The History of Hanukkah
Here’s a guide to the light-filled festival of Hanukkah.
Make Hanukkah Star Stamps from Potatoes
Potatoes are an easy-to-use, readily available, and inexpensive material that your child can morph into her own holiday stamps!
Hang a Patchwork Star of David in Your Home!
Guide your third grader in this fun, eco-friendly craft this Hanukkah. Your child will practice his basic geometry skills and make a festive decoration along the way!
Make Your Own Menorah
Hanukkah menorahs come in all sizes and shapes, but when it comes to kids' celebrations, the best is always handmade. Here's how to help your preschooler make a simple menorah!
Celebrate Hanukkah by Making an Oil Lantern
We celebrate the Hanukkah story with a menorah, but your child can go a step further by making her own oil lantern.
Make a Macaroni Menorah!
Your child will have a blast creating a kid-friendly and festive Menorah to celebrate the season, with no real candles, matches, or flames required!
Play "Take a Potato" for Hanukkah
Gather the family around for this fun song and game that will get your holiday started!
A Treasure Hunt for Gelt
Make a treasure hunt for the kids complete with clues and they'll be thrilled to find the gelt at the end of their search.
Play the Chanukah Anagram Game!
Celebrate Chanukah by guiding your child through a simple anagram word game. This activity requires your child to get his mind working, as he attempts to create as many words ...
Compete in Makeshift Maccabiah Games
In paying homage to the Maccabiah Games, you too can bring this unique aspect of Jewish Heritage to your children.
Color the Hanukkah Menorah
Help your child celebrate Hanukkah with this coloring page, which features a beautiful menorah.
Color the Menorah
Start your Hanukkah celebration early this year with this fun menorah coloring page.
Hanukkah Candle Countdown!
Help your child make the most of the eights days of Hanukkah with this fun menorah countdown.
Making Latkes: What Comes First?
Latkes are fried potato pancakes that are prepared in several traditional European cuisines, and are often served during Hanukkah. In this worksheet, your child will learn ...
Color the Star of David
Get your child in the Hanukkah spirit with this festive Star of David coloring page!
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Hanukkah Recipes
- Hanukkah’s Coming! Three Healthy Holiday Recipes
- Celebrate Hanukkah with Potato Latkes
- Bake Jewish Jam Cookies: Hamantaschen
- Old-Fashioned Deli Cheese Blintzes
- Montreal Bagels
- Make Hanukkah Gelt Cookies
- Make Matzoh Brei
- Double Raspberry Sour Cream Rugelach
- Bake Jewish Apricot Rugelach Cookies
- Bake and Decorate Star of David Cookies
- Make Apple Bread for Hanukkah
Great Holiday Reads
Based on the best-selling PBS program, this book follows Caillou as he discovers the holiday customs of other little boys and girls from around the globe. Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
When the first snow falls, snow women, snow men and snow children come out for a special party. Children will delight in the lively illustrations that help to tell this magical story. Perfect for beginning readers in first and second grade.
This simple retelling of the Hanukkah story brings the holiday to life for children ages kindergarten through second grade. It features colorful, step-page illustration of the Temple of Jerusalem.
This little book manages to parody the notion of the holiday miracle, without dampening the joviality of the season. Engaging, clever and laugh out loud funny, this is a great holiday read for kids and adults of all ages.
