My kids love dreidels and process art so I knew they’d enjoy getting to do this Dreidel Stamping craft! As with all process art, it’s so much about the process and the joy of creating. This Dreidel Stamping allows for lots of creativity in choosing colors and the dreidel’s orientation. And it is a wonderful activity in and of itself (hello fine motor skill practice!) but can also be used as Hanukkah cards or gift wrap. I love when crafts can have multiple uses. And when the kids have fun making them, of course!
What You’ll Need
- Dreidels. We used wooden ones without the letters because I didn’t want the letters to show up backwards when stamped. And because we wanted to paint them when we finished the stamping! Woodpeckers Crafts has some wonderful wooden dreidels at such an affordable price. Make sure to use the code WithLoveIma5 for a discount when you check out!
- Paint
- Paper
Putting It Together
- Set out a piece of paper.
- Pour paint in your child’s choice(s) onto a tray big enough for the entire dreidel to fit on.
- Invite your child to stamp a dreidel into the paint then onto their piece of paper.
- They can stamp as many times in as many colors as they want.
- When finished stamping, paint the wooden dreidels and use for playing dreidel and/or for decoration.
- Let the Dreidel Stamping paper dry. Hang up the artwork or use it to make Hanukkah cards from your child or as Hanukkah gift wrap!
Finished & Loving It!
The kids were really excited to see these new wooden dreidels come out. Then when they saw the paint they got even more excited. In fact, it was hard for me to set everything up before they were grabbing dreidels and stamping into the paint!
At first my daughter was annoyed that the handle of the dreidel wouldn’t show up. She didn’t think it looked enough like a dreidel. But even before I could explain the value in process art, she started stamping and really enjoying herself. When she finished (and she stamped the longest!) she told me she had lots of fun and loved this craft. YAY!
But if you do have a child who likes things to look “the way they are supposed to look,” prep them before starting that this craft is about enjoying the process. Some of our dreidels slipped when stamped too, causing the dreidel stamp image to smear. So it may not always look like a dreidel, but we know what created the images. And we had fun doing it!
The kids also enjoyed painting the wooden dreidels after they finished stamping. Some chose to use a paint brush, while others stamped the sides into paint to cover them with color. Love the creativity and more unique art processes!
I saved some packing paper from a recent delivery and they used that to make a Dreidel Stamping wrapping paper! Yay! My daughter worked very carefully on her rainbow dreidel stamp and requested that it be used to wrap one of her gifts. For sure my girl!
It was so great to see how much fun they had stamping with the dreidel–whether it was a single color carefully chosen or a whole gathering of colors smeared together! And after everything dried we have multiple beautiful kid-made cards, some unique Hanukkah wrapping paper, new wooden dreidels, and some very happy kids!
We have a whole page dedicated to Hanukkah, our Hanukkah Hub. Check it out! It includes some of the Hanukkah activities we plan to do this year, as well as the activities we’ve done in previous years.
And don’t forget our Hanukkah Montessori-Style 3 Part Cards, a wonderful way to introduce Hanukkah! And, now we also have all 13 Jewish holidays bundled together in A Year of Jewish Holidays 3 Part Cards.
If you want to go full-on Hanukkah with your littles, you must try our Hanukkah Activities Packet for Early Learners! I am so excited about all the Hanukkah-themed literacy, fine motor skills, math, and play fun!
The following sites are amazing resources for learning more about this holiday:
Chag Sameach!
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