Hanukkah Crafts & Recipes at Moms Network

Potato Latkes

Ingredients:
6-8 medium potatoes
1/2 medium onion
3 large eggs
1/4 cup flour
Salt and pepper to taste

Using a cheese grater or food processor, grate 6-8 potatoes to yield 6 cups. Drain off the extra liquid. Grate 1/2 onion. Mix the grated potatoes

and onion with the eggs and flour. Season with salt and pepper. Preheat oil in a skillet and drop your batter by teaspoonfuls into the hot oil. Fry until brown on the edges, then flip and fry the other side. Serve while still warm. Warm latkes and cold milk will satisfy the vegetable and milk requirements at snack time. This recipe will serve 8 school children or 12 preschool children.  

Playdough Menorah

Materials:
playdough
birthday candles
large candles

Roll out piece of playdough and press to form base. Place large candle in center and four small candles on each side of large.

Wrapping Paper

Materials:
blue paint
large pieces of white paper
plastic margarine lids
small Hanukkah cookies cutters (or basic shapes)

Pour small amount of paint into margarine lids. Dip a cookie cutter into paint, stamp on paper, and then let paint dry.

Candle Puppets

Materials:
Toilet paper rolls
popsicle sticks
foil
glue
scissors
markers
yellow
construction paper

Cover toilet paper roll with foil. Cut a flame shape out of paper and draw a face on it. Glue flame on end of the popsicle stick. Insert stick in roll, hold roll with one hand, make flame dance with other.

Tasty Menorahs

Ingredients:
Bread
cream cheese or butter
carrot sticks
pretzel sticks
raisins

Spread bread with cream cheese or butter, arrange 8 pretzels as candles and carrot stick as large candle in center. Use raisins as flames at ends of carrot and pretzel sticks.

Submitted by Jenny Wanderscheid - Childfun.com

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