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nent), paper to cover your working
surface, paintbrush, bowl of water.
Begin by preparing the floor or
table where you will be making your
project. Cover completely with
newspaper or plastic — this can get
very messy! Next, color your cloth
with markers. You should cover as
much area of the cloth as possible,
but don't make specific designs
because next you're going to paint
over the entire project with water, •
which gives a pretty, tie-dyed effect.
Now let dry. You can leave as is, or
write Purim messages on top of the
cloth (use a permanent marker this
time) after it has dried completely.
#10) The Purim Pizza:
How about something really wacky
for breakfast this day? If it were up
to your children, that might mean a
candy bar for the main course, with
licorice for a side dish. They'll get
enough of that stuff in mishloach
manot, but you can still let them do
something silly by having pizza for
breakfast — and be sure to make it a
Purim pizza.
Give each child his or her own slice
to decorate, and challenge each to come
up with something having to do with
the holiday. Maybe they'll make a face
of one of the Purim characters (a round
onion face, black-olive eyes) or spell out
the holiday in green-pepper slices.
#11) Food For Thought
Once you have placed two different
ready-to-eat items, which require two
different brachot (blessings), into your
mishloach manot baskets, you're ready
to have fun.
Try to think up silly items to add, or
fun, holiday-appropriate messages for
everyday foods. For example, you could
put in a little bag of gummy bears
(Because Haman was so un"bear"able);
or caviar (Food fit for a king like
Ahasuerus); a hard-boiled egg (Because
Haman was such a rotten one); or
yummy cookies (So good, you'll want
more and More-dechai).
#12) Quick Draw.
You will need Crayons, paper. Here
are some fun, easy games to help keep
children entertained as parents prepare
the Purim seudah.
• 1. Draw five large circles on paper.
Have a child close her eyes and try to
add in the features of Esther, Ahasuerus,
Mordechai, Vashti and Haman.
• 2. Ask your son to begin drawing
any holiday item, and you'll guess what
it is. He should draw just a tiny part,
then another small part, adding on and
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on until you guess correctly.
• 3. Have a child illustrate an idea
from the story. For example, Haman was
evil. Rather than have your daughter
draw Haman, ask her to draw her con-
cept of evil. Other ideas: kindness, fear,
power, treachery.
• 4. Design a Purim stamp. If your
child worked for the post office, what
stamp would he make in honor of
Purim?
• 5. Ask one child to draw half of
Queen Esther or Mordechai on the edge
of a piece of paper. Ask a second child to
draw the other half on another piece of
paper (make certain you have one per-
son doing the right side, the other doing
the left). Place together to see what-
whole person you have created.
• 6. Have your daughter draw one
tiny aspect of any part of the Purim
story, and you try to guess the whole
object. For example, she might draw a
triangle for part of King. Ahasuerus'
crown, or part of the tail of Mordechai's
horse.
• 7. Play an outside game indoors. Ask
children to draw clouds, then look for
Purim objects in these.
#13) What's That Sound?
Challenge family members to make
their own grogger, or have friends over
for a grogger-making party.
Instead of delivering mishloach manot
in the typical basket or plastic bag, have
your children design Purim purses. All
you need is plain, brown paper bags
from the grocery store, or lunch bags
available at any discount shop. They can
use markers, naturally, but also fake
gems, little charms, feathers, strips of
fabric — whatever you have around the
house (or want to buy at the craft shop)
to create beautiful Purim purses.
#14) Purim Pinwheel:
You never know how these will turn
out, which is half the fun! Take any size
piece of paper, though it should be fairly
sturdy (construction paper works well).
First, draw one of the faces of a Purim
character over the entire sheet of paper.
Then fold the paper, accordion-style.
When you're done, staple the folded
paper at the center, so that the staple is
perpendicular to the fold. Your folded
face will look very funny!
Now comes the hardest part: glue
together the two pieces of paper at
bottom, so that the fan is a complete
circle. You might want to hold togeth-
er with a paper clip until the glue has
had a chance to dry. Finally, affix a
small wooden handle,. such as a coffee
stirrer, so that you'll have a handle for
the fan. ❑