homemade Hannukah menorah 1

ALEPH  BET MENORAH
with small plastic bottles and wood

Hannukah wall hanging decoration

felt countdown-to-Hannukah wall hanging decoration

from and idea of "Busy in Brooklyn"

Hannukah pillow

Door hanging Hannukah menorah decoration

Felt and tissue Hannukah menorah decoration

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paper star of David template

making paper stars of David is always usefull for Channukah decorations...

Channukah handmade gifts

Handmade wool scarfs as Channuka gift idea.

 

Channukah challah cover

HANDMADE CROSS STITCH DECORATED CHALLAH COVER FOR CHANNUKAH

parashah vayshlach

The angel blessed Yaacov and informed him that his name would eventually be changed to Israel.
NAME CARDS
Being busy with Hannukah preparations and crafting we choose a quick and easy work concerning names and their meaning. The children did choose some friends names and made them a card to write on the meaning of their names.

and then a cut and paste activity to show the meaning of their hebrew name

Yaacov's ladder

Yaacov left Be'er Sheba and headed towards Charan, to his uncle Laban's home. While traveling, Yaacov encountered "the place" (Mount Moriah) and since the sun had set, he lay down to sleep. In a dream he saw a ladder reaching up to heaven with angels ascending and descending its rungs. G‑d appeared and informed him that He would bequeath the entire land to his descendants, and that He would safeguard him until he returned to Canaan. Yaacov awoke, and now recognizing the holiness of the location, he erected a monument to G‑d, named the location Beth El ("House of G‑d"), and vowed to tithe all his belongings when G‑d's promise of a safe return would be fulfilled.

YAACOV' S LADDER HOMEMADE TOY

 TUTORIAL

Parashah vayetze

Leah gave birth to four children – Reuben, Simon, Levi, and Yehuda – but Rachel remained barren. Rachel and Leah both gave their handmaids to Yaacov as concubines. Rachel's maid, Bilhah, bore two children – Dan and Naftali – and Leah's maid also bore two children—Gad and Asher. One spring day, Reuben picked jasmine plants from the field, and brought them to his mother. Rachel asks Leah for some of them, and Leah agreed, provided that Rachel relinquishes her turn with Jacob that night. Leah gave birth to another two sons – Issachar and Zebulun – and one daughter—Dinah. Eventually, Rachel, too, gave birth to a son, whom she named Yosef. CUT AND PASTE FAMILY TREE

Download HERE the template from Chinuch.org

SHEVATIM DODECAHEDRON

download it HERE

Parashah Toldot - The Red lentils soup

One day, Esav came home from the field hungry, and pleaded with Yaacov to give him some of the stew he was cooking. Yaacov agreed to Esav's request provided that he give him his birthright as firstborn in exchange and Esav acceded to this barter
RED LENTIL SOUP

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Parashah Toldot - Yaacov and Esav puppets

Rebecca became pregnant. She was concerned about her exceedingly difficult pregnancy, and was advised by G‑d that this was due to two children – two nations – struggling in her womb. She gave birth to twin boys: a hairy, ruddy boy named Esau, and a second son, born clutching his brother's heel, named Jacob. Esau became a hunter, while Jacob was an honest man who frequented the schools of Torah. 
YAACOV AND ESAV FELT PUPPETS

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