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Cute menorah paper craft
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Colour and cut out the candles and base, then glue on one candle for each night of Hanukkah.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids βJewish families light one more candle each night for eight nights, play dreidel games and eat yummy fried food.
Children can make a paper dreidel from a printable template and then play the dreidel game, build a paper menorah by adding a candle for each night, and make a Star of David suncatcher for the window. Toddlers enjoy Hanukkah colouring pages, while older children can try a paper crown or an origami dreidel.
When is Hanukkah in the UK 2026/2027? Friday 4 December 2026 to Saturday 12 December 2026 and Friday 24 December 2027.
Hanukkah (also spelt Chanukah) is the Jewish Festival of Lights. The word means 'dedication', and the festival lasts eight days, usually in November or December. It remembers a time over 2,000 years ago when King Antiochus banned Jewish people from practising their religion. A small group called the Maccabees, led by Judah Maccabee, won back the Temple in Jerusalem, then cleaned, repaired and rededicated it. They found only enough oil to light the lamp for one day, but it burned for eight. Today families light a menorah, also called a hanukkiah, which holds eight candles plus a helper candle called the shamash, adding one more candle each night. Children play dreidel, a spinning top with four Hebrew letters standing for 'a great miracle happened there', often using chocolate coins called gelt. Foods fried in oil, such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jam doughnuts), recall the miracle of the oil. In the UK, as around the world, families gather to light candles, sing, play games and share presents, and BBC Bitesize covers Hanukkah in its KS2 RE topic on Judaism.
In 2026 Hanukkah begins at sunset on Friday 4 December and ends at nightfall on Saturday 12 December; in 2027 it begins on the evening of Friday 24 December.
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βοΈ Printable templates Β· DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Colour and cut out the candles and base, then glue on one candle for each night of Hanukkah.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids ββοΈ Printable templates Β· DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Menorah, dreidel, crown and wreath crafts with templates, plus Hanukkah word searches and tracing pages.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids ββοΈ Printable templates Β· Crayola
Free Crayola printable dreidel to colour in, cut out and fold together.
Open on Crayola ββοΈ Printable templates Β· PJ Library
Free PDFs including dreidel colouring pages, an origami dreidel, Maccabee stick puppets and a candle-lighting sheet.
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Colour it, back it with cereal-box card, fold and push a pencil through the top to make a dreidel that spins.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids ββοΈ Printable templates Β· BBC Bitesize
Printable cut, fold and glue dreidel with Gimel, Nun, Shin and Hay sides, plus simple dreidel game rules on page two.
Open on BBC Bitesize βποΈ Colouring pages Β· Crayola
Free Crayola colouring pages of menorahs and dreidels, plus printable Chanukah bingo boards.
Open on Crayola βποΈ Colouring pages Β· Coloring.ws
Big set of Hanukkah colouring pages: menorah, dreidel, latkes, oil lamp, coins and the Temple.
Open on Coloring.ws βπ¨ Crafts to make Β· Red Ted Art
Cereal-box spinners with a coin at the centre, decorated with menorahs, stars and dreidel letters.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ¨ Crafts to make Β· PJ Library
Flame-free menorahs for little ones: building blocks, glowsticks, pegs with felt flames and battery tea lights.
Open on PJ Library βπ¨ Crafts to make Β· Red Ted Art
Make a spinning Hama bead dreidel from a free pattern, then play for gelt. A grown-up does the ironing.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ¨ Crafts to make Β· PJ Library
One-page picture guide that folds a square of paper into a flat origami dreidel, no glue needed.
Open on PJ Library βπ Decorations Β· Red Ted Art
Tissue paper and paper plate window suncatcher, with a free printable Star of David template.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ Costumes & masks Β· DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Blue paper crown with tissue paper flowers and springy pipe-cleaner stars; printable template included.
Open on DLTK's Crafts for Kids βπ How-to & videos Β· My Jewish Learning
Clear rules for the dreidel game and what the letters nun, gimel, hey and shin mean.
Open on My Jewish Learning βπ How-to & videos Β· YouTube β My Jewish Learning
A one-minute video showing how to spin the dreidel and play the traditional Hanukkah game.
