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Design a Dreidel
Decorate a big dreidel with patterns and colors, and add one of the four Hebrew letters to the front.
Tip: Show a real dreidel first and let kids spin it before they design their own.
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Free printables · grades K–5
Hanukkah worksheets for kids
20 free Hanukkah printables: light the menorah, learn the dreidel letters and play the game, count the candles night by night, decorate sufganiyot and keep an eight nights journal. Every page prints on one sheet of paper.
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Light the Menorah
It’s the eighth night! Draw a flame on all eight candles and the shamash, the helper candle in the middle, then decorate the menorah.
Tip: Point out the shamash: it is lit first and used to light the other candles.
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Draw a Latke Party Plate
Fill the plate with Hanukkah foods: crispy latkes with applesauce or sour cream, a jelly doughnut and anything else you love.
Tip: Many Hanukkah foods are fried in oil to remember the oil in the Hanukkah story.
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Decorate the Sufganiyot
Sufganiyot are jelly doughnuts eaten at Hanukkah. Give six of them powdered sugar, sprinkles and your favorite filling.
Tip: Say the word together a few times: soof-gah-nee-YOTE. One doughnut is a sufganiyah.
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Design Chocolate Gelt Coins
Gelt means money. Design both sides of a chocolate gelt coin, then decide what it is worth in your dreidel game.
Tip: Look at real coins first: what do they show on each side?
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Puzzles and games
Hanukkah Word Search
12 Hanukkah words hidden across, down and on the diagonal. No backwards words, so it’s friendly for new readers.
Tip: Younger kids can find the words in a buddy pair, one reading and one circling.
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Dreidel Maze
Help the spinning dreidel find its way to the pile of chocolate gelt, then draw who wins the game.
Tip: Trace the path with a finger first, then with a crayon.
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Unscramble the Hanukkah Words
Eight Hanukkah words with their letters mixed up. Use the word bank if you get stuck.
Tip: Cover the word bank for a harder version.
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Dreidel Letter Sudoku
Two letter sudoku puzzles: an easy one with the four Hebrew letters on a dreidel and a harder one that spells LATKES.
Tip: Copy the four letters on the board first so kids can match their shapes.
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Play the Dreidel Game
The four dreidel letters, what each one means in the game, and a score sheet for up to four players.
Tip: The letters stand for Nes Gadol Haya Sham, “a great miracle happened there.” In Israel, dreidels have פ (Pe) for “here” instead of ש.
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Hanukkah Bingo
Bring it to a Hanukkah party or play it across the eight nights. Shout “Happy Hanukkah!” for three in a row.
Tip: Play one row a night, or the whole card at a Hanukkah party.
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Math
Counting Hanukkah Candles
One more candle each night, plus the shamash. Fill in the table for all eight nights and find the grand total.
Tip: Older kids can spot the pattern: the total is always one more than the night.
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Dreidel Spin Graph
Spin a dreidel 20 times, tally where it lands and draw a bar graph. Does every letter come up the same?
Tip: Put the whole class’s spins together. With more spins, the bars get closer to even.
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Math
Count the Hanukkah Things
Count the dreidels, gelt coins, candles and doughnuts, make tally marks and find the total.
Tip: Give kids a crayon for each kind so they can color as they count.
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Math
Gelt and Dreidel Math
Eight short word problems about chocolate gelt, latkes and dreidel spins. Draw a picture to help.
Tip: Use real gelt, raisins or counters so kids can act out each problem.
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HANUKKAH Acrostic Poem
Write a word or a line for each letter of HANUKKAH: eight letters, one for each night.
Tip: Younger kids can write one word per letter; older kids write a full line.
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Eight Nights Journal
One small box for each night of Hanukkah. Draw and write something you did, ate or played that night.
Tip: Keep it on the fridge and fill in one box each night after the candles are lit.
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Happy Hanukkah Card
Draw a picture, write a note and send it to someone you love: a grandparent, a friend or a neighbor.
Tip: Chag sameach (khag sah-MAY-akh) means “happy holiday.” Kids can add it to their card.
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The Story of the Oil
Retell the Hanukkah story in four pictures: the Temple is made ready again, a tiny jar of oil, and eight days of light.
Tip: Read a picture book version of the Hanukkah story aloud before kids draw.
