Issue 09 | February 2015
jCreateMagazine celebrating jewish creativity
Make It
Hamantash Napkins Rainbow Sugar Cookies Edible Sand Art Royal Crowns Face Paint
purim crafts
DIY PURIM photobooth
LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR “Finally a magazine that features Jewish crafting projects and inspirational ideas.”
Hey Everyone, So if you're like me, you've probably been planning your Purim theme since the moment last year's Purim candy was stashed away. For creative junkies like me, you know the thrill of coming up with a cute Purim theme centered around your kiddos' costumes and the perfect savory treat. This year is no exception, I think I've nailed the perfect theme within a theme (you'll just have to wait and see!). But in all seriousness, when I look back at my previous Purim themes, I think the sweetest years were the ones that were simply made and executed. This mini mag that my team and I have put together has an amazing array of simple yet impressive ideas to "craftinate" your Purim. We hope you enjoy this mini magazine and look forward to crafting our Pesach issue for you guys next month! All the best, Abbey
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contents
4 Gumball Machine Cupcakes 7 Edible Sand Art 8 Happy Home 10 Purim Themes 13 Purim Costume Photobooth 19 Hamantash Napkin Decor 23 Face Painting
28 Royal Crowns 31 Activity Sheets 36 Purim Comes Alive 41 Rainbow Sugar Cookies
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Gumball machine Cupcakes 4
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Melissa Kaye and a bio for Lil Miss Cakes
I thought of this idea for a gumball machine cupcake a while ago. I have seen similar ideas around, but nothing exactly like this. Let me explain with lots of pictures how I made these cute edible favors.
Vanilla C u p ca k e s I started by baking vanilla cupcakes in these cute individual paper liners. I love these cupcake cups by Paper Eskimo. These paper cups can be baked right on a baking sheet, no need for a special cupcake pan.
Royal I ci n g Topp ed C u p ca k e s Once the cupcakes were cooled I covered the tops in royal icing and turned them directly onto these silver cardboard disks. They are like tiny little cake boards. I found them at my local craft store. I allowed the icing to dry for a few hours to make sure the cupcakes were good and stuck.
Cutting Holes In Cupcake Cup Bottoms I used a craft knife to slice holes into the bottom of the cupcake cups. Then I poked a dowel through the slits to make the holes a little larger. The final step is to fill a Christmas ornament with gumballs and fit it upside down into the hole of the cupcake. I ordered my ornaments from Oriental Trading and didn’t realize they were very small. The opening in the ornament was super tiny, and I couldn’t find gumballs small enough so I used candy coated chocolate Sixlets. jCreate Magazine
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Wrapped Gumball M a c hi n e C u p ca ke s They looked super cute all wrapped up! Wilton sells these treat bags with the silver board and a ribbon (I used silver twist ties instead) in a great little pack. Everyone loved these cute little party favors and I can’t wait to make them again. They can be made with any color cupcake cup and filled with any colors of candy to match every party color scheme!
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Edible Sand Art
Edible Sand Art Yield: ½ cup FOR EACH COLOR: ½ cup sugar ¾ tsp citric acid (also called sour salt) 3 drops food coloring • winkie pops (optional) EQUIPMENT: • small plastic or glass jars 1. In a resealable plastic bag, combine sugar, citric acid, and food coloring. Seal the bag. Shake until all the sugar is colored. Repeat, using a new bag for each color, making as many different colors as you like. 2. Spoon sugar through a funnel into a glass or plastic container, alternating colors. 3. Optional: Dip your winkie pop into the sugar to enjoy. Cooking isn’t just for the adults anymore! Kids Cooking Made Easy, by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek, has been an instant favorite with kids and parents alike. Parents love how the graphic layout of the book makes the recipes so easy for their children to follow, and kids love the fun recipes and “cooking school” that gives them confidence in the kitchen. Kids Cooking Made Easy has delicious meal ideas like Penne Rosa, Hot Pretzels, BBQ Beef Sticks and Panini Wraps, as well as fun treats like Homemade Button Candy, Candy Bar Cookies, and Edible Sand Art. This adorable and fun treat is easy for kids to make, and works well as a shalach manos for them to present to their friends.
