Ivanka Trump showed she was getting into the spirit of Purim by posting a picture of her and her children making hamantaschen cookies over the weekend. 

The daughter of US President Donald Trump marked the Jewish holiday by making the traditional cookies and posting a picture with her children, Arabella, 5, and Joseph, 3, on Instagram.

Ms Trump, who converted to Orthodox Judaism in 2009 in order to marry her husband Jared Kushner, joined Jews around the world in making the iconic symbol of the holiday.

The festival is traditionally celebrated with people dressing up in costumes, taking part in parades and street parties in cities around Israel and the diaspora.

The couple also have a one-year-old son, Theodore.