Hanukkah Preschool Craft – Dot Art!
This Hanukkah preschool craft comes in the form of do-a-dot (Bingo marker) pages, that can be crafted a few different ways! If you want more for this age, check out our Hanukkah suncatchers too. This post contains affiliate links.
Enough of you loved my Rosh Hashanah through Sukkot coloring pages and do a dot that I decided I need to create a set for Chanukah!
In fact, I need to express my heartfelt gratitude, because it reached Etsy bestseller status and that is a rarity for a Jewish seasonal item. So thanks to all of you who helped it get there!
Now for the Chanukah DO A DOT set:
I designed these to be an open-ended Hanukkah preschool craft, with a focus on do a dot, but other ways to assemble it as you see below.
I always like to give options so I made it in both super-simple coloring and dot art versions. I also created each of those with text (Hebrew and English) and without.
To be honest, I was unsure of how to define some things. For example, a dreidel is a “sevivon” and in English a spinning top, but most English speakers are familiar with the word dreidel. Same with levivot/latkes/potato pancakes and Hanukkiah/menorah/candelabra.
So to avoid having to make a zillion versions and setting myself up for a prohibitive task, I did stick to the familiar as my main translation, with smaller actual translations. If that doesn’t work for you, I’d recommend using the plain version, and if needed, adding text to it yourself.
How to create this Hanukkah Preschool Craft
There are so many different ways to make this Hanukkah preschool craft – from the standard to the more involved. You can even combine a few of these ways!
Bingo Markers (Do a Dot)
When I create these dot art pages, my original intention is always bingo (or Do a Dot) markers. These are really fun for kids to use, and filling in those dots helps promote hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills – plus, it’s fun!
While dot markers are fun regardless of whether or not there are dots to fill, the dots do add that fine motor aspect, and switch things up for the kids.
Dot Stickers
One of my favorite life hacks is that dot stickers are the perfect solution for do a dot pages without the mess. Toddlers love stickers, and this makes it a fun activity. You get a different kind of fine motor benefit here, and it feels a lot like a craft.
The trick is to get 3/4 inch stickers (mine are a bit smaller) so they fill the hole. And if you’re crafting with a group, get the kind that has multiple colors on a page to spread the wealth a little.
Pom Poms
Get 3/4 inch pom poms to turn this into a super fun, textured collage! It does involve glue, making it a bit less of a neat and clean craft, but so fun and tactile for little hands.
You can provide kiddie tweezers (the kind you might use in a sensory bin) to add a pincer grasp element to the project.
I recommend tacky glue if you’re doing this – it’s kid friendly enough but also thick enough to not just absorb into the pom pom and to hold it in place until it sets.
3/4 inch punches
Something I haven’t tried yet but could be cool for kids who like to glue: use a 3/4 inch circle punch to cut out pieces for this and let kids glue them in place!
For this, you should be able to use a glue stick too, making it a bit neater.
Color & Craft
Of course, you can also just use it as a coloring page! Since the shapes are so simple, you can print it on cardstock, have kids cut it out (most are single-shape, the ones that have multiple pieces will need to be backed or parts of it ditched). You can even turn it into a little flipbook.
It makes for some fabulous cutting practice with simple, familiar shapes.
Use as a cut and paste template
You can also use these pages as a separate, independent cut and paste template for other projects you’re making. Since the shapes are so simple, it can work for cutting paper to make a decoupage menorah tray, cutting scrapbook paper for backgrounds or shadow boxes… the possibilities really are endless.
Download your Hanukkah Preschool Craft
These Hanukkah do a dot pages are a premium download, available in my Etsy shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers. Purchase them once and print them multiple times for your class.
Pages include: Menorah, candle, dreidel, jug of olive oil, star of David, donut, shield, latkes, “gelt”, and Torah (to signify the Torah study that was threatened but valiantly continued). Each page is included in four formats: with dots, without, with words, without.
