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Blessings Placemat for Rosh Hashanah: cut and glue (no-paint version)

Posted on 09/15/2011 | 2 comments

(See the Apple-Print version at the previous post.)

Blessings Placemat for Rosh Hashanah: the cheat sheet as Honey Pot

The all out, get messy Apple-Print version of the Blessings Placemat is dandy, but sometimes kids (and neat-freak parents) hate paint and its attendant chaos.

This rather old-school version smacks of die-cuts and Parent-Teacher Store stickers, but it’s reasonably cute and it gets the job done. What job is that? We are turning a quickie-apples-and-honey-side-dish into a meaningful minhag (custom), and scoring some Jewish-y parent-kid time, too.

How-To: Print the template (see below) onto thick yellow paper (like index stock or card stock) and then lightly pencil in a honeypot shape. Think Winnie the Pooh. Preschoolers can Continue reading →

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Posted in Activity, Crafts, Rosh Hashanah / Yom Kippur

Tagged Apples, Blessings, brachot, Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah

Apple-Print Blessings Placemat for Rosh Hashanah (with printable cheat sheet)

Posted on 09/13/2011 | 4 comments

A shorter version of this post is published at Kveller.com.

Apples and Honey blessings placemat

There are BLESSINGS for the apples and honey?

I hear this question every year. The answer is yes. And saying the blessings can turn a simple side dish into a meaningful minhag (custom) your kids will remember. To remember the blessings, however, can be a challenge even for us grownups. Thus, I have devised a DIY blessings cheat sheet.

The cheat sheet can help us:

Spend Jewish time with our kid
Teach the idea that blessings add meaning and gratitude
Create an object d’art we get to pull out every year
Exercise all those skills used in cutting, painting, printing, gluing and so forth

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Posted in Activity, Crafts, Rosh Hashanah / Yom Kippur

Tagged Apples, Blessings, brachot, Hebrew, Honey, Rosh Hashanah

Edible Craft: Apple Bowl for Rosh Hashanah Honey

Posted on 08/26/2011 | 10 comments

Apples and honey as an edible craft

A version of this post was first published at Kveller.com: Edible Honey Bowl.

But here is my original version which is longer and more interesting…

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Posted in Activity, Crafts, Edible Craft, Rosh Hashanah / Yom Kippur

Tagged Apples, Blessings, brachot, edible craft, Honey, Rosh Hashanah

Edible Mishloach Manot Basket

Posted on 03/14/2011 | 1 comment

Edible Pretzel Basket for Purim

Of course the contents of a Purim Mishloach Manot basket are edible. But what if the actual basket was, too?

A Homeshuling post about kid-crafted Mishloach Manot containers that are eco-friendly, cheap and reasonably attractive utterly derailed my work schedule today. I stopped everything to try the idea I posted as a suggestion, to make an edible basket from pretzel dough. Continue reading →