Easy Purim Craft: No-Sew Felt Hamentaschen

Today is the Jewish holiday of Purim. We spent the morning making these: hamentaschen.

Hamentaschen are the traditional cookie of Purim because they are shaped with three-corners to represent the three-cornered hat worn by Haman, the villain of the Purim story. Filled with something sweet and sticky, such as poppyseed, prune, apricot or raspberry jam, hamentaschen are a highlight of this fun Jewish holiday.

While we were shaping the dough

and pinching the corners

it occurred to me that we could also make a set of felt hamentaschen to play with! So, of course, I got right to work.

To make felt hamentaschen you’ll need:

• circles of tan felt (I traced a drinking glass to get this circle)
• pompoms (I made my own pompoms, but you could easily use storebought pompoms, too)
• hot glue gun or craft glue and some paperclips

Squeeze some glue onto the center of the circle.

Press the pompom on top of the glue.

Now draw a little inverted triangle of glue on one area of the circle.

Pinch the felt together and hold. If you are using craft glue, use a paperclip to hold the felt together until the glue dries.

Repeat twice more, pinching each time, to create the distinctive three-cornered shape of hamentaschen. And serve! I mean play!

Hag sameach!