Homemade Chanukah Party Game

Celebrate Chanukah with homemade party games to educate, entertain, and delight young children on this all special holiday.

Chanukah Memory handmade game for Passover can be made from printed Jewish images on small sheets of paper. Place the images face down the table and have one child select a card, then another. If the cards are a match the cards are removed and the player goes again. If the cards are not a match the next child in line plays. The game continues until all the cards a match the player who correctly matches the most sets of cards is the winner.

Pass the Chanukah Candles is just like the popular Hot Potato game but of the Passover version. Pass the Chanukah Candle around in a circle as fast as possible and the player holding the candle once the music stops is eliminated.

Bright colors of sand used to make a dreidel picture or other images is a fun Chanukah game which young to older children can participate in making. First, draw any Jewish imagery onto the heavy paper. If using lots of different colored sand ensure to mark which color goes where with a colored pencil mark. Then place the paper onto a tray for the gluing and glittering. Pour the glue right over the pencil pattern. Try to stay in the lines so sand will stick to the glue where ever it is poured. Take a spoonful of sand and shake it over the glued paper. Once the whole surface of glue has been glittered with sand, shake the excess sand off gently. Let the sand pictures dry over night before hanging.