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I think it was my 4th or 5th grade Hebrew school t

I think it was my 4th or 5th grade Hebrew school teacher who altered my understanding of Hanukkah forever. We were always taught that the miracle of Hanukkah was that one day’s worth of olive oil lit the menorah of the destroyed temple for eight days. The Jews had been fighting persecution from the Syrians, defending their right to exist on their land, on their terms, believing in their God. (Oddly familiar sounding, right?)

But Mrs. Zelman taught us that the true miracle of Hanukkah was not the lasting drop of oil, but rather that “so few won over so many”— the outnumbered Jewish army persevered against overwhelming odds. While I recognize that the symbol of the oil is way more poetic alongside this festival of lights, this year, more than ever, I’m hanging onto this alternative miracle— with prayers that our refusal to be erased will stand.

I always like to make “flameless” menorahs so that the littlest among us have their own lights to shine! Instructions and material list over on projectkid.com.

I welcome any comments about your Hebrew school memories, Hanukkah crafts, or dreidels that you actually made out of clay!

#hanukkahcrafts #menorah #menorahcraft #jewishcrafts

Happy Thanksgiving to you! Put your kids to work a

Happy Thanksgiving to you! Put your kids to work and have them make place cards with paper and leaves for hair!

Made for @highlightsforchildren magazine!

11 years old and she still lets me craft her costu

11 years old and she still lets me craft her costume! This #energizerbunny made smiles pop on even the crankiest of NYC commuters! @energizer #homemadehalloween #diyhalloweencostume

It's almost Yom Kippur, so it's time for me to gat

It's almost Yom Kippur, so it's time for me to gather my congregation of 3 (or 4 if we include Greta the dog) for our annual check-in. Having grown up in a conservative synagogue, I took this holiday very seriously—fasting, asking others for forgiveness, and thumping my fist over my heart (IYKYK). But the one person I never asked forgiveness from was myself, then and actually, even now. My therapist often reflects back how I *talk* to myself, asking me if my child came to me with the same troubles and feelings, would I speak to them the same way I *speak* to myself? Never. It's so enlightening every dang time, and I feel like I want to get my kids to start offering themselves some grace and kindness NOW!

Last year I shared a fun little fill-in-the-blank worksheet that I made for my family, but now, as my kids are entering their teen years and have a pretty good grasp on our family values and goals, I want to steer this year's message a bit more inward for them. I did some reading (mostly on my favorite Jewish feeds like @heyalma and @kveller) and listened to some episodes of @unorthodoxpodcast to put together this *equally* fun, and I hope meaningful, exercise.

If you would like to receive a link to both of the worksheets, just comment YKPK and I'll send a link to Projectkid.com to your DMs. I'll also link to some of the wonderful articles/podcasts that I read/heard in case you are interested!

Every year we look back at the Yom Kippurs past and the kids get so much entertainment seeing their handwriting and adorable spelling mistakes! (Slides 2+: At the bottom of each worksheet is a silly drawing prompt—these are the drawings from last year of our versions of a character named Hug McHuggster!)

I say this every year...this exercise is rather agnostic—there is a little mention of the holiday but it's useful for anyone of any belief set.
xoxo Amanda #yomkippur

Did you know @barbie has had over 200 careers? Hec

Did you know @barbie has had over 200 careers? Heck yeah, girl! Always reinventing…love that for you! 🩷
Throwing it back to when I made #barbiehalloween costumes for @mattel to match their then new career series. Countdown is on for our opening day viewing! #barbiemovie #thebarbiemovie #barbiethemovie

In honor of the release of the @barbiethemovie, he

In honor of the release of the @barbiethemovie, here is a craft video I did for @mattel a few years ago! So fun to help kids create and “live” in the @barbie dream world! (Art directed by @bianquisima) #barbiemovie

My daughter Sommer saves everything—and she come

My daughter Sommer saves everything—and she comes by that naturally. From deflated balloons to amusement park wristbands, she keeps them close, either on her wall or her arm.

