Rosh Hashanah · Craft No. 01

Simanim Cards

Turn the printable simanim list into a table keepsake — press real flowers onto handmade paper, add a touch of gold, and seal one card for every seat.

About an afternoon•Ages 5+•No cutting required

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What you need

Pressed flowers, a little gold, and a card for every seat.

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Handmade A5 Cream Deckle-Edge Paper, 50 Sheets

These 50 handmade 150-GSM cotton sheets have a textured deckle edge suited to painting, calligraphy, printing and crafts.

Plastic Coin Bank Jars

These 12 clear plastic coin jars provide a simple reusable base for reward systems, saving projects and tzedakah crafts.

Real Pressed Flowers, 182 Pieces

This set includes 182 real pressed flowers and leaves, sorted by theme and supplied with tweezers for detailed crafting.

Precision Craft Glue

This 2-ounce archival, acid-neutral craft glue dries clear and includes precision tips for a strong, flexible hold.

Krylon Gold Leafing Pen

This compact gold leafing pen gives paper, wood and craft details a controlled metallic finish.

ModPodge Ultra Sealer

This 8-ounce gloss spray combines decoupage glue and sealer for smooth, even coverage on craft projects.

Handmade A5 Cream Deckle-Edge Paper, 50 Sheets

Cream deckle-edge paper

Plastic Coin Bank Jars

Clear reusable base

Real Pressed Flowers, 182 Pieces

182 pressed flowers

Precision Craft Glue

Dries clear

Krylon Gold Leafing Pen

Gold metallic pen

ModPodge Ultra Sealer

Seals & protects

Instructions

Five steps, one glowing table.

Start with the flowers, then the gold pen, then seal last — sealing too soon smudges the gold.

Adjust your printer to fit A5 size paper and load the deckle or cardstock paper.

Print as many copies of the simanim card as you'd like.

Carefully glue a few small dried flowers of your choice to each card.

Use the gold leafing pen to scatter small bits of sparkle throughout the card.

Spray with ModPodge and let it dry for 24 hours.

How to make it

Adjust your printer to fit A5 size paper and load the deckle or cardstock paper.

Print as many copies of the simanim card as you'd like.

Carefully glue a few small dried flowers of your choice to each card.

Use the gold leafing pen to scatter small bits of sparkle throughout the card.

Spray with ModPodge and let it dry for 24 hours.

Grown-up guide

The practical bits

What are simanim cards?

Small cards placed at each seat naming the simanim on the table and what is said over them, so everyone can follow rather than waiting to be told. Making them by hand turns a printable into something that goes on the table year after year.

Ages

Gluing small flowers takes a steady hand and a little patience.

Time

1 afternoon

Plus drying time for the glue and the sealer.

What goes on the cards?

The simanim your family actually uses, in the order you do them. Which foods are included and what is said over each varies between families and communities — follow your own minhag, and ask your rav if you are unsure. The craft here is the card; the text is yours.

How long does this craft take?

An afternoon, plus drying time for the glue and the sealer. The pressed flowers and gold leafing pen are the slow part and the part worth not rushing. Doing all the cards in one sitting is faster than doing them a few at a time.

Will they survive being on the table?

Sealed with mod podge, yes — that is what the sealer in the materials list is for. Honey and wine land on the table on Rosh Hashanah, and an unsealed card with pressed flowers will not come through it. Sealed and stored flat, they come out again next year.

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Put one at every setting at the Rosh Hashanah table.

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Put one at every setting at the Rosh Hashanah table.

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