Terumah

G‑d commands the Israelites to build a Tabernacle. He provides the exact details of how to construct it, and how to build the different instruments and vessels which were used therein.

Our homemade Mishkan Model 

G‑d then gave detailed instructions regarding the construction and dimensions of the Tabernacle and its vessels—starting with the Ark that housed the Tablets. The Ark was to be made of gold-plated acacia wood. Rings were to be attached to the corners of the Ark,
wherein were inserted the poles that were used to transport the Ark.

The Tabernacle's sanctuary was to consist of two sections: the innermost chamber was the Holy of Holies, wherein the Ark was to be placed; and the outer chamber was the Holy Chamber, which housed the Menorah and the Table (as well as the Golden Altar which will be described in next week's reading). Two curtains were to be woven of dyed wools and linen. One was to be placed between the Holy of Holies and the Holy Chamber, the other covered the eastern side of the Tabernacle—its entrance.

 

The covering of the Sanctuary was to consist of several layers of tapestries. The first layer was to be a woven mixture of dyed wools and linen. The second layer was to be made of goat's hair. These two oversized coverings also covered the outsides of the Tabernacle's walls. The very top of the Tabernacle was then to be further covered by dyed ram skins and tachash hides.

 

parashah Terumah - the "showbread" table and the outdoor copper altar

The Shulchan - Table and the Showbread handmade with popsticks. 

Make a table of popsticks wood covered with pure gold paint with a gold crown all around. 

 the 12 breads

                                                 The outdoor copper altar
G‑d then gave instructions for the construction of the Outdoor Altar. This altar was to be made of copper-plated acacia wood, and it was to have four "horns," vertical projections, protruding from its uppermost corners. The altar, too, was equipped with rings and transportation poles.
 ...We made it of cardboard  and copper painted popsticks...

parashah Teruma with children

Because my elder daughter really likes the parashot concerning the Mishkan, we started with the building of the Aaron Chodesh.

You just need a wood box that the children will cover with a gold paint, two wooden sticks to paint in the same way, a printed image of the Keruvim to glue on a gold cardboard and then on the top of the box. Always on the top you can glue a golden cloth tape or ribbon.

Inside we put a golden plastic base and made two blue plasticine tablets, you can even write the Aseret Hadiberot on it with a needle.

My children like a lot to move the Aron Chodesh and then put it in a drawing of the Mishkan.