In addition to craft ideas and recipes, Koenig includes entertaining suggestions for each holiday, such as her pre-Rosh Hashanah “Make and Take” for the Jewish New Year.
The Chanukah section contains two projects for creating homemade chanukiot (also called Chanuka menorahs, or candelabras). One creates a beautiful oil-lit glass chanukia. The other presents a suitable for children (with assistance) utilizing
children’s wooden building blocks set upon a slim wooden slat and some acrylic paint. This fun Sunday-afternoon type family project creates a precious heirloom that can involve the entire family and last for generations to come.
Another great seasonal project (and one designed to keep pesky waxy blobs from dripping candles OFF the dining room table) is a lovely Chanukah menorah drip tray (shown illustrated to the right). And if you’re looking ahead to Tu B’shevat (which comes along at the end of January), Crafting Jewish has great ideas for that holiday as well.
The book also includes extensive advice on material selection, resources and usage, as well as a short explanation of each holiday. As an experienced crafter who has spent many, many hours crafting both with my children and by myself, I'm looking forward to a year's worth of new projects — and maybe a new recipe or two. As my grandmother might say: "Enjoy."
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