I am very proud that my 10-year-old daughter is here this week as a “guest columnist.” She dreamed up this project and executed it all by herself.

In her own words: “Hi, my name is Tali and I am 10 years old. I have never been to a real bonfire, so I was thinking about a way to make one in my own house. I love making things out of paper—I once made a dollhouse from a cardboard box and a whole castle out of paper!—so this was a fun way for me to have a bonfire on Lag B’Omer. I hope you will try it yourself, so you can have fun, too.”

What you need:

• Red, orange, yellow and brown construction paper
• Scissors
• Tape or glue
• Index cards or cardstock
• Pencils
• Cotton balls

What to do:

• Starting with the red construction paper, draw a flame shape. I used six flames. Cut them out. Then, using the orange construction paper, draw six smaller flames and cut them out. Use the yellow construction paper to make six even smaller flames and cut them out. Layer the flames with the largest flame on the bottom of the stack. Tape or glue them together.
• Cut the index card or cardstock into small strips. Bend them in half. Tape or glue one end of the strip to the back of the flame stack. Repeat for all flames.
• Cut a large circle from the brown construction paper. Tape or glue the other end of the index card strip to the edges of the brown circle.
• To make logs, wrap a pencil in brown construction paper. Use the cotton balls as pretend marshmallows.
• Rena Ray is a graphic designer and the founder of jewishkidscreate.wordpress.com. She creates simple crafts that kids can do to spark creativity and inspire Jewish learning.

Tali Ray is a fourth grader at Yeshivat Noam. She enjoys reading, paper crafts and making animated slideshows using Google Slides.