Color & Craft Shivat Haminim Garland Printable

Color and craft a fun Shivat haminim garland with this beautiful printable – or print the full color version instead! When you’re done, try this felt Shivat Haminim template too. This post contains affiliate links.

Ready for a low-key and fun way to decorate for Tu B’shvat? Assemble this simple Shivat Haminim garland printable! There are two crafting styles:

The full color garland to print, cut, and assemble OR
The color-in one for when you want more of a detailed activity, and you want to sit and color!

Both of these are available in my shops: my own website shop, Etsy, and Teachers Pay Teachers. Or scroll on for more details and a few ways you can assemble this!

Get the Shivat Haminim Garland Printable

The Shivat Haminim Printable Garland is available for a few bucks in my shop, on Etsy, and on TpT. Purchasing premium products from me enables me to keep doing what I do, to give more focus to my Jewish blog, creating authentically Jewish resources for homes, educators, and parents.

Get the color-in version:

get it in my shop on etsy on tpt

Get the FULL COLOR version:

get it in my shop on etsy on tpt

Crafting your Shivat Haminim garland printable

Here are some general tips for crafting these – but I do have a full tutorial at the end.

Stringing it up – & More cool ways to craft this

The garland is scaled to full pages so that you can display it large. Since images can be scaled down without losing quality but not up, I wanted to leave you with the maximum quality. I did not include any specific hanging mechanism in the template so that you can choose that as well. Here are some ways you can string this Shivat Haminim garland printable – or not!

Print it any size by using the PNG images. On Windows, you can right click all the images and choose “print” (under “show more options”) and it’ll give you the option to print them in different sizes. I chose 5×7 for this.
I glued the full color one along a string – simply gluing the back.

You can glue two back to back to make a two-sized garland. If using the above method, first glue one side, flip it over, and glue the second side to make sure it’s in order.
For the color-in one, I punched two holes in each one and strung it up with a ribbon.

You can make tabs on the top of your garland to make hanging loops. Leave two tabs on the top when cutting out your pennants and loop them over. Or, attach loops from a separate piece of colored paper.
This is a really fun craft for Tu B’shvat or as a Sukkah decoration. If you’re making it for Sukkot, laminate it and leave a laminated border around any cuts. Even if crafting it for Tu B’shvat, laminating it will really protect it and allow it to last from year to year.
Print it in full size and use it as a bulletin board. Even though these are pennant shapes, you don’t even need to turn it into a garland! You can even make these as a coloring or flip book.

Coloring Tips

If using the color-in version, there are many ways you can color this in!

I used these paint markers to color mine. They are somewhat opaque and a good low-key grown-up marker. Colored pencil gave me a light background. Alcohol markers are also great for adults, as are colored pencils. For kids, colored pencils, markers, or anything really goes.

You can also simply print it on colored paper. Or print on colored paper AND color them in with opaque paint markers.

Variations

There are different options to print – I’ll walk you through them here!

Full color vs color-in

Available as two separate downloads, you can choose from full color Shivat Haminim garland printables or from a color-in version.

If you want more of an instant decoration with minimal assembly, the full color one is the way to go. The photos hardly capture it, so check out the preview below.

It is digitally colored, using digital watercolor brushes for dynamic, artistic color.

The color-in one is great for kids to create home decor for Tu B’shvat or the Sukkah. It’s great for crafting workshops, as an activity that can be started and taken home.

With Text vs. Without

For each version, I’ve made one both with text and without. The text says the Hebrew word for that fruit. The biblical verse for the fruit isn’t always an exact match (for example, dates are referred to as Devash – or honey.) I used the Hebrew word for the fruit (dates are Tamar).

Choose if you want it with text or without and print the one you want.

PNG vs. PDF

As usual, I offer both PDF versions and PNG. The PNG does have in mind Cricut crafters who want to use their machines to Print then Cut, but it’s also fabulous for crafting them different sizes.

The PDF size is quite large. You can print it at scale (for example, 75%) if it’s too big. I did want to give the option of having it large enough for a bulletin board, for example. Print one page to test before printing them all.

This Shivat Haminim garland printable makes gorgeous home or classroom decor for Tu B’shvat, Yom Ha’atzma’ut (celebrating the special fruit of Israel), or as a Sukkah decoration. It’s easy to assemble and will look gorgeous – whether you’re coloring it yourself or using my colored version.

How to assemble your Shivat Haminim Garland Printable

You’ll need

The files – get them in my shop, on Etsy, and on TpT – printed, preferably on cardstock
Markers or other coloring supplies, if assembling the color-in version
Scissors
Hole punch – optional
String
Hot glue gun – optional