Hanukkah Printable Activities and Coloring Pages

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrating rededication. The holiday, also known as the Jewish Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days. The starting date is determined by the Jewish calendar. Many web sites are available for parents to use during holiday celebrations and for educational purposes. Hanukkah printable activities and Hanukkah coloring pages can be found on line and printed for your child's enjoyment during the holiday season.. Parents can make the holiday season more enjoyable for children by finding fun activities for each day of the Festival of Lights. By making crafts and coloring symbolic pictures of the season, children will remember the significance of the Menorah, Dreidel, and other holiday symbols. Many websites are available with activities which can be used. A few which may be fun to use in your holiday celebrations are found in the following paragraphs.

Parents can use the website at Party Supplies Hut for a number of Hanukkah printable activities. The site offers free Hanukkah printable word searches, word finds and word scrambles. Party Supplies Hut also has free Hanukkah coloring pages for the children and offers party theme packages for purchase. For a fun activity, the site offers instructions on how to play the Dreidel game as for a Pin the Candle on the Menorah game.

Nick Jr.com is a popular children's website. The site at www.nickjr.com offers a Hanukkah printable activity where the parent can print a Dreidel and follow the folding instructions for making the item to play a holiday game. The direct link to the Hanukkah printable Dreidel is found at http://www.nickjr.com/home/mag-hanukkah-driedel.jhtml

Hanukkah coloring pages can be printed from www.theHolidaySpot.com for use in Jewish celebrations. Children will enjoy the Hanukkah coloring pages provided on this site. The link at http://www.theholidayspot.com/hanukkah/ can be used for Hanukkah printable activities. The site includes quizzes, games, printable activities, songs, and wallpaper for your computer.

Another place for parents to find Hanukkah printable activities and Hanukkah coloring pages is First-School. This site provides Hanukkah printable lesson plan activities for preschool and Kindergarten children. Printable alphabet activities are available for letters H and C. Also at the direct link http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/holiday/hanukkah-candle.htm this site provides a Hanukkah printable candle craft with instructions.

Preschoolcoloringbook.com offers a section of Hanukkah coloring pages which include Menorahs, Star of David, and Dreidels. More Hanukkah coloring pages can be found on Primarygames.com.