Free Hanukkah Crafts: Dreidels, Menorahs & More
Print free dreidel and menorah templates and build flame-free Hanukkah crafts with paper and basic supplies.
You can download free Hanukkah craft templates for dreidels, menorahs, and more projects. Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, marked by lighting a nine-branched menorah and playing with a four-sided spinning top called a dreidel. These options fit families and classrooms with a home printer and basic supplies.
Adult help makes cutting small parts easier, and paper models stay decorative.
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Print-and-fold paper menorahs
PaperToys offers a free 3D paper menorah PDF that families print on any paper. They cut, fold, and tape or glue it into a nine-branched model with a central shamash. Shamash means the helper branch that lights the other candles.
The site called The Best Ideas for Kids provides a free printable template for a 3D menorah. It can stand alone or become a pop-up card. It uses yellow cardstock for the base and light-blue cardstock for candles.
How do you make a spinning dreidel?
In The Playroom publishes a free dreidel template with a straw handle for cardstock, scissors, glue, and a straw or dowel. Kids decorate it with markers or stickers. Coloring before assembly keeps the sides neat.
Activity Village instructs children to print its dreidel template onto card, color it, cut it out, and glue the net together. Net means the flat cut-out shape that folds into a spinning top. The finished toy can spin for play.
What else can kids build?
PJ Library's PJ Our Way program shares five free Hanukkah crafts, including a downloadable card PDF and LEGO dreidels and menorahs. Other projects use shamash holders from paint stirrers and clothespins. Gift jars hold gelt and dreidels.
Gelt means chocolate coins often given during Hanukkah. National PTA's Our Children magazine lists eight free kid crafts for different ages. One project paints watercolor dreidels on bristol or chipboard.
Cut-out dreidels work for fridge display, garlands, or mobiles.
How to keep paper crafts safe?
Paper and cardstock menorahs and dreidels are decorative or play models. Families and classrooms should not place lit candles in them. Use markers, foil art, LEGO, or clay versions for flame-free celebration.
All listed templates download free for low-cost home or classroom use with basic supplies.
- Print on cardstock when the template needs to stand or spin
- Let an adult cut small tabs and dreidel points
- Keep paper menorahs away from flames and heaters