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As the holiday season rolls around, kick start your winter lesson plans with these Hanukkah crafts for preschoolers.
These Hanukkah crafts are easy, fun, and educational in teaching students about new cultures.
This classic Menorah craft for kids is simple and easy for even the youngest students. All you need is some paint and paper.
Help your students make handprints on a piece of construction paper with both hands in the shape of a menorah.
Then, they can add crayon, marker, or paint thumb prints as flames to the candles.

This is the perfect Hanukkah Dreidel craft for your preschool. All you'll need is some white construction paper, paint in various colors, and a square stamp print. Help your students stamp blocks of their choosing on the construction paper.
Once the paint is dry, outline the top and bottom of the dreidel for your preschoolers to paint in.
This Hanukkah preschool activity is a good way to teach kids about shapes and incorporate holiday themes.

This Hanukkah art project is perfect for children who love to get creative with drawing and colors.
Supply your students with blank cards, Hanukkah-themed stamps, stickers, and markers. Students can design their own cards however they like!
All you need is six popsicle sticks, blue paint, and glue. Help your students paint the sticks blue. Once dried, form them into two equilateral triangles.
Glue the triangles together to form a star and hand from the classroom ceiling.

You'll need cardboard paper, popsicle sticks, yellow paper, yarn, glitter glue, and normal glue. Help your students wrap yarn around the popsicle sticks. Glue the end of the yarn to secure it.
Then cut out the yellow paper into flame shapes and add glitter glue to make them look fiery. This Hanukkah craft for kids is fun and great for your preschoolers to take home.

You'll need a paper plate, paints in blue and silver, scraps of construction paper, and scissors. Fold the paper plate in half and cut out a small semi-circle from the center. This will be the menorah stand.
Paint the paper plate in either blue or silver. Once the paint is dry, help your students cut out flames from the construction paper and glue them onto the paper plate.

You'll need a white piece of construction paper, watercolors, and scissors. Help your students paint dreidels on the construction paper with watercolors.
Once the paint is dry, cut out the dreidels and hang around the classroom! This Hanukkah dreidel craft for preschool is a great opportunity to talk about holiday traditions and customs.

These DIY Hanukkah decorations are perfect for your classroom. You'll need popsicle sticks, paints in blue and silver, and glue.
Paint the popsicle sticks in either blue or silver. Once the paint is dry, glue the popsicle sticks together in the shape of a menorah, star, or dreidel!
With just a few supplies, you can help your students make this beautiful Hanukkah craft for toddlers.
You'll need clear contact paper, markers, and tissue paper squares in blue and white. First, have your students draw a Star of David on the contact paper.
Then, they can add tissue paper squares to fill in the star. Once they're finished, cut out the star and hang it in a window.

You'll need a cardboard tube, paints in blue and silver, scraps of construction paper, and scissors.
Paint the cardboard tube in either blue or silver. Once the paint is dry, help your students cut out flames from the construction paper and glue them onto the tube.

These Hanukkah preschool activities will not only enhance their creativity but also teach them about the different aspects of the Jewish culture and traditions.
So go ahead and try out these crafts with your students today! Check out our other holiday themed blog posts on our blog channel here!
As the holiday season rolls around, kick start your winter lesson plans with these Hanukkah crafts for preschoolers.
These Hanukkah crafts are easy, fun, and educational in teaching students about new cultures.
This classic Menorah craft for kids is simple and easy for even the youngest students. All you need is some paint and paper.
Help your students make handprints on a piece of construction paper with both hands in the shape of a menorah.
Then, they can add crayon, marker, or paint thumb prints as flames to the candles.

This is the perfect Hanukkah Dreidel craft for your preschool. All you'll need is some white construction paper, paint in various colors, and a square stamp print. Help your students stamp blocks of their choosing on the construction paper.
Once the paint is dry, outline the top and bottom of the dreidel for your preschoolers to paint in.
This Hanukkah preschool activity is a good way to teach kids about shapes and incorporate holiday themes.

This Hanukkah art project is perfect for children who love to get creative with drawing and colors.
Supply your students with blank cards, Hanukkah-themed stamps, stickers, and markers. Students can design their own cards however they like!
All you need is six popsicle sticks, blue paint, and glue. Help your students paint the sticks blue. Once dried, form them into two equilateral triangles.
Glue the triangles together to form a star and hand from the classroom ceiling.

You'll need cardboard paper, popsicle sticks, yellow paper, yarn, glitter glue, and normal glue. Help your students wrap yarn around the popsicle sticks. Glue the end of the yarn to secure it.
Then cut out the yellow paper into flame shapes and add glitter glue to make them look fiery. This Hanukkah craft for kids is fun and great for your preschoolers to take home.

You'll need a paper plate, paints in blue and silver, scraps of construction paper, and scissors. Fold the paper plate in half and cut out a small semi-circle from the center. This will be the menorah stand.
Paint the paper plate in either blue or silver. Once the paint is dry, help your students cut out flames from the construction paper and glue them onto the paper plate.

You'll need a white piece of construction paper, watercolors, and scissors. Help your students paint dreidels on the construction paper with watercolors.
Once the paint is dry, cut out the dreidels and hang around the classroom! This Hanukkah dreidel craft for preschool is a great opportunity to talk about holiday traditions and customs.

These DIY Hanukkah decorations are perfect for your classroom. You'll need popsicle sticks, paints in blue and silver, and glue.
Paint the popsicle sticks in either blue or silver. Once the paint is dry, glue the popsicle sticks together in the shape of a menorah, star, or dreidel!
With just a few supplies, you can help your students make this beautiful Hanukkah craft for toddlers.
You'll need clear contact paper, markers, and tissue paper squares in blue and white. First, have your students draw a Star of David on the contact paper.
Then, they can add tissue paper squares to fill in the star. Once they're finished, cut out the star and hang it in a window.

You'll need a cardboard tube, paints in blue and silver, scraps of construction paper, and scissors.
Paint the cardboard tube in either blue or silver. Once the paint is dry, help your students cut out flames from the construction paper and glue them onto the tube.

These Hanukkah preschool activities will not only enhance their creativity but also teach them about the different aspects of the Jewish culture and traditions.
So go ahead and try out these crafts with your students today! Check out our other holiday themed blog posts on our blog channel here!


Tamar Andrews
Director of ECE @ American Jewish University
Tamar Andrews, EdD, is an Associate Professor at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Director of the Early Childhood Education Department at American Jewish University. With 30+ years in early childhood as a teacher and director, she led Temple Isaiah Preschool from 2003 to 2023, where she earned NAEYC accreditation and built an award-winning STEM program. Her work inspired her son Daniel to build Playground. She also teaches at UCLA Extension and Santa Monica College and speaks internationally on early childhood education.
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