Rosh Hashanah Art

The fall holidays have kept us busy! The children have been making lots of art to celebrate the new year. They have created representations of bees, apples, and pomegranates through clay, paint, markers, and colored pencils.

Kitah Daled

The children drew pomegranates while looking at the fruit as well as pictures. They used shades of red and pink markers and colored pencils to make their own representations of the fruit on card stock. The children then glued small, round sequins onto their fruits to represent seeds. These images became the cover to Kitah Daled’s Rosh Hashanah cards. Pomegranites remind us to have a sweet new year!

The children used yellow, black, white, and gold paint markers and permanent markers to draw bees on the back of clear glass plates. They used photographs for reference. The children noticed details such as stripes, legs, antennae, and stinger. They added these details to their drawings. To protect their work, they painted over the drawings with Modge Podge, adding a sprinkle of gold foil in the process. These plates are meant to be used for serving apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah.

Kitah Gimmel

Kitah Gimmel children sculpted bees out of clay. They used photographs of bees and toy bees for reference. The children hammered and rolled their clay, forming round bee bodies. They pinched smaller bits of clay to form wings. The children used clay tools to cut, scoop, and etch smaller details into the clay. The children pushed cut coffee straw pieces into the clay to create stingers, leg, and antennas. Once dry, The children painted their bees with black, yellow, gold, and white paint. Finally, they sealed their creations with Modge Podge.

Kitah Bet

Kitah Bet made Rosh Hashanah cards. They printed hexagonal shapes into yellow and gold paint on top of black card stock to represent a beehive. They then shredded bits of gold foil on top.

For their honey jars, Kitah Bet sculpted apples out of air dry clay. They rolled segments of clay between their palms. The children used tools to hammer and shape their creations. Once dry, the children painted their apples with yellow, green, and red paint. They then sealed their sculptures with Modge Podge.

They children then stamped a honeycomb texture onto their jars using bubble wrap and gold and yellow paint. The jars were then sealed with Modge Podge and the apples were attached to the lids with with Weldbond glue.

Kitah Alef

The children made Shana Tova cards by stamping different types of apple halves into red, green, and yellow paint onto watercolor paper. The children appeared to enjoy dipping their fingers into the paint and feeling it on their skin.

The children dipped hexagonal wooden shapes into yellow and gold paint, then stamped it onto muslin. Once a beehive-like pattern was created, the children sprinkled gold foil over the drying paint.

The children glued squares of the fabric on top of the honey jar lids.

The children then dipped sheets of beeswax and hexagonal-printed silicone squares into yellow and gold paint. They used those shapes to create a honeycomb pattern on the sides of the glass jar.

We hope you enjoyed your child's creations as you celebrated the holiday.

Shana Tova!

Morah Jessica