Hanukkah Sensory Activities

We’ve covered Hanukkah learning activities and Hanukkah crafts, so let’s add some Hanukkah sensory activities to the mix! After all, you’ve got eight days to fill with fun so you’re going to need lots of ideas.

Slime is a classic sensory recipe for any occasion, and this Hanukkah slime from Little Bins for Little Hands is blue and white, so it would be fun to use throughout the winter for various sensory themes. I like the addition of sequins into the slime for a different textural experience and a bit of extra shine.

Play dough is another classic for little kids to play with, and of course you can use purchased Play-Doh or make your own. If you already have a favorite play dough recipe you can make it with blue food coloring or Kool-Aid to make it blue. Use the free printable Hanukkah themed play dough mats from With Love, Ima to bring more holiday fun. Welcome to Mommyhood also has a printbale menorah play dough mat kids will enjoy (and they can use different colors for the candles and “flames”).

With Love, Ima also has a Hanukkah I-spy bottle that’s fun and easy to make. She used colored rocks as the filler and various Hanukkah symbols for kids to find inside the bottle.

Fantastic Fun and Learning has a few fun sensory activities to try with littles. I love the dreidel spin art and the salt tray for practicing writing the Hebrew letters that can be found on the dreidel.

And don’t forget a sensory bin while you’re at it. Jewish Moms and Crafters has a Hanukkah sensory bin that uses sensory foam as the base, but you could use crinkle paper, or dye rice or pasta blue, just to give a few ideas. The bins is filled with Hanukkah candles, cookie cutters, little dreidels and gelt.

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When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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