Like Parshat Noach and rainbows, Parshat VaYeishev, has lots of craft possibilities because of the mentioning of the multi-colored coat that Yaakov bestows upon his beloved son Yosef.
You can make a coat craft using lots of different materials – felt, beads, candies, etc. Here, we have used tissue paper because it is fun for kids to scrunch it up and glue it on.
Materials:
Tissue Paper
Paper towel roll
Piece of cardstock paper
Glue
Instructions:
1) Cut a basic coat shaper out of the cardstock
2) Cut tissue paper into 1-inch squares
3) Spread glue all over the coat shape
4) Scrunch up tissue paper squares and glue all over the coat
5) Attach the coat to a paper towel roll so the coat can stand as a centerpiece.
This craft can be found on ChallahCrumbs.com, a wonderful resources for Jewish projects and crafts. The craft is by Emily Shapiro Katz, an experienced and creative community Jewish educator. She lives in Beer Sheva in Kehilat Beerot and works for Go South with Nefesh B'Nefesh. Go Emily blogs about her Parsha Projects at parshaprojects.blogspot.com/.