Hannuukah decorations

A festive atmosphere during Hanukkah can be created in the home, religious school, synagogue by children together with the adults.

Decorative Star shap wood box

Decorative hand painted fancy small wood gift box Star of David shape.
A perfect Hannukah small gift...

Star of David decorative candle holder

Decorative Star of David shaped decorative candle holder.
A festive collection of wooden tea light candle holders. These are handcrafted from recycled wood and handpainted and decorated with decorative paper on top.

Giant Star Ornament

I could hardly wait to show you this Popsicle stick craft! 
These stars are fun, easy, and so inexpensive to make. The smallest can be 24cm across; the largest is 60cm.
You could also coat them in glitter or fake snow.
Hang them in your window, over a door instead of a wreath, or from the ceiling. 
To hang them on the wall, tie a small ribbon bow to the snowflake, then tie a longer piece of ribbon to the back of the bow. Attach the long ribbon with double-stick foam tape at the very top of the wall.

Material to make giant craft stick stars
craft sticks
hot glue gun and glue
fishing line
clear cellophane tape
holiday ribbon
gold and silver paint
scissors
double-stick foam tape
small paintbrush
drop cloth or newspaper

Fimo small Menorah

Handmade mini cute doughnut-like Hanukkah menorah.

 

Fimo is a polymer clay for modeling, that can be hardened by baking it in the oven at a low temperature.Once hardened it can be sanded, drilled, painted, and cut. You can even add extra bits to a model and then bake it again.

It can be used to make all kinds of things from Fimo beads to doll's house miniatures; from badges to puppets.

Fimo is a non-toxic substance and is virtually odourless. It comes in many different colours, including translucent, which can be mixed to create new tones.

Felt Menorah

 

Things I like about this project:
It is relatively quick and you can use virtually any scraps you have around the house.
You don't need to sew (W felt and glue)
I see this as the kind of decoration that's timeless and warm, year after year.
Materials
One large square of canvas or solid colored quilt weight fabric .
Four large squares of different grades of blue or contrasting blue felt .
One square of white felt
One small square of orange and red felt (for flames)
Glue and glue gun
Metallic thread, scissors, pencil

DIY clothespin Menorah

With Hanukkah I thought a menorah made from clothespins would be a really neat idea. So, I  grabbed a handful of clothespins I had left  and set out to make one.

What you need to make a clothespin Hanukkah Menorah craft for kids:
Scrap cardboard (I used approximately 9 inches)
Hannukah gift wrapping paper
Wooden clothespins
Red felt
Scissors
Modge podge
Glue gun

The Kids Hannukah mini Kit

Jewish holidays in a box.
Play more. Learn more. Have more Hanukkah fun. Then, when Hanukkah is over, tuck everything back into the box and you’re ready for next year.
Complete Hanukkah handmade mini Set! Menorah -Candles - Dreidels - Game rules - Hanukkah wood Star of David.

The Giant Dreidel

Hanukkah Giant Dreidel Paper Craft for kids and adults.
Print the letters, glue them and fold your own dreidel toy. 
Use a 70Cmx100cm coloured cardboard.
You can also use this Dreidel for decorating your home, hanging on the wall or from the ceiling.

 

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Hannukah cookies

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival, is a time for fun and feasting. A variety of special and lip smacking cookies are served during the festivities. Most of the Hanukkah cookies are significantly shaped with symbols like the Star of David being frosted in the traditional blue color.

ROLLED SUGAR COOKIES:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups butter, softened (use vegeteable oil or margarine if you want it parve)

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 cups of flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

DIRECTIONS:

Needle felt Menorah

Needle felting is the process of felting/tangling one piece of wool to another using barbed needles. The needles take the wool fibers from one piece and drag them through the other piece where they tangle and attach the two pieces. There are two types of needle felting:
Applique felting: attaching wool yarn, wool felt or wool roving to a flat piece of wool fabric or felt. Sculptural felting: creating a three dimensional piece of felt from wool roving.

This panel is made with the applique felt technique, showing a window on a snowing night with the menorah in centre of it.

Almost every mother has heard her child sing with gusto "Banu 'Hochekh' Légarèch, Béyadénou O Vaèch" we came to hunt the dark, we light and fire. The favorite part of the song is the refrain "Soura 'Hochekh' Halea Ch'hor" expel the darkness, the darkness goes away!