Paper Blintzes

No need for a crepe pan…make your blintzes from paper!

When thinking about a Shavuot project, I really wanted something having to do with the giving of the Torah. I have seen candy Torahs, mini hotdog Torahs, paper towel roll Torahs, and so many others that it seemed like the Torah idea has been throughly taken care of! I decided to switch gears when I remembered one of the most popular projects we have posted, 3-D Paper Hamantashen. Why not recreate one of Shavuot’s most popular foods from paper too? Cheesecake did not seem like a viable option, so I went for blintzes. And as a bonus, besides for being dairy, the rolled up crepes also mimic the look of a Torah.

Rolling paper blintzes has the advantage of not being messy. No filling will squirt out at you and if you don’t roll it perfectly, tape is your friend. I have already made my real blintzes for this year and they are in the freezer awaiting the frying pan but I will admit they were not my best effort. The crepes just kept sticking to the pan and many of them ripped. I still managed to make enough to feed everyone but these paper ones redeemed my efforts by looking adorable without the fuss.

I am honored to once again to have this project featured in this week’s edition of The Jewish Link of New Jersey, in the Kid’s Link section. Pick up a copy if you are local or check it out online here.

Looking for more Shavuot projects?
Shavuot Flowers
Har Sinai Hat (or Centerpiece)

Time:
Active: 15-30 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint

Age: 4-9

Materials:
Paper circles 7″-8″ in diameter
Paint or markers
Cotton balls
Tape
Process:
Decorate one side of your paper circles. When they are dry, flip them over.

Place several cotton balls in a line on the plain side of the circle. Fold both sides over toward the center.

Roll the blintz in the opposite direction and secure with tape.

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Har Sinai Hat (or Centerpiece)

When a party hat becomes Har Sinai!

When we walked into daycare to pick up the baby, a two year old was having a birthday party. All the kids were wearing party hats, which was adorable, and my big kids were more than happy to eat their sister’s cupcake. The party hats were solid green…which triggered an idea. What if we made the hats into mini Har Sinais? Our daycare provider chimed in, reminding me of the gemara which says that at the time Hashem gave us the Torah, He held the mountain over our heads and we had no choice but to accept the Torah. Wearing a Har Sinai hat would be a funny way to illustrate that.

I had envisioned these more as centerpieces and less as hats, but the kids found it hilarious to wear Har Sinai on their heads.

Looking for more Shavuot projects?
Shavuot Flowers

Har Sinai Hats

Time:
Active: 5-10 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint

Age: 2-7

Materials:
Solid green party hat or green paper rolled in a cone shape
Flower stickers
Toothpick
2 small pieces of thin cardboard (a cereal box works well)

Process:
Decorate your hat with flower stickers, or glue on flowers cut from paper.

To make the luchot, cut the shape out of two pieces of carboard. I stacked them on top of each other while cutting to get them even. Put the toothpick between the two pieces and tape together. Insert into the small hole at the top of the hat.

 

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Shavuot Flowers

Decorate Har Sinai or make a bouquet!

In our dining room, we have one wall that is saved for hanging up the kids’ projects. It rotates seasonally, and we have school projects and crafts we have done at home. It’s at the point where it can never be blank, or it just looks like something is missing. Kids love having their artwork displayed and this being a very prominent location gives them a lot a pride.

Well, the Pesach projects were still hanging as of today, so I knew we needed to move on. We took down the matza and seder plate (school projects were saved for now, paper we cut into shapes and taped up there was recycled while no one was looking). And now, what could we put up for Shavuot? My daughter wanted to put up a big Har Sinai. Har Sinai itself ended up being both green and brown, based on what colors were left in the package of construction paper. Then we decorated it with some flowers that used paper and my favorite art supply, the paper fastener! These were really easy and came out looking beautiful.

Time:
Active: 30 minutes, depending on how many you make
Drying: 15 minutes+ if using paint

Age: 2-7

Materials:
Paper or flower template
Something with which to decorate the paper – paint, markers, crayons, etc.
Scissors
Paper fasteners

Process:
Draw your flower outlines, or download and print ours. I sized them so we would have a three layered flower in the end, with each flower being slightly smaller than the next.

Decorate in any way you want. We used watercolors, which have been a favorite recently.

When they are dry, cut them out. This proved to be a bit tedious, but I stacked two sheets of paper together and cut them simultaneously. Stack the flowers with the largest one on the bottom and the smallest on top. Poke a hole with the paper fastener through the center of all 3 flowers.

If you don’t have a wall to hang them on, use a pipe cleaner instead of a paper fastener and make a bouquet! Decorate an empty bottle by pasting on squares of tissue paper and you have just made a lovely Shavuot centerpiece.

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