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Hanukkah Place Cards
Six place cards for a Hanukkah dinner or latke party. Kids draw a little picture and write each guest’s name.
Tip: Print on card stock so the place cards stand up on the table.
Print this sheet (PDF)The whole set
All 20 worksheets and the answer key in one PDF. Print the whole thing for a Hanukkah folder, or pick the pages you need from the print dialog.
Print all 20 (PDF)Hanukkah party pack
Five pages for a latke party or a family Hanukkah night: Play the Dreidel Game, Hanukkah Bingo, Hanukkah Word Search, Hanukkah Place Cards, Decorate the Sufganiyot.
Print the hanukkah party pack (PDF)Teaching about Hanukkah in class
- Start with the story: read a picture book about Hanukkah, then retell it with The Story of the Oil.
- Math centers: Counting Hanukkah Candles, Count the Hanukkah Things and Gelt and Dreidel Math, then spin real dreidels for the Dreidel Spin Graph.
- Letters and words: Dreidel Letter Sudoku, the Hanukkah Word Search and Unscramble the Hanukkah Words.
- Kids who celebrate Hanukkah can share a tradition if they want to, but never ask one child to speak for everyone who celebrates.
At home, across eight nights
- Each night after the candles are lit: one box of the Eight Nights Journal, plus a row of Hanukkah Bingo.
- Night one: Light the Menorah and Design a Dreidel, then Play the Dreidel Game with gelt.
- Latke party: Hanukkah Place Cards for the table, and Draw a Latke Party Plate while the latkes fry.
- Quiet afternoon: Decorate the Sufganiyot, Design Chocolate Gelt Coins, the Dreidel Maze or a Happy Hanukkah Card for a grandparent.
More holiday worksheets
Thanksgiving worksheets20 pages: Turkey in Disguise, pie fractions, dinner bingo, a THANKFUL poem and place cards.
Christmas worksheets20 pages: a sweater for the yeti, cookie fractions, Christmas bingo, a letter to Santa and gift tags.More free Hanukkah activities
- Celebrations Around the WorldA matching sheet: Diwali, Lunar New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and more.
- Winter break activitiesOne easy creative idea for every day of the break.
- Thinking sheetsDraw-and-write sheets for any day of the year.
- All free activity pagesColoring, tracing and drawing pages by Kevin Coulston.
Books for the eight nights
The penguin, koala, corgi, elephant and panda on these sheets come from Kevin Coulston’s cute cartoon animal and baby animal books: a gentle gift for a night of Hanukkah.
How to Draw: Cute Cartoon Animals
How to Draw: Baby Animals
Trace Then Color: Cute Cartoon Animals
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Questions
Are these Hanukkah worksheets free?
Yes. All 20 sheets and the answer key are free to print for home and classroom use. Print one sheet at a time or the whole set as one PDF.
When is Hanukkah in 2026?
Hanukkah lasts eight nights. In 2026 it begins at sundown on Friday, December 4, and the eighth candle is lit on the evening of Friday, December 11. The date moves each year because Hanukkah follows the Hebrew calendar (25 Kislev).
How many candles are on a Hanukkah menorah?
Nine: one for each of the eight nights plus the shamash, the helper candle that lights the others. On the first night you light the shamash and one candle, and you add one more each night. Counting Hanukkah Candles walks kids through all eight nights: 44 candles in all.
What do the letters on a dreidel mean?
Nun נ, Gimel ג, Hei ה and Shin ש stand for Nes Gadol Haya Sham, “a great miracle happened there.” In the game, Nun means nothing happens, Gimel means take the pot, Hei means take half and Shin means put one in. Dreidels in Israel have Pe פ, for “here,” instead of Shin.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. The answer key covers the word search, the scrambled words, both sudoku puzzles, Counting Hanukkah Candles, Count the Hanukkah Things and Gelt and Dreidel Math. It is the last page of the full PDF and also a PDF on its own.
What ages are they for?
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade, about ages 5 to 11. Each sheet lists its grades. The drawing sheets, the maze and the counting sheets suit the youngest kids; the sudoku, the spin graph and the story of the oil suit older kids.
All sheets are US Letter, print well in black and white, and are free for home and classroom use. More for teachers: thinking sheets, no-prep sub plans and the teacher resources library.