Make your own challah cover (a printable craft)
A challah cover is the cloth laid over the two loaves on the Shabbat and holiday table. Buying one is easy; making one with a child is the part they remember. A printable challah-cover craft lets a kid design the cover that then sits on the family table every week — which is exactly why it means more than a store-bought one.
How the printable works
You print the cover design, the child colors or decorates it, and it goes on the table. The set includes several designs — wheat, grapevine and more — so a child can choose or make one for each person at the table. It is a Friday-afternoon activity that produces something used that same night.
Make it last: the iron-on option
Paper is fine for a week; for a keepsake, the set includes a mirror-image design you can print onto iron-on transfer paper and press onto a plain cloth napkin or a piece of fabric. Now the cover a five-year-old designed is washable and comes back every Shabbat for years.
Good for the High Holidays too
The same craft carries into Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, when the table gets its own attention. A challah cover a child made is a small, real way to give them a part in preparing the holiday rather than just showing up to it.
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Common questions
What is a challah cover for?
It is the decorative cloth placed over the two challah loaves on the Shabbat and holiday table, traditionally kept covered until after the blessings. Making one with a child gives them a hands-on part in the ritual.
Can you make a challah cover with kids?
Yes — a printable challah-cover craft is designed for exactly that. Children color or decorate a printed design and it goes straight on the table; an iron-on version turns it into a washable keepsake.
Do you need special materials?
For the paper version, just a printer and crayons or markers. For the fabric keepsake, you also need iron-on transfer paper and a plain cloth, using the mirror-image design included in the set.