Recipes from Kids Cooking Made Easy by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek Reprinted with permission from the copyright holders: ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications jCreate Magazine
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Ten Simple Ways to Build a
Happy Home By Adina Soclof
Be happy: Kids learn from watching us. Make sure to cultivate your own happiness; it will spill over to your family. Laugh with your family: Inside jokes, memories of a vacation gone awry, or sharing the funniest moments of your day at dinner can be the best way to bond as a family. Start off the day right: Wake your family with an upbeat voice and a huge smile. Let kids be sad: Our kids don’t always have to feel happy. True happiness comes when we learn to manage the inevitable ups and downs of life. 8
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Make time for friends: The happiest people are the ones who have strong social support systems. Relax: Make downtime a priority in your home. Make your home-comings happy: Greet your family members with a smile and a “Glad you are home!” Smile when you’re mad: Smiling releases endorphins. It is the simplest way to achieve happiness. Give a compliment: Research has found that both the giver and the receiver are made happier by the compliment. Look for the good: Focus on your family member’s positive traits. You will feel good about your family and they will too.
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r u O From s: r e d a Re m i r u P t a e r G s e m The
Janice Zarad
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have supe a puri r m
s crayon "Green Esther" must save all the Jews, She must approach the throne. She'll reveal her Jewi sh identity, Despite the restraint she'd shown. Thre "red carpet" wa s rolled out, Esther walked down the long path, To greet King Achash verosh, And defeat Haman's wrath. The king was quite ad orned, In "orange crown jew els." He looked at beautif ul Esther, And ignored all roya l rules. The King used his ar m, And outstreched the "Golden scepter," Offered half of his kin gdom, As he welcomed po or Queen Esther. At Esther's "royal blue party," Haman joined her an d the King. She pointed to the ev il Haman, And labeled him the assasin! At the end of a long story, Esther saved all of th e Jews. We share gifts and dr ink "purple wine," To celebrate the news !
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m i r u P Y I D tume s h o t C o o B o t o Ph What you need:
Instructions:
Images: Mustache, glasses,
Print images out using a color printer.
bowtie, lips, eyebrows, hats,
Carefully cut out your pictures and trim
etc. Use colorful images of
to shape. (Glasses will need to be cut
your choice or download ours!
along the inside lines too!)
Wooden skewers
Affix each item to a wooden skewer
Tape
using thin strips of tape. Hand out the accessories and take fun Purim photos!
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Decorate your table with these easy triangular napkins that look just like hamantashen! Your kids will have so much fun setting these up!
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H a m a ntash napkin decor What you need: Stiff colorful napkins
Step by Step Guide: Unfold the napkin completely.
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Fold the remaining two corners up over the top edge of the napkin to form a small square, beginning with the left side, then the right.
Fold the top corners down again to meet the bottom corner. Turn the napkin on its side. It should look like this:
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Unfold the top and tuck the loose corners in so they rest on top of each other and form a triangle. You can line them up or set individual place settings by placing your cups on the napkins.
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basic face painting
by shelly wapniak
Purim is a time for disguise. Learn how to use face paint to enhance any costume!
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r e w o l F n g i s e D Tools: Base colors such as yellow and green Flower colors such as pink and purple Leaves: two shades of green, and white White and black for details Two sponges or body brushes One flat brush Two round brushes One small petal brush One large petal brush or a second flat brush
Extras: Gems/jewels Body glitter Liquid glitter aka Liquid Bling
Step 1: Load two sponges or two body brushes with your base colors. I used a light green and yellow.
Apply the paint over the eyelid, and around the eye, check bone, forehead, and down the side of the cheek as seen in the first photograph.
Step 2: With a flat brush, load two shades of the same color. (I used what is known as a split cake to make this step easier.) Paint petals to create a flower. Try to fit 4 or 5 petals.
Step 3: Dipping your large petal brush or a flat brush into two shades of green, add your leaves. Load a small petal brush (for best results) or a round brush with your second flower color (I used purple). Then add white to the tip. Press down repeatedly with the brush to create one stroke flower clusters.
Step 4: With a white round brush add some highlights/outlines, big flower petals, and leaves. Add dots of varying sizes and white teardrops (determine placement that best suits your design). This is a good time to add your body glitter.
