We had a school holiday today which meant even more time for some fun tikkun olam inspired sensory play with this Tikkun Olam Ocean Clean Up Sensory Bin! The set up was super easy and the kids really enjoyed looking for the pieces of trash and oil that were polluting the water and transferring them …
Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Tea
Family teas (ok, any tea!) are one of my favorite things ever and it was so special to put together this simple Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Tea! I gotta have my Seder on the actual holiday so it was lovely to have this opportunity to explore the holiday and the seven species in such a …
Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Book
Every year we love exploring the seven species as we learn about Tu B’Shevat and this year I decided we’d make our very own super simple book, our Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Book, to review and remember these special fruits. What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! There were so many things …
Tu B’Shevat Olive Tree
Olive trees are a wonderful symbol of Israel and Tu B’Shevat, as well as one of the seven species we eat during the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, so we had lots of fun incorporating real olive tree nature bits and pieces to create our special Tu B’Shevat Olive Tree page for our Tu B’Shevat Seven …
Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities 2024
My family loves Tu B’Shevat, a lovely holiday that has gone through many transformations, some of which our Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities 2024 were able to capture with simple, fun, hands-on activities that allowed us to learn about and explore this holiday. Tu B’Shevat, the new year or birthday of the trees, has …
Candle Resist Hanukkiah Art
Kids will enjoy this fun wax resist Candle Resist Hanukkiah Art using Hanukkah candles, making the perfect Hanukkah decoration! (Also, can you tell I’m too tired from bar mitzvah weekend to remember what I wanted to title this project? ;-)) Whatever name you want to call it, it’s simple and fun, has some cool science …
Wax and Ice Hanukkiah
We don’t make a new Hanukkiah every year but sometimes it’s fun to add a special one, like this very fascinating Wax and Ice Hanukkiah. It’s so incredibly simple to make and we were all enthralled watching it take form! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! This was such an easy …
Dreidel Ooblek
Get ready for some delightfully messy, ooey gooey Hanukkah sensory play with this easy and fun Dreidel Ooblek! My kids LOVE ooblek. It’s such an easy sensory material to create, but boy is it messy. That might just be half the fun 😉 Add some dreidels and plastic gelt and you have yourself a wonderful …
Fizzy Hanukkah Menorah Fun
My first grader is especially into science fizzy fun so I knew he, and all the kids, were sure to love this simple science meets sensory activity with a Hanukkah twist, our Fizzy Hanukkah Menorah Fun! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! I wish you could hear the squeals of excitement …
2023 Family-Focused Hanukkah Planner
As many of us know, it feels especially hard to think about, let alone plan for, Hanukkah right now but I’m hoping this simple 2023 Family-Focused Hanukkah Planner may help all of us out! One of our Hanukkah family traditions is having a special family-focused theme or activity for each night of Hanukkah and we …