Moadim Makers: STEM in the Sukkah

STEM your sukkah. Decorate with purpose.

This isn’t just a holiday box—it’s a hands-on celebration of all things Sukkot, packed with projects that light up brains and booths. Whether you're building, experimenting, or making your sukkah the coolest on the block, this box brings the joy of the chag to life through creativity, engineering, and good old-fashioned Jewish learning.

Here’s what’s inside:

🌞 Solar-Powered Sweetness Fan – Build and decorate your own solar flower fan to cool off your sukkah during sunny yom tov afternoons. Powered by sunlight, curiosity, and “whoa, I made this!”

🍋 Etrog Pulley Lift – Engineer a working pulley system to “elevate” your arba minim—and your physics knowledge. Because the only thing cooler than a mitzvah is one you lift with rope and wheels.

📘 Sukkot Scientist Booklet – A mini guide filled with fun facts, holiday STEM trivia, and kid-friendly explanations of how all these projects tie into the mitzvot and meaning of Sukkot.

🧪 Test Tube Sand Art with Colored Salt – Create a beautiful, rain-safe decor piece while learning about the structure of earth, wilderness journeys, and the fragility of a sukkah. Bonus: it’s actually pretty enough to keep.

🏗️ Sukkah Showdown Challenge – Build your own mini sukkah with real structural constraints (yes, schach included), then stress test it against wind, weight, and wobble. Who will build the sturdiest sukkah on the block?

Perfect for ages 6–12, curious minds, and creative souls.
Warning: May result in a sukkah full of science and siblings who can’t stop saying, “Hey, wanna see how this works?”