Hanukkah Crafts & Recipes at Moms Network

Dreidels

Materials:
pencils
glue, paint and paintbrushes
small milk cartons or boxes

Fold tops of milk cartons down to make boxes. Mix a little glue with paint and let children paint boxes. Poke pencil through box from top downward so point is on bottom.

Poem:
I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay.
And when it's dry and ready,
A dreidel game I'll play.

Menorah Candle Handprints

Materials:
dark colored paint
construction paper
yellow paint

Let one child at a time place both hands in dark colored paint and make a Menorah print on construction paper by placing fingers of each hand

spread and together with thumbs over-lapping. When the menorah is finished have the children dip a finger into yellow paint and make a "flame" at the top of each candle.

Hanukkah Gelt Hunt

Tell the children that one of the games played by Jewish families during Hanukkah involves something called gelt. The gelt are real coins hidden by parents that the children must find. Have a gelt hunt, but substituting gold-foil chocolate coins for real coins. Hide the coins around a room for the children to find.
 

Submitted by Jenny Wanderscheid - Childfun.com

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