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Hanukkah Paper Crafts: Menorahs and Village Houses

For Hanukkah paper crafts, choose a standing paper menorah for a candle-placement display or a house set for building a village scene. Make one complete model first and plan adult help for cutting, scoring and joining.

Make the paper menorah for a nightly display

The menorah download supplies a base, neck, body, Shamash riser, Shamash, eight numbered candles and nine paper flames. Nine pages include an illustrated guide, four colour template sheets and four matching colouring sheets, in A4 and US Letter.

Its directions build the base and neck before closing the body with side strips. The folded candles receive paper flames; the listing suggests placing one candle each night. This is a paper display: never use real candles or flames near it.

The listed supplies are cardstock, scissors, a glue stick, ruler and an empty ballpoint pen for scoring. Colouring tools are needed for the outline version. The listing recommends ages 6+ with an adult helper.

Build one house from the village

The five-house village offers Menorah Lights, Dreidel Toy Shop, Jelly Donut Bakery, Gold Coin House and Olive Oil Cottage. Their building shapes differ, so choose a house before preparing its sheets.

The download has thirty-three pages: a how-to page plus sixteen sheets in each colour version, supplied in both paper sizes. Each house has its own name board, base and stand-up characters.

Print at Actual Size / 100% on the specified card. The listing describes ages 6+ with help and 9+ independently; use a sample to judge the support your particular maker needs. Keep each house's roof, walls and base together.

Choose the gingerbread scene for one contained yard

The Hanukkah gingerbread house has a snowy yard, gingerbread family, Hanukkah decorations and two dreidel gift-box templates. Its fifteen pages include an illustrated guide and seven sheets in each colour version.

The house walls have tabs, with separate roof and yard pieces. The listing specifies cardstock at Actual Size, cutting solid lines and folding dashed lines. It recommends ages 6+ with a grown-up.

This is a separate scene, rather than another house automatically included in the five-house village. Test placement before combining downloads with different bases.

Prepare the display before starting

Use this setup checklist:

• Pick one model and its colour or colouring sheets.
• Gather that listing's card, tools and adhesive.
• Colour while pieces are flat.
• Keep the illustrated assembly guide beside the work.
• Clear a display area before bringing over completed pieces.

All three listings permit personal and classroom use. Keep the digital files with the purchaser rather than distributing them to participants.

By CraftyFileCo · Published 2026-11-07 · Updated 2026-11-07