When you produce a child that inherits your sentimentality/ packrat tendencies, you make her a little memory book to save and savor moments and details from a place she loves.

#campmail #diybook #diyscrapbook #craftymomma

What’s more fun than the ripping open of a hand-

What’s more fun than the ripping open of a hand-addressed, oversized envelope? The ripping open of about 5 of them! Either Oliver will laugh really hard when he opens this, roll his eyes, or throw it across the room! (If you click on the link in my bio, I linked this photo with a list of materials to make make this!) #campmail #mailart #sleepawaycamp #craftymom

When I saw the price of greeting cards was upwards

When I saw the price of greeting cards was upwards of $5, I told myself i was only going to #DIY my kids #campmail this year. Self-adhesive acetate sheets allow you to sandwich anything together to make a very cool oversized postcard (a technique I learned from @kieracoffee’s insanely brilliant #mailart.)

Scroll through and check out the big fun I’ve been having! Cereal box postcards, sticker stories, 1990s magazine collage, glow in the dark duct tape!

Seriously there’s nothing better than camp mail! 💌🏕️

Happy Easter to those that celebrate! 🐰🌸🪺

Happy Easter to those that celebrate! 🐰🌸🪺

🐰 Last minute #easterbrunch place cards! Make a

🐰 Last minute #easterbrunch place cards! Make a flag with washi tape and a toothpick and write your guests name on the tape. Secure it to the egg by wrapping a strip of tape all the way around the egg. Need a way for it to stand in its place? Just perch it on the tape roll! Couldn’t be easier! 🪺🐰 #lastminuteeasterdecor

My first winter as lifestyle editor at @parents me

My first winter as lifestyle editor at @parents meant I had to produce an Easter story (we usually took the pics in December). The Easter crafting has always felt a little blurry to me—every year I did it, but I was always asking my coworkers “wait, what is the craft thought here?”

So I decided to assign this first one out and @susanbanderson came to my rescue with these BABY SOCK lamb egg cozies. I didn’t even know eggs needed cozies! But I still love them to pieces! #eastereggs #easteregg #eastercrafts

✨F IS FOR FLOWERS✨ I was torn between FACES a

✨F IS FOR FLOWERS✨

I was torn between FACES and FLOWERS 🌸 so I decided to do a mash-up! As the center, I used one of the most overlooked, perfect upcycled materials: bright and beautiful @playdoh lids!

Just in time for all of the spring holidays (oh hi #eastercrafts!), these blooms are so easy and so satisfying to make. And the fact that they stand on their own, they can live as a table centerpiece, on a mantle, or on a bookshelf!

(I have to give a shoutout to @artcampla—I saw one of their crafts on Pinterest and it sparked the inspo for this craft. If you like crafts and don’t follow them, go do so now!)

#flowercrafts #paperflowers #paperflowers #paperflowercrafts #springcrafts #springcraftsforkids

IMO, mid-winter is the time to throw random partie

IMO, mid-winter is the time to throw random parties! #ad There are no big holidays on the immediate horizon and looking outside the window, all we see is brown and gray. Since we had a mid-winter break from school last week, my daughter Sommer and her friends spent an afternoon making bracelets! This party is so easy to plan and prep (thanks to the one-stop shop at @orientaltrading ), the kids love it, and no holiday or birthday is required! Naturally we had to top the afternoon off with cupcakes...and nerds, packaged inside gemstone party favors.

Head over to my stories for a free shipping link and discount code!
#orientaltrading #OTCpartner

✨E IS FOR EMOJI✨ Sometimes the best way to ex

✨E IS FOR EMOJI✨
Sometimes the best way to express your mood is to draw it. I really loved having this up for the last month…it was a conversation piece, it made us slow down and think about our feelings, and yellow 🟡🟨💛 is my fave color!
If you make one, share with #PKprompts ! 🤣😘😊🤪😳

