Hamantashen Bags for Mishloach Manot

Give a friend some Hamantashen…in a Hamantash!

It’s hard to believe Purim is here again. We managed to squeeze in a pretty normal Purim last year, literally the day before everything shut down. We are still planning to celebrate this year, but our mishloach manot won’t contain any homemade items and Purim masks won’t be the only ones we are wearing. I hope these bags can help your children feel the spirit of Purim! We had a blast making them and I love how they came out. My 3 year old decorated this one while her big sisters were busy and when they saw it, they asked to make their own too!

We used glitter glue and beads to create the “filling” of our hamantashen, but you can use whatever you have. Crumpled tissue paper, pompoms, sequins, dot paint, or even just marker can all work just as well. My daughter did a minimal amount of coloring on each side, but you can decorate as much or as little as you want.

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3-D Paper Hamantashen
Paper Clown Plates for Mishloach Manot

Time:
Active: 20 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint or glue

Age: 2-9

Materials:
2-3 sheets of cardstock, posterboard or oaktag
2-6 pieces of yarn or ribbon
Clear packing tape or duct tape
Something to use a filling – beads, crumpled tissue paper, pompoms, etc
Glue
Markers or crayons

Process:
Cut out two matching triangle shapes from cardstock. Then cut out 2 matching rectangles, each the length of the triangles. Punch two holes near the top of each triangle to thread the handle through.

Decorate the triangles to look like hamantashen. First use markers or crayons to decorate and then glue on your filling in the center.

Create your handles by tying ribbons through the holes on each triangle. You can make your handle more substantial by braiding a few strands together.

Assemble your bag. Affix a strip of clear packing tape to the backside of the length of both left and right sides of one triangle, sticky side up. Press a rectangle onto each piece of tape. Add another strip of tape to the backside of one rectangle and affix the second triangle.

Once your pieces are all connected, put one last strip of tape down the length of the triangle with a exposed side. Fold it around to meet the exposed side of the rectangle.

Fill with treats and share with a friend!

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Hamantashen Purim Cards

Send Purim joy…in a hamantasch!

When packing our mishloach manot, I usually have the kids decorate paper plates that we fill with treats and fold into a hamantashen shape. This year, I had so many little bags saved, that I decided to use those instead. In order to add a hamantash to the bags, we made hamantashen cards.

We followed the directions of our popular Paper Hamantashen, but instead of filling with a pompom, the kids colored messages inside. We labeled each one with a name on the outside to make it easier to deliver the correct card to the correct child.

The kids really had a blast coloring these for their friends. Sometimes simple paper and markers can be more fun than you think!

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3-D Paper Hamantashen
Paper Plate Clowns for Mishloach Manot
Shushan Mural

Time:
Active: 15-20 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint or glue

Age: 2-8

Materials:
Construction paper
Scissors
Markers

Process:
Follow the direction for the 3-D Paper Hamantashen.

Fill with a message for your friends!

 

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Shushan Mural

Bring Shushan alive on your wall!

As you may recall, we have one wall in our dining room that is reserved for hanging artwork. We decorate for every birthday and holiday and if it were to be left blank, it would look jarring, as if something was missing. We took down the last round of birthday decor to get ready for Purim.

Building the city of Shushan was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it! I cut the domes in a Persian style (so it wouldn’t look like Yerushalayim) and the kids designed all the buildings. Of course we added in the King Achashveirosh and Queen Esther, and even Haman. Shushan was a walled city, as we learn in the Megillah, so we made sure to include that as well.

Should you not have an available wall, this works just as well on paper. Scan it and print for easy Purim cards!

Looking for more Purim projects?
3-D Paper Hamantashen
Paper Plate Clowns for Mishloach Manot

Time:
Active: 15-20 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint or glue

Age: 2-8

Materials:
Construction paper
Glue
Scissors
Tape

Process:
Cut out shapes and arrange them as a city. Decorate any way you please!

Glue windows and doors to each building. Tape the buildings to the wall for a mural or glue on to a piece of paper.

 

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Paper Plate Clowns for Mishloach Manot

Fill funny clowns with sweet treats for friends!

Last year, I posted on our facebook page about paper plate hamantashen mishloach manot. I was quite sure I had invented them as a kid until my husband informed me that EVERYONE did those. I then shared the post to my personal facebook page and a lively discussion insued with friends who grew up all over America and Canada…and lo and behold, he was totally correct. Hmph.

Well, this year we are using paper plates again but this time in the form of clowns. It can be hard to actually fit much inside of the paper plate hamantashen, and if you don’t staple them down all the way, small things can fall out the center hole! These clowns solve that problem. We created clown faces on the back of a paper plate and then we will fill a second plate with goodies. We then stapled the clown front on top.

The clown’s hair is made of paper grass. I was worried about finding it but the party store already has out a big Easter display and I had not trouble finding a bag of rainbow grass. For his bow tie, we used dot paint to cover a piece of paper and then cut out bow tie shapes from it. Wrapping paper would work great for this too. And of course you can use googly eyes, pompoms for a nose or cheeks or decorate any way you can dream up.

These would also make cute graggers. Just fill with beads or beans and make sure you really staple without gaps. Add a popsicle stick and you have an instant classic.

Looking for more Purim projects?
3-D Paper Hamantashen

Paper Plate Clowns for Mishloach Manot

Time:
Active: 15 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint or glue

Age: 2-8

Materials:
2 paper plates
Glue
Paper grass
Decorated paper, either wrapping paper or a piece of paper you colored yourself
Crayons or markers to draw a face
Scissors
Stapler
Optional – googly eyes, pompoms

Process:
Draw a face or glue one on in the center of the back of a paper plate. Glue on paper grass for hair and a bowtie. Don’t forget to write who this mishloach manot is from, either on the outside like we did or slip a note inside before stapling shut.

Fill a second plate with goodies. Staple your clown on top.

 

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