Hanukkah Kitchen Fun

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Build an edible menorah with your children

I’ve pulled together a few of my favorite and super easy Hanukkah kitchen ideas to share with you. Enjoy! A super simple one is to get Hanukkah cookies cutters to use with breakfast pancakes. When the kids are six and up, they can help cut the shapes. Hanukkah starts Saturday, December 24th. Pretzel Rod Candles My daughter made these cute pretzel rod candles a few years back. Delish and easy to make. Here’s what she did: Dipped pretzels into melted chocolate (melted in Mason jars in a slow cooker in a water bath), Placed them on parchment paper. Drizzled them with melted … [Read more...]

Hanukkah DIY Gifts

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A great gift to give your children is to encourage them to create presents for friends and family, instead of buying them. Think simple, loving, homemade. Hanukkah starts on Saturday, December 24th. Here are three ideas: Goodies in Glass Jars  If you save jelly jars, you’re in luck. Or you can pick some jars up at a hobby store. Depending on their size and shape, fill them with: Mixed candies Hot cocoa mix Honey Individual spices (e.g., cinnamon sticks or bay leaves) Spice mix (with recipe ideas that go with that kind of spice mix) One year, a friend gave me ingredients to … [Read more...]

Hanukkah Themed Nights

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Hanukkah games

In our family, we want to tone down any hint of mad gift-giving at Hanukkah. We failed a bit last year, so we’re rethinking for this year. Hanukkah starts Saturday, December 24th.  Our daughter is now contemplating how to do themed nights, where the presents lead to family fun activities – focusing on togetherness vs. on getting loot. Since we are a games-loving group, this should be very doable. Calendar Night It is my tradition to create personalized calendars for our little boys. So we will plan a calendar night, where the calendars will be that night’s presents. To expand the calendar … [Read more...]

Hanukkah Ideas for Your Creative Soul

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With just days to go until the first light of Hanukkah, I wanted to share a few of my favorite Hanukkah ideas – for various levels of creativity and craftiness. #1 - Roundup of Hanukkah crafts from Creative Jewish Mom  This Jewish Mom is one of my “fay-verts” (as Caleb, 3, pronounces the word!). In this post, she offers a grouping of 3 awesome craft ideas. Cereal Box Gift Boxes. While she uses potato stamps to decorate them, you could take the same boxes, wrap in paper, and color / glitter / sticker. They are a great size for children’s books, too. They are beautiful and promote … [Read more...]

My Hanukkah Gift to You

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Learn Hanukkah basics, Hanukkah story, Hanukkah foods, Hanukkah decorations

Yes! We are just a month away from Hanukkah 2015! As my thank you for the pleasure of your company on our JewishHolidaysInABox journey, I’m giving away our Celebrate Hanukkah: How to Light Up Your Holiday (regularly $4.97). And if you are already an old pro with celebrating Hanukkah, download the e-book to pass along to a friend who might value it. You will learn how to get the most family fun out of this eight-night festival, along with five-minute ways to decorate your home with Hanukkah spirit using materials you already have. Learn how to: Answer questions about Hanukkah … [Read more...]