Step 5: Load a round brush with black paint and add lowlights to the large flower petals, leaves, and tear drops.
Step 6:
Optional
Add your Gems/jewels, and or Liquid Bling.
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facepaint #1 Tools: 2 sponges or body brushes 2 thin round brushes Gems Light blue paint, medium or dark blue paint, white paint Extras: Glitter, body glitter (white or light blue) and/or Liquid glitter aka Liquid Bling (white, blue, or silver)
Step 1: With a sponge or body brush apply light blue paint to the upper lid and forehead, cutting the eyebrow in half and bringing some down over the cheek bone as seen in photograph 1.
Step 2: Apply medium or dark blue to the second half of the upper eyelid and forehead and the edge of the cheek. Don’t paint past the end of the eyebrow or the smile lines. With a clean dry brush or sponge, blend both colors together. While paint is still damp, apply your body glitter.
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Step 3: With a #4 Round brush, outline the wings with white paint, and add icicles.
Step 4: With your white brush, create the butterfly’s body by placing a teardrop at the very top of the bridge of the nose, paint on the antennae, and add your starbursts and other embellishments. If you choose, you can also add gems and jewels.
Step 5: You can create lowlights by outlining the body, antennae and wings and other details with your medium or dark blue using a thin round brush. You can also apply a thin layer of Liquid Bling to embellish.
Tools: 3 Body brush or 4 Body sponges (pre cut in half) 3 round brushes Smoothy blender Three shades of a color: I used Blue Your favorite White and Black line work paint
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Step 1: Load the edge of your body brush or sponge in the light shade of whichever color you choose for your dragon. Cover the face as shown in the photograph.
Step 2: Using a new Body brush or the other half of your sponge, apply one shade darker to the appropriate areas to create shadows. Here's a handy tip: Use light shades to create a hard look and dark shades to keep it soft. Use a clean body brush, smoothy brush or the clean edge of your sponge to blend the two shades together.
Step 3: With a third brush or sponge, apply your darkest shade to the eye lid, painting a little above the outer-half of the eyebrow, visually cutting the eyebrow in half. This creates the angry, raised eyebrow look. With a new sponge or brush, apply a bit of black to the upper lid and blend down into the dark blue with the clean side of your sponge or clean brush.
Step 4: If you have a stencil that looks like a scale pattern take the dark shade and mix a tiny bit of black onto that sponge (or you can go lighter, it’s up to you) and apply the paint with a dry sponge using the stencil. Make sure to test it out first. If it's too wet it will not work.
Step 5: Load a round brush (#2, #3, or #4) with white paint. Press and roll to create your horns and teeth. Generously load a second round brush with black paint (I recommend a #4 but use what you like) and begin outlining the nose and painting on your nostrils.
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Royal Crowns!
for Little Hands
Even little hands can craft royal crowns! Simply cut a paper plate and color as shown. Instantly transform into Queen Esther or King Achashverosh!
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What you need: Scissors Paper Plates Crayons
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Activity Sheets!
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COLOR BY NUMBER 1 Orange 2 Yellow 2 Red 4 Skin 5 Green 6 Blue
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PURIM CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across 1. The Purim story is read from a ______ on Purim. 3. Haman's life ended when he was hanged from the ___________. 4. Haman had how many sons? 6. Esther became the new ______________. 7. Evil Man 8. Vashti refused to come to the party because she had pimples and a _____________. Down 1. The Purim story is written out and read on Purim. 2. Heroine who saved the Jewish people. 5. We celebrate with family by having a_________. jCreate Magazine
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purim comesen r d l i h c alive for young By: Sara Younger
Purim. Thinking of the holiday brings a smile to my
The joy of Purim. And, its fun. So much fun. So, so much fun!
face as I picture sparkling gowns of Queen Esther, Haman taking Mordechai for a ride on a horse, baskets overflowing with hamantashen... ahhhhh. The joy of Purim. And, its fun. So much fun. So, so much fun! As the season approaches, I want to be sure my students and children will love the holiday as much as I do. My mind races. There's so much I want to tell them, but words don't do this story justice. So, I go digging. Old clothing, costumes, trinkets from my prize box... I assemble them all and the fun is about to begin. After dinner, when everyone is just chilling on couches in the family room, I sneak in the start of my Purim lesson. "Sweetest, look at this princess gown. Pretty... Right?" My daughter nods in agreement. "Want to try it on?" Another nod... I am in business! "Ma" my boys protest, "that gown is strange! Look there's a tail attached!"
