Ramadan Lapbook

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Assalamu alaykum,

This Ramadan lapbook is ideal for toddlers. Bright pictures and no text. I didn't write anything on it, when I designed it. But I do think it would have been better with some text in it. We made this lapbook for our dear sister Umm Sara's Ramadan Giveaway in 2011. 

I pasted the pictures of the main acts of worship/ibadah that we do during the month of Ramadan, which includes fasting, reading Qur'an, praying, giving sadaqa, adhkar, going to Masjid for 5 daily and taraweeh prayers.

Ramadan crafts (Part1)

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Assalamu alaykum,

Ramadan is fast approaching, alhamdulillah. My son is almost 3 now. Alhamdulillah now is a great time to do some crafts with him for the Ramadan. MashaAllah so much is available on the internet nowadays, jazakumAllah khayran for our Ummi Bloggers, who shared their Ramadan materials, ideas, thoughts and experiences. InshaAllah I'm planning to make/set up a Ramadan Bulletin Board and do some crafts with Yusuf for Ramadan.

We started with Ramadan Good Deeds Tree. Idea belongs to Umm Sayang. She made a 3D tree, we loved the idea and made one too. There are some other variations of good deeds tree done by other Ummi bloggers that we liked (by Umm Abdul Basir, Lifetime learning at home, Umm Adam, Raising Sahabas). I'm sure there are more of good deed trees/charts done by other Muslim Bloggers on the internet, I only provided few examples above.

We made the tree out of cardboard and we chose craft foam for the leaves. We will most likely staple the leaves on the tree. Leaves are big enough to write the good deeds on them. We also made some apples. For each good deed, Yusuf will earn a leaf or an apple. We will inshaAllah post a photo of our good deeds tree after Ramadan.

DIY muslim dolls

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Assalamu alaykum,

DIY muslim dolls is a good project for older kids. Moms can make them for younger kids, they are great for pretend play and very easy to make, mashaAllah.

Recently I was after some islamic crafts and I started searching on google and I came across felt muslim doll tutorial. The idea belongs to sister Karima, may Allah reward her for the simple and yet brilliant idea and for the tutorial. Here is the link for the felt muslim doll and prayer mat tutorial by sister Karima:
http://www.karimascrafts.com/2013/01/felt-muslim-doll-and-prayer-mat-tutorial.html

I didn't spend much time doing the dolls, hence they are not too good looking. Didn't do my measurements right, but my son is happy with the outcome, alhamdulillah. He took them away as soon as they were ready and started playing with them.

After I made felt muslim girl, I had to make a muslim boy right away, as requested by my son.

Traveler with the Qur'an

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Recently I came across very-very inspirational video series. Its called Traveler with the Qur'an, it's in Arabic but comes with English subtitles. Every episode goes for 15-20 minutes and it is series of 30 episodes. The host of the show (Sheikh Fahad Al Kandari, who is huffadh himself) travels around the world to meet various huffadh and they share their experiences. Lots of tips/recommendations are given in the show mashaAllah and each and every episode will leave you teared and so determined to be from among the ahlul Qur'an.. I have only watched 2 episodes, but hurried to share and post the video here.

Click here for all 30 episodes, inshaAllah.

May Allah swt make us and our children from among ahlul ilm, ameen!!