The first dreidel is edible and the next two you make with
paper. Have fun play with these driedels!
Marshmallow
dreidels
Ingredients: jumbo marshmallows, pretzel sticks, toothpicks,
chocolate kisses and your choice of decoration
Directions:
Melt the kisses in sauce pan.
Put the pretzels in the middle of the marshmallows and the dip the
marshmallow in the chocolate and decorate.
With as few items as a toothpick, some glue and a strip of
paper, friends and family will be twirling in no time.
Paper
Dreidels
Materials: toothpick, glue, and a strip of paper
Directions:
Make a cone shape with the paper and glue the toothpick in the
center of the cone.
Paper
Dreidel Craft (second)
Materials: A printer and paper, Scissors, Glue,
Crayons or markers, straw or short
wooden dowel
Optional: Thin cardboard (like from a cereal box)
Directions:
Optional:
This
step makes the dreidel sturdier (but it will be more difficult to cut out).
Glue the printed template to a piece of very thin cardboard (like cardboard cut from a cereal box). Let the glue dry.
Decorate the dreidel, and then cut along the edges. Cut an x
in the tiny circle on the top
Fold along the inside lines, making a top shape. Glue the
flaps inside the top.
Stick a straw or wooden dowel through the tiny circle at the
top (push it gently to the bottom of the dreidel).
Now you can play dreidel. Each player starts with about 20
markers (like chocolate coins, checkers, nuts, or raisins) and takes turn
spinning the dreidel. On each spin, the players put 2 markers in the center. Do
the following for each spin:
nun - do nothing
gimel - take
everything
hay - take half
shin - put one in
The winner is the person who gets all the markers.
Note: Nun, gimel, hay, and shin are the Hebrew letters used on
the dreidel outside Israel (they represent the phrase, "A great miracle
happened there.") In Israel, the letters represent the phrase, "A
miracle happened here."
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