Making your own tutu couldn’t be easier and more affordable…or more adorable! Bonus: You don’t need to sew! Hey everyone, it’s Shana here again! I first shared my DIY costume tips in this post. Now, I’d like to show you all how you can easily, in a short amount of time, create a tutu to…
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Easy Tips for Making Your Own DIY Costumes
Think it’s too difficult to create costumes that are completely unique? With a little creativity (and a scissor, some glue, or a needle and thread), you can do it too. Yes, I’m that crazy person who knows what we’re dressing up as for the following Purim by the time Pesach comes around. I like to…
The Gift of Giving: This Chanukah, Play the “Favor Game” with Your Family.
The greatest gift does not need to cost you a penny. Yet it will be the best gift ever. Whether you think Chanukah and immediately think “gifts” or you find the whole gifting thing wrong and inappropriate…is irrelevant. Because here is a type of gift anyone can give. It’s a gesture, more than anything. This…
The 7 “Don’ts” of Frying Donuts
Frying donuts happens only once a year, so they better be perfect. Avoid these 7 no-gos and they will be. With Chanukah here a fryfest is impending! Whether it’s the hot oil or the cleanup, there’s certainly some work involved with frying at home, but if the irresistible freshest doughnuts is what you’re after, then…
Introducing Your Chanukah Craft Activity: Embossed Foil Art!
Looking for a Chanukah craft to keep the kids busy? This is embossed foil art project is our new favorite. It’s always a challenge to come up with something to entertain the kids at the yearly family Chanukah party. With cousins of all ages, it can be hard to find a craft that will please…
Absolutely Yummy Apple Cider Baked Donuts
I baked these apple cider donuts and then invited the girls over to taste. The verdict: We gotta spread the word. This might be strange, but I prefer baked donuts to fried ones. It kind of defeats the whole Chanukah connection thing, but that’s just the way it is. And when I came across this…
Free Download! Chanukah Gel Pen Coloring Page
Kids and adults…get out your gel pens and spend some quality time bonding and coloring with this coloring page by Artist Esti Winter We’re smitten by everything that Esti draws. And so we’re super excited to get out those gel pens and color this masterpiece along with our kids. Keep ‘em busy for hours or…
The Easy Way to Avoid Melted Wax Stuck to the Menorah
This post-Chanukah wax scraping chore is no more. Do you find it a pain to scrape out the colored wax from the menorahs every night over Chanukah? I learned this trick when I saw my brother-in-law prep his children’s menorahs last Chanukah. This hack works only when the candle fits exactly into the menorah. Pour…
Want Only the Best Classic Donut? Fry These Yeshiva Donuts
It may be true. We found the best donuts. Just in time for Chanukah. A donut is a donut. Some donuts are better than others, but they’re pretty much all awesome. So, when my son came home from yeshiva raving about the donuts the cook made, I paid attention. This guy is not a foodie….
This Game is a Way Better Version of Memory
Play Face Memory at your Chanukah party and we’re sure you’ll have a lot of laughs and cheers. If you have lots of people coming to your Chanukah party, this game is going to get really challenging and exciting. And while you can definitely let the kids play on their own while the adults schmooze,…
