Make the mitzvah of giving charity extra exciting! Let your child create their very own tzedakah box by decorating a plastic coin bank jar.
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What you need:
These 12 clear plastic coin jars provide a simple reusable base for reward systems, saving projects and tzedakah crafts.
These 2,580 self-adhesive acrylic rhinestones come in 15 colors and three sizes for colorful craft embellishment.
This dense 9.4-by-15.8-inch silver sheet uses faceted 3mm resin rhinestones to give crafts an even field of sparkle.
These four self-adhesive rhinestone ribbons offer four different patterns for easy decorative borders and bands.
This adhesive decorative trim adds layered lace-like detail to cards, journals, albums and other DIY projects.
These 1,799 clear self-adhesive gems come in four sizes and attach easily to dry skin or craft surfaces.
This adhesive decorative trim adds layered lace-like detail to cards, journals, albums and other DIY projects.
These 120 vintage-style black-and-white botanical stickers range from about two to 3.5 inches for journals, cards and crafts.
This three-yard self-adhesive gold rhinestone ribbon has side-bead detailing for a polished sparkling trim.
These two wide rolls of adhesive gold-foil washi tape are designed for gift wrapping, cards, scrapbooks and notebooks.
This 360-piece set contains easy-peel translucent holographic gold decals for scrapbooks, resin art and other crafts.
These six rolls feature distinct botanical, floral and distressed gold-foil designs for vintage-inspired paper crafts.
1. Trace the jar lid onto the crystal sheet sticker
2. Cut out the circle on stick it onto the lid
3. Using a sharp knife, poke a hole through the sheet sticker where the lid slot is
4. Use small strips of rhinestone ribbon to create the letters צדקה
5. Stick them onto the side of the jar
6. Decorate the side of the lid and the rest of the jar with rhinestone stickers, tape ribbon and any other desired embellishments.
Go collect tzedakah and add merits for the New Year!
It is a box kept at home for coins given to charity, traditionally before candle lighting. Making one is how the habit starts for a child — the box is theirs, they decorated it, and they are the one who fills it.
The decorating suits almost any age, which is the appeal: rhinestone stickers, gems and lace ribbon are all peel-and-stick, so a four-year-old can do the whole thing unaided. Older children take it further with ribbon work and pattern rather than covering the jar at random.
Under an hour, with no drying time, because everything is adhesive rather than glued. That makes it the craft to reach for when there is an afternoon to fill and no time for anything that needs to set overnight.
Keep it out and keep using it — that is the point. The box works all year, and emptying it for a cause the child chooses is what makes the habit stick rather than the decorating.
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