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None food Chanukah ideas kids ages 3&7



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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 12 2018, 9:52 pm
Fun things we can do together as a family that doesn’t revolve around food. Other then dreidel anyone have ideas?
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professor




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 12 2018, 10:18 pm
But dreidel is really fun!

Also melting crayons and making art with them (we used to do it with candles but u can use blow dryer or oven too)

also bay blades burst are an expensive way for teens to enjoy "dreidel"

Also was on fingers by placing candles in boiling water.

Can't think of anything else right now
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professor




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 12 2018, 10:20 pm
You can also shrink stuff with an iron
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goodmorning




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 12 2018, 10:40 pm
We had one meal last year where I covered the table with white paper and put out markers, crayons, colored pencils and stickers for the kids to color/draw/decorate the table while we ate. As soon as it was Shabbos mevorchim Kislev, my kids were asking if we could do it again this year.

I know that you said non-food, but this uses a preexisting meal that you would be serving anyway. Or you can make it a family activity without the meal (just roll out a long stretch of paper to color on), though it might be less exciting that way.

Other ideas:

- buy a new family game and have a family game night (This works well for Shabbos Chanukah if you choose a game that you can play on Shabbos.) Or make your own (Chanukah-themed or not) version of Headbands or Memory, etc.

- lots of singing / dancing / music

- make a treasure hunt for your kids

- any sort of family craft project

You may find some other ideas here: https://www.imamother.com/foru.....09797
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sky




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 12 2018, 10:41 pm
Some of these may be too advanced for 3:
Perler beads menorah or dreidel (can get larger board and beads for 3 year old)
Home made shrinky dinks
Color paper tablecloth. You can put under menorah.
Decorate plates - use clear plates and color back with sharpie. I print pictures in mirror image trace.
Fold a large magazine into a dreidel (we use the free thick advertising one)
Decorate the front door.
Pictionary or act out chanuka items and people guess.
Last year we bought Jewish spot it and played one night.
Paper chain out of pretty paper to hang in the window with the menorah. Or hang cut snowflakes or decorated dreidels...
Take a walk to checkout all the menorahs.
Buy sheets of ‘black magic scratch sheets’ and kids can scratch out pictures. Or make your own by coloring a paper with marker. Covering with black crayon. And then scratching out a picture.
Amazing savings has great cheap options of chanuka crafts.


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erm




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 12 2018, 11:15 pm
We always pass the Mir yeshiva on the last night of chanukah to check out all the menorahs on the window sills. The kids really enjoy that
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amother
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Post Tue, Nov 13 2018, 6:05 am
Thanks everyone some of these ideas my kids will really enjoy.
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amother
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Post Sun, Nov 25 2018, 1:17 am
goodmorning wrote:

I know that you said non-food, but this uses a preexisting meal that you would be serving anyway. Or you can make it a family activity without the meal (just roll out a long stretch of paper to color on), though it might be less exciting that way.


Where would I buy this paper?
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