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card_dreidel_big.gif (17513 bytes)Dreidel Card

From the Kathy Ross book:
The Best Holiday Crafts Ever

Wish someone you know a very happy Hanukkah with this unusual greeting cards.

You Need:

  • Two Greeting Card Envelopes of the Same Size and Color
  • Metallic Trim
  • Colored Construction paper
  • Black Marker
  • White Glue
  • Scissors

Instructions:
Open the flaps of the envelopes. Put glue along the sides of the back of the envelopes and along the outer edges of the flaps.

With the backs of the envelopes facing each other, glue the flaps and sides together. This will make a dreidel shape with a pocket inside.

card_dreidel.gif (15200 bytes)Cut a handle for the dreidel from construction paper. It should be long enough to slide all the way into the pocket to the point of the envelope, leaving a 4 inch handle sticking out of the other ends. Write you Hanukkah message on the part of the handle that will be hidden. Write PULL at the top end of the handle and slide the message part of the handle and slide the message part of the handle into the dreidel pocket.

If you used white envelopes instead of colored ones, you may want to color the dreidel with markers or crayons. Draw a Hebrew letter -- Nun, Gimel, Hay, or Shin -- on the front of the dreidel with a black marker. Decorate the dreidel and handle by gluing on strips of metallic trim.