34 | OCTOBER 17 • 2024

W

hether you’re making
a paper chain for
a sukkah or some
painted fruit art for the holiday
this fall, there are lots of great
projects to try. Here are a few
ideas to get you started:

PAPER CHAINS
PAPER CHAINS

You’ll need:
-Colored paper
-Scissors
-Tape or stapler

Here’s what to do:
Cut your paper into evenly sized
strips.
Make a loop out of each strip
and close it using tape or a
stapler.
Keep going until your chain is
the desired length.
Now, find a sukkah near you to
hang it in! You can use packing
tape or safety pins to attach it,
ask an adult to help. It’s looking
great already!

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
STAMPING*
STAMPING*

You’ll need:
-paper
-paint (pick your favorite colors!)
-fruits and vegetables

*Pro tip: You might want to do this
project over some newspapers for
easier cleanup.

Here’s what to do:
To get started, cut the fruits and
vegetables so you’ve got a flat
surface to stamp on. You’ll have lots
of interesting shapes to work with!
Then pour each color of paint
onto a separate paper plate.
Dip each fruit or vegetable into
the paint of your choosing and
press it onto the paper.
Let it dry flat, your masterpiece is
complete!

WIND CHIMES
WIND CHIMES
You’ll need:
-Small tree branches
-Colored yarn cut into strands
-Liquid glue
-Small bells

Here’s what to do:
Find a stick that’s fallen off a tree
Use your yarn to tie a knot
around the stick and use some
glue to make sure it sticks.
Wrap your yarn around the
branch, tying bells along the
way. Use at least three bells for
the strand.
Grab another piece of yarn,
and repeat. Keep going until the
branch is covered to your liking.
Tie off the string at the bottom of
your branch.
Hang your wind chime from
your sukkah or wherever you’d
like!

Get
Get
Crafty!
Crafty!

As long as you’re in a sukkah, why
As long as you’re in a sukkah, why
not have some company? This
not have some company? This
holiday is also very tied to the idea
holiday is also very tied to the idea
of hospitality, and having an open
of hospitality, and having an open
home. Kids and adults alike make
home. Kids and adults alike make
sure to let others know they’re
sure to let others know they’re
welcome, and some families even
welcome, and some families even
have a tradition of symbolically
have a tradition of symbolically

inviting Jewish ancestors into their
inviting Jewish ancestors into their
sukkahs. Connecting the present
sukkahs. Connecting the present
to the past, each night, a different
to the past, each night, a different
one of the
one of the ushpizin
ushpizin, or guests (it’s
, or guests (it’s

Aramaic), is invited in. Traditionally,
Aramaic), is invited in. Traditionally,
these guests include Abraham,
these guests include Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph
Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph
and King David.
and King David.

Welcoming Guests…
elcoming Guests…

SUKKOT FOR KIDS