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Family Picture

“All happy families are alike”; said Tolstoy. Well, maybe it works for Anna Karenina and her friends, but I must disagree.

Dear Mr. Tolstoy, if you have joined our young artists class, you would learn how – if you just let kids create open-ended art – all happy families are each special in their own way. Continue reading

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A Day at the Beach

What do you take go to the beach? home-made recycled beach toys, in a family-size beach bag that holds up all you need for a day at the beach.
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I Love You, Mom!

a cute and easy DIY Mother’s day card tutorial

for all moms,

that even little fingers can make and enjoy.
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Personal Mishlochei Manot, XS size

preparing our family Mishlochei Manot (Purim food baskets) ahead of time to avoid the Purim-craze traffic, allows me to keep calm, knowing one big project is behind me,
and that I have more time for —
Yet another project!!!
Personal Mishlochei Manot, XS size Continue reading

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Paper Bag in a Costume

Purim. Lets talk about it.
Actually, no time to talk, there is so much to do.Maybe too much – I’ve found a nice trick to de-stress the Purim preparations a bit:
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Chocolate Cake With Missing Ingredients

This cake is filled with real chocolate, but it requires No Baking,
it’s Gluten-free, and it contains No added sugars, No Food-colorings, or Preservatives.
It’s a particularly special cake, It stays fresh for a long, long time (years even!) The kind of cake you just don’t meet everyday.
The kind of cake you send a girl way across the sea. Continue reading

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Bat Mitzvah #3: Setting up the tables

we tend to like things a bit more complicated…
so we created decorations that would be beautiful and interesting to make Continue reading

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A Magnetizing Storytime

There are so many good reasons for story time. It supports early literacy, language and listening skills, cultivates imagination and creativity, and fosters a love of books. Best of all, story time is fun!
And story time is even more fun, when I’m reading MY book to the the cutest, most curious, funniest and very clever kids I’ve met lately.
So I made a magnetic book mark for each one of them. Continue reading

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