Hanukkah / Festival of Lights Suncatchers
Festival of Lights Suncatchers
Children make glowing window suncatchers in blue, white and gold shaped like dreidels, candles and stars, exploring how light shines through colour as they learn why Hanukkah is called the Festival of Lights.
How to run it
- Talk about why Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights and how families display their lit hanukkiah in a window.
- Have children cut a frame shape such as a dreidel, candle or star from black card, with the centre cut out.
- Stick contact paper sticky side up behind the frame and fill it with torn tissue paper in blue, white, yellow and gold.
- Seal with a second sheet of contact, trim the edges and hang in a sunny window.
You will need
- black card
- shape templates
- contact paper
- tissue paper in blue, white, yellow and gold
- scissors
- sticky tape
Make it easier or harderProvide pre-cut frames for younger children; older children can design symmetrical patterns or layer colours to mix new shades.
SafetySupervise scissors.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4, Outcome 1Children explore light and colour while making a creative piece linked to a festival's meaning.
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