A Jewish Journey Through Charlotte Mason Mother Culture
It’s down to the wire, folks. Pesach is coming! Did you get so caught up in prep that you forgot to plan the fun? Check out PJ Library’s Passover page for songs, games, ideas, recipes, and anything else you might need to enrich Pesach for your kids!
Ms. Mason advocates that all handicrafts should be made for a purpose, for practical use. No glitter-for-the-sake-of-glitter around here:
“Points to be borne in mind in children’s handicrafts are: a) that they should not be employed in making futilities such as pea and stick work, paper-mats and the like; b) that they should be taught slowly and carefully what they should do; c) that slipshod work should not be allowed; d) and, that, therefore, the children’s work should be kept well within their compass.” (Vol. 1, p315-316)
In fact, you should (in general) lump together the concepts of “crafts” and life skills. And CM often had her students make handicrafts for the express purpose of being donated to the needy.
Children’s book publisher Kar-Ben has released a free digital mini-ebook: Passover Crafts for Little Hands, which has several presumably-useful crafts. It includes:
Or maybe you’d like to make your own if your kids are too young or “too old” for these projects! Know someone or a charity who would appreciate one of these as a gift?