Crafts and Cards
These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.
Make a dreidel for Hanukkah; play with it or use it as a decoration.
Make a beautiful, stylized Star of David that makes a wonderful Hanukkah card.
Make metal cut-out Star of David decorations from disposable aluminum pie plates.
Make a little paper box that is great to hold a small Hanukkah gift.
A short activity book about dreidels to print for early readers, with pages for the student to color and short phrases to copy. The activities are: match the Hebrew letters, do a maze, color by number, connect the dots, and match the dreidels.
Draw and color a menorah according to simple directions, such as, “Color the two candles on the far right purple.”
Print a card that is good for many occasions, including Happy Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Congratulations, Graduation, Get Well Soon, Pi Day, Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Anniversary, New Year or Many Thanks. Just print the card, then check off the appropriate occasion.
Spelling Worksheet to Print Out
Use the list of Hanukkah words to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: dreidel, candle, menorah, latkes, wick, middle, nine, eight, Lights, clay.
Writing Activities to Print Out
A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about Hanukkah (plus one thing you would like to change about it).
Use this form to write a thank you note and draw a picture for someone special.
Use this form to write a thank you note and draw a picture for someone special.
Gift Tags
Black-and-white Hanukkah gift tags to print. (A PDF file is available.)
Print colorful Hanukkah gift tags. (A PDF file is available.)