Popsicle Stick Menorah (A Fun Hanukkah Craft!)
Create a fun Hanukkah menorah craft out of popsicle sticks
Servings: 1 menorah
Cost: $2
Equipment
- 1 pair of scissors
Ingredients
- 17 popsicle sticks
- acrylic paint
- small paintbrush
- yellow paper for flames
- school glue or low temp glue gun
- wax paper to paint on (optional)
Instructions
- Gather eight popsicle sticks to be the menorah. Place two popsicle sticks horizontal to be the base and four more horizontal (two sets of two sticks end to end) above it to be where the candles will sit. Glue two popsicle sticks vertically to connect the two sets of sticks together to form your menorah shape. Allow the glue to fully set.
- Paint your menorah whatever color you like with a small paintbrush and allow it to dry.
- Paint nine popsicle sticks white to be your candles and allow those to dry.
- Cut some teardrop shaped flames out of yellow paper to be your candle fire.
- Glue your candles onto your menorah, four on each side and one in the middle, with the middle candle sitting a little higher than the other candles.
- Glue on your paper flames and once your glue is set, your menorah is ready to display!
Notes
Tips:
- Glue the popsicle sticks directly onto a piece of cardstock or construction paper for a more secure backing or to hang as art!
- Painting the sticks on wax paper ensures that the popsicle sticks won’t stick to the wax paper as they dry, which makes them easier to remove.
- Using a low-temp glue gun to assemble the menorah means that you won’t have to wait for glue dry time and your menorah will be done a lot faster.
- You can add magnets to the back of your menorah to display it on the fridge!