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"A tail?!?!" I feign surprise, "Oh my! Must be defective! If it wasn't 10 years old I'd return it." "Ma," the boys groan" We all know what it is! You want her to be Queen Vashti!" Ahhhh, they get it. I DO want her to be Vashti. I whip out the camera. This is a day I don't want to forget. And the photo/ dress up session begins. Many years ago... There lived a king named Achashveirosh. The crown and cape plop onto my oldest son. He runs to bring me the face paint for a mustache. And we begin to act out the story. The costumes keep changing as I tell the story and each child wants to star in scene after scene. Paperboy hats for Bigtan and Teresh as they plot to kill the king, a pirate hat for Haman accompanied by a blazer decorated with gold coins as medals, a pink tiara and fur lined cape for Queen Esther; our story comes to life!! The toys in the room are repurposed for each scene and become the props we need for that part of the play. The magic continues as we wind our way through the tale of the Purim Megillah. Books are wonderful, bedtime stories are great, coloring books are fun to fill, but none can compare to acting out the Purim story! It becomes real. The characters are alive. You can feel the tension as Esther approaches the king. And finally, you can breathe a collective sigh of relief after Haman and his sons are hanging on trees and the Jews head out to fight and defeat their enemies. Reliving this story with my children has made purim a highlight of our year. jCreate Magazine
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Costumes: These items are all suggestions. DO NOT follow them exactly!! That would be BORING!!! Have fun with this! Create your own traditions. And don't forget to LAUGH! Crowns (a few) Old suit jacketsdecorate them for each character Hat for mordechai Pirate hat for Haman Gowns Tail for Vashti Pretty shawls Jewelry Makeup Homemade scepter Paperboy hats/guard hats Apron- Haman's wife Soldier clothing for Haman's sons Face paint Large arm chair redesigned as a throne BIG garbage can filled with crumpled newspaper Horse costume or horse on a stick Blankets for king at night Play food for Esther's meals Fake tree or tree cut out The list could go on forever, since the options are endless! Create something unique and send me a picture of it! I'd love to see your costume ideas. Email to sara@ playlandparty.com.
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References for the story: Of course, the best source is the Megillah, written by Esther and Mordechai themselves. Nothing can beat the first hand account! You can find the Megillah in both Hebrew and English at most Jewish book stores. Once you've checked that out, I have to recommend my favorite childhood CD, Purim USA. I still own a CD player, that I hardly ever use. It does make a debut on Purim to play this story.
keep THEin CREW mind:
Want to make it real in your life? See the side bar for a suggested list of props, characters and references to bring the story to life in your home or classroom.
Sara Younger takes fun very seriously. As the owner of Playland Parties (www.playlandparty.com) she creates unique children's entertainment for birthdays, family reunions, school events and Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. She is also the director of Camp
Don’t rush! The days have lots of hours. Enjoy breakfast in Achashveirosh (King)time for the Sukkah. Leave everyone to get ready in the Advisors morning. Drink your coffee at home. Unless Queen Vashtiyou are heading on a long drive to an amusement park where you want to Mordechai the Jew maximize the hours, there is Other potential queens absolutely no reason to hurry children along. Esther the Queen Pack food! Starving children areHaigai cranky children. No one can have fun when they are HamanPack foods that can be starving. eaten with or without a Sukkah. Bigtanthe weather... before Check you leave. The rainy day will be Teresh better spent indoors than hiking through mud. Jewish the children Bring the right gear along. Zeresh (Haman's wife) Take Younger children? a stroller. On the cool side? Charvona (servant) Bring jackets. Going hiking? Sneaker time... yes, even on Haman's Sons Chol Hamoed (unless you are trying to work your calves by hiking in heels).
Summer Playland (www.campsummerplayland. com) where she fills summers with fun.
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Rainbow Sugar Cookies!
Sprinkle rows of colored sugar on your cookie dough. Roll each side in towards the center. Slice the dough and lay the cookies down to bake.
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