Instagram post 18014563873483513

Instagram post 18014563873483513

✨D IS FOR DIORAMA✨ When I started this mini #d

✨D IS FOR DIORAMA✨ When I started this mini #diorama craft I pulled out plastic animals and twine and little pebbles. I’m thrilled with a mini landscape any day, really, but I guess my more sentimental chords got the best of me. These are so easy to make and fun to plan! You can even mix in some little props where it works…moss under foot or maybe a moon hanging above. Find some box lids, canned fish containers (yes I do save them occasionally), cheese box lids, or jar caps to use as your containers. I’m ready to fill a wall with these little gems!
✨
(If you’re curious about that lovely paper, I hoard @monpetitart’s #origamipaper)

It’s 🫶🏼 Valentines Day Eve 🫶🏼 and yo

It’s 🫶🏼 Valentines Day Eve 🫶🏼 and you may be scrambling to make that card that says it all for your kids, your girlfriend, your man, or maybe your dry cleaner. Here are some projects that all use just paper and sometimes paint! Search Valentines on ProjectKid or DM me for details! I promise I’ll respond (as long as it’s before my bedtime)! ❤️❤️❤️

C IS FOR CARDBOARD (AND COLLECTIONS) This project

C IS FOR CARDBOARD (AND COLLECTIONS)
This project attempts to solve the over-abundance of two plentiful things in our household: cardboard and stuff my kids collect. There is SO much of both, and sometimes I feel like I’m swimming in it.

These little cardboard swings are a cute, and adaptable way to display objects that your kids can’t live without. For extra stability, add glue dots on the back edge so the swings stay flush with the wall. #PKprompts #cardboardcraftsforkids #cardboardcrafts #diykids

✨B IS FOR BOOKS✨
I’m a fan of making books…publishing them with fabulous editors, writing them, coming up with big ideas…and simply crafting ‘em. For week number two of #pkprompts, I turned cereal and cookie boxes into mini books, with pages made from @3m #postitnotes. The steps are so simple and require no nitpicky measuring.

It’s only week 2, so I’m still sudsing out the benefits of this weekly exercise. So far, I have fun on the list…

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I think it was my 4th or 5th grade Hebrew school t

I think it was my 4th or 5th grade Hebrew school teacher who altered my understanding of Hanukkah forever. We were always taught that the miracle of Hanukkah was that one day’s worth of olive oil lit the menorah of the destroyed temple for eight days. The Jews had been fighting persecution from the Syrians, defending their right to exist on their land, on their terms, believing in their God. (Oddly familiar sounding, right?)

But Mrs. Zelman taught us that the true miracle of Hanukkah was not the lasting drop of oil, but rather that “so few won over so many”— the outnumbered Jewish army persevered against overwhelming odds. While I recognize that the symbol of the oil is way more poetic alongside this festival of lights, this year, more than ever, I’m hanging onto this alternative miracle— with prayers that our refusal to be erased will stand.

I always like to make “flameless” menorahs so that the littlest among us have their own lights to shine! Instructions and material list over on projectkid.com.

I welcome any comments about your Hebrew school memories, Hanukkah crafts, or dreidels that you actually made out of clay!

#hanukkahcrafts #menorah #menorahcraft #jewishcrafts

Happy Thanksgiving to you! Put your kids to work a

Happy Thanksgiving to you! Put your kids to work and have them make place cards with paper and leaves for hair!

Made for @highlightsforchildren magazine!

11 years old and she still lets me craft her costu

11 years old and she still lets me craft her costume! This #energizerbunny made smiles pop on even the crankiest of NYC commuters! @energizer #homemadehalloween #diyhalloweencostume

It's almost Yom Kippur, so it's time for me to gat

It's almost Yom Kippur, so it's time for me to gather my congregation of 3 (or 4 if we include Greta the dog) for our annual check-in. Having grown up in a conservative synagogue, I took this holiday very seriously—fasting, asking others for forgiveness, and thumping my fist over my heart (IYKYK). But the one person I never asked forgiveness from was myself, then and actually, even now. My therapist often reflects back how I *talk* to myself, asking me if my child came to me with the same troubles and feelings, would I speak to them the same way I *speak* to myself? Never. It's so enlightening every dang time, and I feel like I want to get my kids to start offering themselves some grace and kindness NOW!

