and it’s been quite some time since i have been crafty!

i finally got my sewing machine from my moms house (we moved at the beginning of the month and i still don’t have all our stuff here!) and sewed a curtain for our bathroom. we one of those stupid sinks with a 4.5 foot ledge and a huge, useless space underneath i decided if i had a curtain there, i could store stuff there. so we got 2 yards of this marble/water fabric and it’s just a simple 4 hems plus a fold over to hang on a pressure rod, but it worked fantastically, and all the edges are straight (which is a feat unto itself when my 3 and 1 year old are fascinated with my sewing machine while it’s in use) sorry, no piccys, my cod for my cam stopped working the other day

i also made a menorah with my 3 y/o. he made one at the synagogue, but it fell & broke so i promised we would make a new one. i bought an oval of wood from Wally world (89 cents) and 18 bolts (large ones, big enough for Chanukah candles. did you know they come in packages of 9?? how odd is that?) for the candle holders.

i had him paint the wood blue (ultramarine, he picked out) and we painted around the sides in white. we haven’t decorated it any more as of yet, waiting on the paint to dry, but if he wants, we will put glitter or something on it, if not, i am using alenes tacky glue to glue to bolts on, 8 for the 8 nights, and 2 for the shamesh (b/c for it to be a kosher menorah, the shamesh has to sit higher, which is why we bought two packages of bolts, if you were wondering) i am going to spray the whole thing with clear sealant once it is dry to keep it from getting water or wax damaged.

i made one of these in nursery school (ok, i made 3 of these, when i was 3, 4 and 5) but i still use the one i made when i was 3, so i really hope it will be something we take out year after year, and once he is old enough, he can take it out himself.