Sukkot Crafts
Miniature Sukkah
What You'll Need:
- Small box (a shoe box is perfect)
- Scissors
- Twigs and leaves
- Construction paper,
- Markers
- Glue
- Thread
- Dried fruit, raisins, dates and/or figs
How to Make It:
Ask an adult to help you cut off one long side of the box. Then cut slots out of the bottom of the box. This will be the roof of your sukkah. Thread twigs and leaves through the slots for a leafy roof. Decorate the walls of your sukkah, inside and out, with markers. With an adults help, you can also cut out pictures from magazines or shapes from construction paper cutouts and glue them to the walls. Tie thread around dried fruit, raisins, dates and/or figs and suspend them from the slots in the sukkah roof.
Sukkah Sun Prints
What You'll Need:
- Dark-colored construction paper
- Leaves, flowers or any flat objects
How to Make It:
Lay construction paper outside in the sun. Arrange flowers, leaves or other objects on the paper. After an hour, remove the objects. The paper will be faded, except under the objects, creating an unusual "natural" pattern. Hang your sun prints in the sukkah for a decoration made partially by nature!
Marzipan Fruit Miniatures
What You'll Need:
- One block white marzipan
- Food coloring
- Whole cloves
- Small box
How to Make It:
Cut the marzipan into five even pieces and make an indentation in the middle with your finger to hold the food coloring. Add 6 to 8 drops of red food coloring to one piece, yellow to another, green to a third and orange to the fourth. Mix blue and red to make purple for the fifth. Knead each piece until the color is evenly distributed. To make the various fruits, roll small bits of marzipan into balls. For apples, roll small red balls; oranges, small orange balls; pears, small green balls with a pinch around the centers; bananas, small yellow balls that you can then roll into tiny ropes and shape; grapes, very small purple balls that you can group together. Use any extra green to fashion small leaves. For stems, insert whole cloves. Carefully place your miniature fruit into a small box for a charming (and edible!) decoration for the Sukkot seder table or as a special gift.
Etrog and Lulav
What You'll Need:
- Paper towel tube
- Two sheets of green construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Staples or tape
- Cardboard egg carton
- Yellow paint
How to Make It:
To make the lulav, wrap a sheet of construction paper around the paper towel tube and glue or tape in place. Ask a grownup to help you cut long "fringes" in the second piece of construction paper, leaving about 2 or 3 inches uncut along the edge. Roll the fringe so that you can insert it into the paper towel tube and glue or staple into place.
To make the etrog, have an adult help you cut two egg cups from the egg carton, careful to leave a small lip around the edges. Glue the two egg cups together, edge to edge, to form an oval-shaped etrog. When dry, paint the etrog yellow.
Sukkah Paper Chains
What You'll Need:
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Staples
- Markers, crayons, poster paints, glitter, stamps or other decorative objects
How to Make It:
Ask a grownup to help you cut 1 to 2-inch wide strips of colored construction paper. If you wish, decorate the strips with markers, crayons, glue and glitter, stamps or other decorative objects. Loop the strips and glue or staple them together. Hang the paper chain in your sukkah for a colorful and festive touch.