Last year I shared a fun little fill-in-the-blank worksheet that I made for my family, but now, as my kids are entering their teen years and have a pretty good grasp on our family values and goals, I want to steer this year's message a bit more inward for them. I did some reading (mostly on my favorite Jewish feeds like @heyalma and @kveller) and listened to some episodes of @unorthodoxpodcast to put together this *equally* fun, and I hope meaningful, exercise.

If you would like to receive a link to both of the worksheets, just comment YKPK and I'll send a link to Projectkid.com to your DMs. I'll also link to some of the wonderful articles/podcasts that I read/heard in case you are interested!

Every year we look back at the Yom Kippurs past and the kids get so much entertainment seeing their handwriting and adorable spelling mistakes! (Slides 2+: At the bottom of each worksheet is a silly drawing prompt—these are the drawings from last year of our versions of a character named Hug McHuggster!)

I say this every year...this exercise is rather agnostic—there is a little mention of the holiday but it's useful for anyone of any belief set.
xoxo Amanda #yomkippur

Did you know @barbie has had over 200 careers? Hec

Did you know @barbie has had over 200 careers? Heck yeah, girl! Always reinventing…love that for you! 🩷
Throwing it back to when I made #barbiehalloween costumes for @mattel to match their then new career series. Countdown is on for our opening day viewing! #barbiemovie #thebarbiemovie #barbiethemovie

In honor of the release of the @barbiethemovie, he

In honor of the release of the @barbiethemovie, here is a craft video I did for @mattel a few years ago! So fun to help kids create and “live” in the @barbie dream world! (Art directed by @bianquisima) #barbiemovie

My daughter Sommer saves everything—and she come

My daughter Sommer saves everything—and she comes by that naturally. From deflated balloons to amusement park wristbands, she keeps them close, either on her wall or her arm.

When you produce a child that inherits your sentimentality/ packrat tendencies, you make her a little memory book to save and savor moments and details from a place she loves.

#campmail #diybook #diyscrapbook #craftymomma

What’s more fun than the ripping open of a hand-

What’s more fun than the ripping open of a hand-addressed, oversized envelope? The ripping open of about 5 of them! Either Oliver will laugh really hard when he opens this, roll his eyes, or throw it across the room! (If you click on the link in my bio, I linked this photo with a list of materials to make make this!) #campmail #mailart #sleepawaycamp #craftymom

When I saw the price of greeting cards was upwards

When I saw the price of greeting cards was upwards of $5, I told myself i was only going to #DIY my kids #campmail this year. Self-adhesive acetate sheets allow you to sandwich anything together to make a very cool oversized postcard (a technique I learned from @kieracoffee’s insanely brilliant #mailart.)

Scroll through and check out the big fun I’ve been having! Cereal box postcards, sticker stories, 1990s magazine collage, glow in the dark duct tape!

Seriously there’s nothing better than camp mail! 💌🏕️

Happy Easter to those that celebrate! 🐰🌸🪺

Happy Easter to those that celebrate! 🐰🌸🪺

🐰 Last minute #easterbrunch place cards! Make a

🐰 Last minute #easterbrunch place cards! Make a flag with washi tape and a toothpick and write your guests name on the tape. Secure it to the egg by wrapping a strip of tape all the way around the egg. Need a way for it to stand in its place? Just perch it on the tape roll! Couldn’t be easier! 🪺🐰 #lastminuteeasterdecor

My first winter as lifestyle editor at @parents me

My first winter as lifestyle editor at @parents meant I had to produce an Easter story (we usually took the pics in December). The Easter crafting has always felt a little blurry to me—every year I did it, but I was always asking my coworkers “wait, what is the craft thought here?”

