decorated tumblers with waterproof stickers….
Crafts & Activities
Here’s a Fun Pesach Coloring Page + Riddles. Free Download!
Color the page, then use your Yiddish Kup to solve the riddles. This one is good for all ages. Younger kids will simply color, while older kids will use the illustration to find clues to solve the riddles! DOWNLOAD the English version here. DOWNLOAD the Hebrew version here. The answers are below but if you…
Need Staycation Ideas for Winter Break? We’ve Got a Few
Yes! Days and nights at home can be fun too. Plan it well and make it a weekend to remember with these ideas. You might not be planning to leave your hometown and you perhaps have a couple of day trips planned. But you still want to fill the rest of the extended weekend with…
Cool Activity: Create This Fruit Art on Black Canvases
Winter break is the perfect time to create a special craft. This Fruit Art is easy and it comes out really cute! There’s something about a black background—anything painted on in it just pops! For this project, we painted a simple fruit shape on a black canvas with metallic paint from Amazing Savings. The results…
DIY! Gorgeous Chanukah Personalized Place Cards (P.S. It’s Super Easy)
I love coming up with new ideas to really make a tabletop special. It’s fun to play around and bring something creative to the table. This Chanukah, it will be these acrylic place cards that add that extra element. And they’re so easy and fun to make! You will need:Acrylic FramesWhite Paint MarkerConfetti Decorations Just…
How to Make These Gorgeous Marbleized Paintings
The technique is called “Paint Pour” and anyone can do it! Want to see more canvas crafts? See the how-to for the Initial Art project here. You can also see that post for tips on having a painting party without a big resulting mess! Read on for a more sophisticated art activity! A paint pour…
7 Fun Games That Will Bring Life to the Party
While it’s fun to prepare a custom game for your family, sometimes you just want to play something you can purchase with no additional work. Here are some our friends and families have loved. Some of them might need some vetting (i.e. you can take out the cards with pop culture references if needed and…
More Party Activities! Make a Paint Pottery Studio At Home
Does your family love pottery painting? It makes a great party activity too! My kids absolutely love a visit to the painting pottery studio (something that is usually saved for Chol Hamoed). They really take it seriously and quietly paint for–get this–at least 3 hours! They’re very perfectionistic about it and it’s literally probably the…
Fun DIY Party Activity to Keep the Kids Busy!
Planning party activities for your family can be challenging. This simple craft idea will excite the kids and keep them busy! It’s as simple as choosing a base item such as mask, sweatshirt, or headband. Then have the kids choose iron-on patches and letters to decorate their gear. Assign one or two adults to be…
Time for a Paint Party! Kids of All Ages Will Love Creating Name Art
Need a fun creative activity? This fun canvas art craft idea will be a hit with children of all ages (there are some more sophisticated art projects for tweens and teens coming in a post next week!) They would also make a fun Chanukah party activity! Value packs of canvases can be ordered online from…
