Chanukah Crafts

  • How To Make A Chanukah Menorah Collage Craft For Kids

    How To Make A Chanukah Menorah Collage Craft For Kids

    A few days ago I shared with you how to make cardboard chanukah menorahs, namely my version, and now I’m so excited to share with you how to make a chanukah menorah collage craft for kids. These are the results of doing this craft with fifteen 3rd and 4th grade schoolboys, and wow, it is…

  • How To Make A Felted Chanukah Menorah Wall Hanging

    How To Make A Felted Chanukah Menorah Wall Hanging

    Looking for a fun Hanukkah craft to make this year? I made this felted chanukah menorah wall hanging eight years ago, and it still looks great, and I wish I had some wool felt on hand right now to make another one, as it is so much fun! Hanukkah decorations made with wool felt and…

  • How To Make 100% Wool Felt Stars For Holiday Crafting

    How To Make 100% Wool Felt Stars For Holiday Crafting

    Friends, there is just something about using quality crafting materials that truly makes a difference. I’m sharing with you how to make 100% wool felt stars for holiday crafting because if I hadn’t tried it myself I never would have known! These wonderful felt stars can be used for actual felting crafts, like my felted…

  • How To Make Fun Cardboard Menorahs For Chanukah

    How To Make Fun Cardboard Menorahs For Chanukah

    As part of a larger craft idea that I’ll share shortly, lets take a look at my how to make fun cardboard menorahs for chanukah craft which goes with my fun dreidel collage craft and kids dreidel collage craft. This idea is actually quite simple to make when you use quilling strips which do most…

  • How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Collage, Student Version

    How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Collage, Student Version

    Last week I shared with you how to make fun cardboard dreidels, and now I’m sharing with you my how to make fun cardboard dreidels with collage, student version. Meaning 3rd and 4th grade boys, who are truly a delight and were so happy with this simple project. In fact they are anxiously awaiting the…

  • How To Make Egg Carton Stars For LED String Lights

    How To Make Egg Carton Stars For LED String Lights

    Wondering how to make Egg Carton stars for LED string lights to enjoy this holiday season? You are in the right place, as I’ve just dusted this off from the archives from 9 (gasp!) years ago! I just love recycling crafts and especially recycling crafts with egg cartons! This simple star LED string lights craft…

  • How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Paper Collage

    How To Make Fun Cardboard Dreidels With Paper Collage

    Now is a great time to get started with crafting for Chanukah, and you might like to start with how to make fun cardboard dreidels with paper collage, as the results are cute as can be! Whether you’ll be doing this yourself, or with kids, either way, the results are festive when bright colors are…

  • How To Make Glass Bottle Candlesticks With Paper Candles

    How To Make Glass Bottle Candlesticks With Paper Candles

    I’m sharing this recycled glass bottle craft again, as it is truly wonderful! Here is what I wrote two year ago, though seems like so much longer: It is true, I made these recycled liquor bottle candlesticks for a Chanukah party that was held last night, but truthfully they are so universal they can be…

  • Crocheted Chunky Gift Bag With Free Pattern Is Perfect For Chanukah!

    Crocheted Chunky Gift Bag With Free Pattern Is Perfect For Chanukah!

    Tonight is the eighth night of Chanukah, so you may not be thinking about whipping up chunky crocheted gift bags or crocheted gelt bags, but you still could, as this pattern is truly a quickie with amazing results! I designed it myself and not to brag, but the results were so wonderful I had to…

  • Simple Crocheted Chanukah Gelt Bags Pattern

    Simple Crocheted Chanukah Gelt Bags Pattern

    Our family Chanukah celebration on the first night of Chanukah always includes gelt pouches of some kind, either sewn or crocheted by yours truly! This year I had a bunch of yarn left over after crocheting a bunch of items for a new baby in the family, so I decided to crochet gelt pouches and…

  • DIY Paper Candle Chanukah Menorah Craft

    DIY Paper Candle Chanukah Menorah Craft

    If you are looking for a great craft to whip up now for the last two nights of Chanukah, this is the one! And best of all, the candles are so simple to save for next year! I actually made these paper candles last year for my recycled liquor bottle candlestick table-scape, and this year…

  • Origami Stars And Dreidels Chanukah Garland Craft

    Origami Stars And Dreidels Chanukah Garland Craft

    I'm so very proud of this ten year old student of mine, who came up with his own great ideas for how to decorate the origami Jewish stars and origami dreidels that we made over the course of a few weeks in the after schooling crafting studio I've been running. While the origami dreidel is…