Adorable Lulav and Etrog Cookies and Sukkah Craft

How cute is this?

We made a basic sugar cookie recipe- divided it in half and added yellow food coloring to the one half and green to the other- just keep adding food coloring until you get a nice desired color.

We then took the green dough and made Lulavs with the hadas and aravos and the rings, then with the yellow dough made etrogs. We baked them and ate them in the Sukkah- the kids loved it. They loved mixing them, shaping them, watching them bake and then eating them!

Here the recipe we used, but you can use any sugar cookie recipe:

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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• We just mixed it all together. The kids used their hands to 'knead' it into a solid ball, but you can also use a kitchen aid if need be. Half the fun is mixing it and getting all full of dough:)

I then gave each munchkin a piece of card stock with an outline of a Sukkah. I gave them glue, Popsicle sticks, stickers and they went outside and collected leaves. Then they made their own Sukkah designs and we hung them up in our Sukkah for all to see, check out their creations!

Enjoy the holiday!

Books 'n things for Sukkot

Here are some of our favorite picks for Sukkot-

Have a happy and joyous holiday!

Sukkot Printables

Just a few Sukkot printables... lots of fun Sukkot activities on the way!

Sukkot Printables

Enjoy!

Taking a break

I'm due any day now, so will be taking a blogging break for a bit but will be back as soon as I can:)

Wishing all a wonderful, happy, healthy and sweet new year~

Yonah and the Whale Activity Book and Activities

This is a fun story to get into with the muchkins- there is a lot to do in regards to learning about the story as well as whales and the idea of Teshuvah.

Here is a Story and Activity Book I made about Yonah for Preschoolers-

The Story of Yonah and the Whale Activity Book

More to come~

Parshah Links, Books and Goodies

We are all going to be teaching Parshah to our little ones this year, so I have gathered up a few Parshah resources (thanks Elizabeth for the inspiration!) that I use or will be using with my Preschoolers...

I have a FABULOUS set of "My first Parshah Reader" by R. Weissman. It is very easy reading and pictures on each page and my kids LOVE it!

There is also a great website, http://parshaprojects.blogspot.com/ which has fun Parshah projects...

These are the sites that I visit the most and recommend-

Torah Tots

Akhlah

Chabad Kids

Chinuch.org

The Perpetual Preschool

These are two Jewish curriculum Books that I have wich include great great ideas for Holidays and the Jewish year in general- also HIGHLY recommended and WORTH the investment!

Curriculum of the Arts

Plan to Product

And throughout the year as we make our own Parshah Projects and activities, we will post them for all to see and use~

Yom Kippur Activity Pack for Preschoolers and Toddlers

I am workin gon a bunch of activity packs for the little Tykes for the month of Tishrei. Here is the Yom Kippur Actvity Pack for Preschoolers and Toddlers- hope it comes in handy~

Yom Kippur Activity Pack for Preschoolers and Toddlers