Holiday Sun Catchers

Do you love when the sun shines in your face? I know I do. Although it is become bitterly cold outside and winter has arrived these quick and easy sun catchers work for anytime of the year, just make sure your picture reflects that time of year. This post shows how you can make a beautiful sun catcher for the holidays or any other time of the year. I have done this with little kids, they are easy to make and come out looking gorgeous, especially when you use vibrant colors, and not pale ones, those do not come out as nice. When I had made this sample, they seemed to be great colors, however when I separated the thin pieces of tissue paper, mainly the orange one, it was more of a peach color, than a orange. This is what I had, so I made it work. On my sample, I did not use a second piece of paper, but if you do, it will look like a suncatcher from whatever side you see it from and will have a much neater look to it.

Materials You Will Need:

Clear Contact Paper

Construction Paper-preferably black 2 pcs

Tissue Paper in many different colors

Scissors

Pencil

1. Draw a picture of your choice on the construction paper. In this case, it was a dreidel for the holiday of Hanukah. Repeat on second piece of paper, making sure it matches the first.

2. Cut out the picture leaving a frame of the picture. Repeat on the second picture. For example:

before cutting ------> ♥


after cutting, you should then be left with this -----> ♥ Keep this part.

3. Cut a piece of contact paper double the size of your construction paper.

4. Peel back paper from the contact paper placing it non sticky side down on the table.

5. Place cut-out on the contact paper.

6. Place tissue paper inside frame overlapping each other, so that no gaps remain.

7. Take second paper and place on top of the first picture.

8. Fold contact paper covering the entire picture and then trim sides.

Purim Holiday

It's Adar in the lunar calendar a month of joy. On the first of the month, some teachers allow the students to play pranks on them, sing songs and spread the good cheer. The Purim holiday is upon us as people are frantically purchasing costumes and nosh before Sunday. While it is quite hectic, I personally enjoy this holiday. It's also a kid-friendly holiday. The excitement has been mounting these past few weeks as the stores put out their Purim displays and Pre-Purim carnivals are held. I love seeing the creative costumes as well as the creative packages that arrive. It's a time when family and friends get to see each other and know that you're thinking about them. It's a time of partying as the young children pop smoke bombs and spray their cans of silly string. It's a time of eating great food and the men get to get drunk. Yep, it's that one time of year when the men are supposed to get drunk. When the men in my family get drunk, they start telling everyone how wonderful they are, and it is a time of great fun. As fun as this holiday is we are also aware of the more significant part of the holiday and exactly what we are celebrating. We are celebrating that time many years ago, when we were saved from that evil Haman and the destruction of our nation. Another particularly exciting event is the horse with the characters Mordechai and Haman. Mordechai is sitting upon the horse and Haman is leading, portraying a scene from the Book of Esther.  The children wear costumes to signify that the Purim miracle was disguised by natural events. I hope to post some pictures soon. Stay tuned for fun stuff coming up.

Some links about purim
Your Purim Guide-if you are Jewish, check out this guide for celebrating Purim, you owe it to yourself and your kids.
Purim Trivia
Stuff for Purim
Costumes
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