Tu B'Shevat wooden tray

A painted wooden fruit box to use as a tray with small trees, dried fruits packets and trees to color sheets to give  for Tu b'Shevat

Seeds and fruits box for Tu b'Shevat

Fruits and seeds treasure box

from a box of chocolates coated with adhesive plastic faux wood...

 

a treasure box for Tu b'Shevat to collect different seeds and small fruits children will really enjoy

 

the inside

 the outside

Tu B'Shevat trees cookies

Tu B'Shevat decoration

green garland with anise, dried fruit and cinnamon

Trees with corks for Tu B'shevat

 Trees using corks as trunks

Trees with trunk made ​​of corks and shapes printed on colored cardboard. On a wooden base with wooden fruits and dried fruits.

Tu B'shevat

Tu B'Shevat is the new year for the purpose of calculating the age of trees for tithing. The Torah states that fruit from trees which were grown in the land of Israel may not be eaten during the first three years; the fourth year's fruit is for G-d, and after that, the fruit can be eaten. Each tree is considered to have aged one year as of Tu B'Shevat, no matter when in the year it was planted.
It is customary to plant trees and partake of the fruits of the land of Israel to mark the occasion
The reason for the festive mood of the Rosh Hashanah of trees is that the 15th of Shevat recalls the praise of the Land of Israel, for on this day the strength of the soil of the land is renewed. With reference to the fruits of the trees and the produce of the soil, the Torah praises the Land of Israel: “A land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey” (Devarim 8)

 Shivat Haminim poster

A beautifully designed  poster which features colored pictures of the Shivat
Haminim along with their Hebrew names. Use to decorate for Tu b'Shevat, when learning Parshas Eikev or when doing a unit on Eretz Yisrael. 
From Chinuch.org

Tu b'Shevat small trees

Twigs trees

Small trees for Tu b'Shevat made ​​of twigs, flowers, star anise and fake colored leaves. The base is made with glass bottles filled with different types of sand

Shabbath Shirà ideas

One of the customs associated with this Shabbath is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah on this week about G-d giving the  manna to the nation of Israel, for their sustenance. Moshe told the nation of Israel that the manna would not fall on Shabbath, and therefore they should collect a double portion on Friday. There were rabble-rousers who wanted to embarrass Moshe and weaken his authority. They took manna they had collected on Friday, and after dark placed it out on the ground. Come morning, they hoped that people would think that the manna did indeed fall on Shabbath, and Moshe, who they contended made up the laws as he went along, was wrong. However, no manna was around on Shabbath morning. Why? Because the birds carried it away before the nation awoke, so that the nation would indeed trust in Moshe and respect the sanctity of the Shabbath about which Moshe spoke. 
To reward the birds for this noble deed, we feed them the week on which we read of the surrounding incident, the week of Beshalach.

birds crafting for Shabbath Shirà

wood garland with birds 

 

 

Find HERE and HERE  the winter birds from Becca Karen

 

little wood hand painted birds houses

 

bird feeders

 

parashah Beshalach - Shabbath Shirà

This Shabbath, on which the Torah portion of Beshalach is read, is known as Shabbath Shirà, The Sabbath of Song. The source of this special name is the portion of Beshalach, in which we read of the song the entire nation of Israel sang after the miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea. This song, which is recited every day as part of the morning prayers, is a special song. Because of the importance of this song, the Shabbath on which we read it takes the name of "Sabbath of the Song." 

Myriam homemade tambourine

this year our tambourine is made with plastic plates, wool and wood beans

...Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing

wintertime lights

Wintertime lanters to light up the winter days

 the snow lanter made by my younger daughter

leaf candle holder made by my daughter