Create family portraits with a modern edge…every member of the family can be part of this one. Update the classic craft of cutting out a loved one’s silhouette by using bright or patterned paper and add an embellishment or two for added pizzazz. We adhered the silhouette to a canvas painted solid black for a…
Crafts & Activities
Some Cute Ideas for Your Daughter’s Bas Mitzvah Party
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….
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…
New Chanukah Game! What Do You Get When You Combine “Pictionary” and “Telephone” ?
This Chanukah (or anytime) pictionary game needs no prep and is so much fun nonetheless. All you need is a notebook and some pens. We are sure you have all played Pictionary at one point or another…but what do you do if not everyone wants to be paying attention to one person drawing at the…
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…