So I decided to assign this first one out and @susanbanderson came to my rescue with these BABY SOCK lamb egg cozies. I didn’t even know eggs needed cozies! But I still love them to pieces! #eastereggs #easteregg #eastercrafts

✨F IS FOR FLOWERS✨ I was torn between FACES a

✨F IS FOR FLOWERS✨

I was torn between FACES and FLOWERS 🌸 so I decided to do a mash-up! As the center, I used one of the most overlooked, perfect upcycled materials: bright and beautiful @playdoh lids!

Just in time for all of the spring holidays (oh hi #eastercrafts!), these blooms are so easy and so satisfying to make. And the fact that they stand on their own, they can live as a table centerpiece, on a mantle, or on a bookshelf!

(I have to give a shoutout to @artcampla—I saw one of their crafts on Pinterest and it sparked the inspo for this craft. If you like crafts and don’t follow them, go do so now!)

#flowercrafts #paperflowers #paperflowers #paperflowercrafts #springcrafts #springcraftsforkids

IMO, mid-winter is the time to throw random partie

IMO, mid-winter is the time to throw random parties! #ad There are no big holidays on the immediate horizon and looking outside the window, all we see is brown and gray. Since we had a mid-winter break from school last week, my daughter Sommer and her friends spent an afternoon making bracelets! This party is so easy to plan and prep (thanks to the one-stop shop at @orientaltrading ), the kids love it, and no holiday or birthday is required! Naturally we had to top the afternoon off with cupcakes...and nerds, packaged inside gemstone party favors.

Head over to my stories for a free shipping link and discount code!
#orientaltrading #OTCpartner

✨E IS FOR EMOJI✨ Sometimes the best way to ex

✨E IS FOR EMOJI✨
Sometimes the best way to express your mood is to draw it. I really loved having this up for the last month…it was a conversation piece, it made us slow down and think about our feelings, and yellow 🟡🟨💛 is my fave color!
If you make one, share with #PKprompts ! 🤣😘😊🤪😳

Instagram post 18014563873483513

Instagram post 18014563873483513

✨D IS FOR DIORAMA✨ When I started this mini #d

✨D IS FOR DIORAMA✨ When I started this mini #diorama craft I pulled out plastic animals and twine and little pebbles. I’m thrilled with a mini landscape any day, really, but I guess my more sentimental chords got the best of me. These are so easy to make and fun to plan! You can even mix in some little props where it works…moss under foot or maybe a moon hanging above. Find some box lids, canned fish containers (yes I do save them occasionally), cheese box lids, or jar caps to use as your containers. I’m ready to fill a wall with these little gems!
✨
(If you’re curious about that lovely paper, I hoard @monpetitart’s #origamipaper)

It’s 🫶🏼 Valentines Day Eve 🫶🏼 and yo

It’s 🫶🏼 Valentines Day Eve 🫶🏼 and you may be scrambling to make that card that says it all for your kids, your girlfriend, your man, or maybe your dry cleaner. Here are some projects that all use just paper and sometimes paint! Search Valentines on ProjectKid or DM me for details! I promise I’ll respond (as long as it’s before my bedtime)! ❤️❤️❤️

C IS FOR CARDBOARD (AND COLLECTIONS) This project

C IS FOR CARDBOARD (AND COLLECTIONS)
This project attempts to solve the over-abundance of two plentiful things in our household: cardboard and stuff my kids collect. There is SO much of both, and sometimes I feel like I’m swimming in it.

These little cardboard swings are a cute, and adaptable way to display objects that your kids can’t live without. For extra stability, add glue dots on the back edge so the swings stay flush with the wall. #PKprompts #cardboardcraftsforkids #cardboardcrafts #diykids

✨B IS FOR BOOKS✨
I’m a fan of making books…publishing them with fabulous editors, writing them, coming up with big ideas…and simply crafting ‘em. For week number two of #pkprompts, I turned cereal and cookie boxes into mini books, with pages made from @3m #postitnotes. The steps are so simple and require no nitpicky measuring.

It’s only week 2, so I’m still sudsing out the benefits of this weekly exercise. So far, I have fun on the list…

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