Chanukah Spinning Dreidel

crayola supplies

Model Magic®
Glitter Glue

household supplies

none

Why

The dreidel has been a holiday favorite for centuries. Add a new spin on this traditional game by making your own dreidel.

Steps

1. The dreidel is a four-sided top with one of the names of four Hebrew letters (nun, gimel, hay, and shin) on each side. The letters stand for the words "Ness Gadol Hayah Sham--A Great Miracle Happened There." Players use coins or other objects to put in or take out of the pot depending on which letter the dreidel lands.
2. To make a dreidel: Shape Crayola® Model Magic® into a four-sided top. The four flat sides come to a point at the bottom.
3. To make a handle with which to spin the dreidel, make an indentation in the top of the dreidel. Roll out a pencil shape from the Model Magic. Poke this shape into the indentation. (You can also poke an unsharpened pencil or small wooden dowel half-way through the center of the Model Magic.) Dry 24 hours.
4. Add one letter (N, G, H, and S) to each side with Crayola Glitter Glue. Or look up how to form the Hebrew letters. Dry overnight before playing.

When & Where

"The kids created their own game pieces to go with their homemade dreidels. They made several sets as gifts."
- Hannah W., mom of three children ages 5 to 10.

"This holiday craft also gave children opportunities to use their math skills."
- Sherwood T., after-school club advisor.

Interesting Info

To play the dreidel game: Players each put in 10 to 20 objects into a center pot and then take turns spinning the dreidel. If the dreidel lands on nun, the player takes nothing from the pot; gimel means they take all of the pot; hay means half the pot; and if the dreidel lands on shin, the player puts an item into the pot. Each player adds an item when there are 1 or no items left in the pot. The player who wins the whole pot wins the game.

Safety Guidelines

Glitter Glue— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Not for use on skin.

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.