Tag: Play Doh

Holiday treats to be beheld – not eaten!

The Holiday of Light, Chanukah is approaching fast. That is why Curly Orli and I are looking to prepare Chanukah cookies with you! However, we will not need eggs, flour or other ingredients for baking – instead, we will make them from Plasticine or Play Doh. Here’s how:

instructions on making Plasticine Chanukah cookies, by Lana Lagoonca1. We start by making three different shapes like in the first picture, using orange Plasticine: a chanukiyah (a candleholder with nine candles), a sevivon (dreidel) and a Star of David, or Magen David.

2. Using the Star of David shape, cover the surface of the cookie with a thin layer of blue Plasticine for icing.

3. Add thin stripes of white Plasticine to the cookie.

4. For the chanukiyah, add blue icing to the base, then add white Plasticine stripes around the shape of the base.

5-6. Using yellow Plasticine, make the chanukiyah’s main stand, then add four curved lines to both sides of the main stand. Make candles from small pieces of white Plasticine and, for the top of the candles, create flames by using red Plasticine.

7-9. In the same manner as with the Magen David and chanukiyah, add blue icing to the top of the sevivon cookie and then white lines. Also, let’s add the letters on the dreidel, a nun, gimmel, hay or shin, for Nes gadol hayah sham, A great miracle happened there.

Make a lot of cookies – but don’t eat them! Curly Orli and I hope that the cookies from this art project will help make your home even more festive.

Happy Chanukah to all the readers of the Jewish Independent!

Lana Lagoonca is a graphic designer, author and illustrator. At curlyorli.com, there are more free lessons, along with information about Curly Orli merchandise.

 

Make a fish for Rosh Hashanah

Fish is a traditional part of the Rosh Hashanah meal. Since Rosh Hashanah translates literally as “Head of the Year,” some people will eat the head of a fish as part of the holiday meal, or at least have one on their holiday table. Fish is also a symbol of fertility and prosperity.

Today, we will make a beautiful fish from Plasticine. While you won’t be able to eat it, you can add it to the table with other symbols of the holiday.

For this art project, you will need various colors of Plasticine or Play Doh.

image - Plasticine fish steps 1-51. First, we make the body of the fish. Roll a small ball from blue Plasticine.

2. Flatten the ball with the palm of your hand and flip onto the other side.

3. With the tip of your fingers, gently raise the edges on both sides.

4. Now make a top fin. You will need three small pieces of dark blue or purple Plasticine. Using a toothpick, attach the top fin to the body of the fish.

5. Use yellow Plasticine to make a bottom fin.

image - Plasticine fish steps 6-96. Add an orange fin on top of the yellow one.

7. With the help of a toothpick, make an indent for the mouth. Later, using pink Plasticine, create heart-shaped lips. Attach the lips to the body.

8. Using white and black Plasticine assemble an eye, and add it to what you’ve already put together.

9. Our fish is almost ready! We just need to add scales. Make a small green ball and flatten it. Add this newly formed circle to the body. Now, create many of these circles and decorate your fish with beautiful and colorful scales.

Instead of circles, you may create stripes or any other unique designs – and, of course, you can use any colors you want for any part of your fish. Art is a soul’s expression. Imagine, inspire, innovate!

Happy New Year to all young readers and their parents! Curly Orli and I wish you a year full of happiness and joy!

Lana Lagoonca is a graphic designer, author and illustrator. At curlyorli.com, there are more free lessons, along with information about Curly Orli merchandise.