Open on YouTube β My Jewish Learning βπ The story Β· PJ Library
A gentle retelling for under-5s: the Temple, Judah Maccabee and the oil that lasted eight nights.
Open on PJ Library βπ The story Β· PJ Library
The Hanukkah story for older children, from King Antiochus to the small jar of oil that burned for eight days.
Open on PJ Library βπ The story Β· Chabad.org Kids
Watch school children re-enact the Chanukah story in about five minutes.
Open on Chabad.org Kids βπ The story Β· YouTube β Shalom Sesame
Two-minute Shalom Sesame cartoon in which a cheerful reporter tells the story of Chanukah.
Open on YouTube β Shalom Sesame βπ The story Β· BBC Bitesize
KS2 RE page with a short video, the story of the Maccabees and the oil, thinking points and a dreidel template.
Open on BBC Bitesize βπ The story Β· NurtureStore
UK explainer for children: the Maccabees, the oil that lasted eight days, the menorah and the dreidel.
Open on NurtureStore βπ« EYFS, KS1 & KS2 Β· Red Ted Art
Early years roundup: sensory bin, sand-tray letters, menorah and dreidel crafts and cooking latkes.
Open on Red Ted Art βπ‘οΈ Grown-up rules Β· London Fire Brigade
Fire brigade tips for lighting the menorah safely and frying latkes and doughnuts with children around.
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Printable latke recipe: children can help grate and mix while a grown-up does the frying in hot oil.
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Simple ways to keep Hanukkah crafts safe and fun.
Never leave a lit menorah unattended, and blow the candles out before going to bed.London Fire Brigade
Stand the menorah on a stable surface away from curtains, papers and books, and keep matches and lighters out of children's reach.North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Homemade craft menorahs are lovely decorations but should never hold real candles; battery tea lights let toddlers 'light' a menorah safely.London Fire Brigade; PJ Library
When frying latkes or sufganiyot, keep children at least 3 feet (about a metre) from the hob and never throw water on an oil fire.London Fire Brigade
Turn saucepan handles inwards and use the back rings, as young children can climb and reach higher than you think.Child Accident Prevention Trust
If a child is burned, cool the burn under cool running water for 20 minutes, then cover it loosely with cling film.NHS
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Little ones love colouring pages of menorahs and dreidels, and a simple paper menorah where they glue on one candle for each night of Hanukkah. A paper plate Star of David suncatcher made with torn tissue paper is great for little fingers. For pretend candle lighting, PJ Library suggests flame-free menorahs built from blocks or made with battery tea lights. Grown-ups should do any fiddly cutting.
Most Hanukkah crafts need only a printer, A4 paper or thin card (an old cereal box works well), colouring pencils or crayons, a glue stick, scissors and sticky tape. A paper dreidel also needs a pencil or straw for the spindle. For decorations, gather paper plates, tissue paper and sticky-back plastic. Blue, white and yellow are traditional Hanukkah colours, and chocolate coins or buttons make good counters for the dreidel game.
Yes. BBC Bitesize has a 'What is Hanukkah?' page in its KS2 RE Judaism topic, with a short video, the story, thinking points and a printable dreidel template that also works with younger classes. PJ Library tells the story separately for under-5s and for ages 6 and up, and offers free Maccabee stick puppets for retelling it. Counting chocolate coins in the dreidel game and building a block menorah suit early years learning.
Yes. Many Hanukkah templates come from US sites and are set up for US Letter paper, which is slightly wider and shorter than A4. Choose 'Fit to page' or 'Scale to fit' in your print settings so nothing gets cut off; DLTK also suggests setting the margins to zero. Print dreidels on thin card so they hold their shape. The exception is a fuse bead pattern, which should print at actual size to match the pegboard.
Real menorah candles are for grown-ups to manage: never leave a lit menorah unattended, stand it on a stable surface away from curtains, and keep matches and lighters out of reach. Homemade craft menorahs are for decoration only, so use battery tea lights for pretend lighting. When frying latkes or doughnuts, keep children well back from the hob. Adults should handle craft knives, ironing fuse beads and pushing coins into spinners.