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Hanukkah
Crafts
Enslow,
2004
A
collection of ten easy crafts for
kids:
- Dreidel
Mobile
- Helping
Hands Menorah
- Embossed
Place Cards
- Hanukkah
Symbol Stamps
- Hanukkah
Magnets
- Holiday
Cards
- Star
of David Ornament
- Collage
Bookmarks
- Dreidel
Braided Key Chain
- Candle
Candy Holders
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Whenever we write a
nonfiction book, we always end up with a LOT more
material on hand than ends up in the book! Here are
more Hanukkah crafts and activities that didn't
make it into Karen's book, Hanukkah
Crafts.
Hanukkah Wrapping
Paper
Presents are extra-special
when you wrap them in paper you've made
yourself.
What you will
need:
- Paper grocery
bag
- Cookie cutters in
Hanukkah shapes
- Cellulose
sponges
- Felt-tipped
pen
- Scissors
- Liquid tempera
paint
- Cut the bottom out of a
paper grocery bag. Cut up the seam and spread it
flat, plain-side up.
- Make paint stamps using
cellulose sponges. Trace the shape of a cookie
cutter onto a sponge using a felt-tipped pen.
Carefully cut out the shape.
- Dip the sponge stamp in
water, then squeeze most of the water out of it.
Dip the sponge in paint, and use it to stamp
solid shapes on the plain side of the brown
paper.
- You can also stamp with
the cookie cutters themselves. Dip a cookie
cutter in paint and use it to stamp outlines on
the paper.
- Let the paper dry, then
use to wrap presents.
Hanukkah
Chain
Decorate your house with
pretty paper chains that hold symbols of the
season.
What you will
need:
- Blue and white colored
construction paper
- Scissors
- White glue or
tape
- Yarn or
string
- Markers
- Paper punch
- Hanukkah symbol
computer clip art (optional)
- Cut strips of blue and
white construction paper 1 inch wide and 6 to 8
inches long.
- Bend one strip to form
a circle. Put a dab of glue on one end and press
the other end on top. Press together for a few
seconds until the glue hold. You can tape the
ends together instead of gluing if you
prefer.
- Slip a second strip of
paper inside the first loop. Bend to form a
second loop. Glue or tape the ends
together.
- Continue adding links
to the chain until it is as long as you want.
You can alternate white and blue links, or make
any pattern of white and blue that you
like.
- Draw Hanukkah symbols,
such as a dreidel, candles, or a Star of David,
on construction paper. Cut the symbol out.
Decorate with markers. If you prefer, print out
computer clip art Hanukkah symbols and cut them
out. Glue them to a backing of construction
paper.
- Punch a hole in the top
of each symbol using a hole punch. Tie one end
of an 8 inch length of string or yarn to the
symbol. Tie the other end to one of the links in
the chain.
- Add as many hanging
symbols as you like. Then hang the chain up as a
decoration.
Craft stick Star of
David ornament
These ornaments are easy
and fun to make. You can make them as plain or as
fancy as you like.
What you will
need:
- Jumbo craft sticks, 6
per ornament
- Tempera
paint
- Brushes
- White glue
- Glue the ends of three
craft sticks together to form a triangle. Use a
generous blob of glue for each end. Glue the
other three together. Let the glue dry
completely.
- Place one triangle on
top of the other to form a Star of David. Glue
the two triangles together. Let the glue
dry.
- Paint the star with
tempera paint. After the main color is dry, add
any decorations you like.
- Let the star dry
completely, and hang up.
Window
stickers
Make your own bright window
clings using fabric paint or special window cling
paint.
What you will
need:
- Vinyl page
protector
- White paper
- Pencil
- transparent window
cling paint
- window cling paint
"leading" OR 3D fabric paint in squeeze
bottles
- Hanukkah symbol
computer clip art (optional)
- Before starting the
project, test your paints. Put a 1 inch spot of
each kind of paint you want to use on a vinyl
page protector and let dry overnight. If the
paint peels off after it is dry, you can use it
to make window stickers.
- Draw Hanukkah symbols
on white paper for your pattern. If you prefer,
you can print out computer clip art as patterns.
Be sure your patterns are large and simple. Fine
details are hard to do with squeeze
paints.
- Slip your pattern
inside of a vinyl page protector.
- Using black 3D paint or
black "leading" window sticker paint, trace the
outlines of your pattern. Let the paint dry for
at least 2 hours.
- Fill in the rest of the
design using transparent window sticker paints.
Let dry 24 hours.
- Peel the stickers off
of the page protectors and stick to the
window.
- For variety, you can
outline your stickers with silver, gold, or
glittery paint instead of black.
Tumbling Dreidels
Party Placemats
If you have a Hanukkah
party for your friends, make some placemats to
decorate the table.
What you will
need:
- White paper (copy paper
or construction paper)
- Scrap
cardboard
- Blue construction
paper
- Markers
- Glue
- Glitter
glue
- Clear self-adhesive
vinyl (such as Con-Tact® paper -
optional)
- Draw a small dreidel,
about 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, on a scrap of thin
cardboard. Cut out.
- Using the cardboard
dreidel as a pattern, trace dreidels on a piece
of blue construction paper. You will need eight
for each placemat.
- Cut the dreidels
out.
- Glue the four dreidels
along the short edges of a piece of white paper.
Tilt them so that they look as though they are
tumbling.
- Use glitter glue to
draw the one of the four dreidel symbols (Hay,
Nun, Gimmel, and Shin) on each of the little
dreidels. If you like, outline the dreidels with
glitter glue. Let the placemats dry
completely.
- The placemats can be
used as-is for a single party. If you want
long-lasting placemats that you can use again
and again, cover them with self-adhesive
vinyl.
How to play the
Dreidel game
- Each person puts a
token (a penny, poker chip, piece of candy,
etc.) in the middle.
- One person spins the
dreidel.
- The symbol that is on
top when the dreidel falls tells the spinner
what to do
Hay stands for "halb," which means "half."
The spinner takes half of what is in the
middle.
Nun stands for "nicht," which means
"nothing." The spinner gets
nothing.
Gimmel stands for "ganz," which means "all."
The spinner gets all of the tokens in the
middle.
Shin stands for "shtel," which means "put
in." The spinner puts one token in the
middle.
- Players take turns
being the spinner. On each round, all players
put one token into the middle.
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