Hanukkah Gift Idea Catalog

Hanukkah Music CD: Hanukkah is music to our ears! Burn a CD with a mix of your favorite songs that evoke Hanukkah themes. Choose from themes such as: victory of the few over the many, overcoming challenges and recognizing miracles. Don’t forget to design a colorful CD cover that includes a list of the music tracks!

Coupon Book: Give the gift of help. Fill a coupon book with vouchers your family can redeem for services. Include coupons such as: This coupon is good for two hours of garden chores. Redeem this coupon and receive breakfast in bed.This coupon entitles you to a one-week vacation from dishwashing. Decorate each coupon and bind them together using colorful string or lanyard.

Design a Frame Display: a family photograph in style! Use the pieces of an old jigsaw puzzle to make the border of a picture frame by painting them blue, gold and silver, and gluing them together. Or, glue old Lego pieces or building blocks together to make a frame border. Give the frame to your family and fill it with a picture of your Hanukkah celebration.

Grow Some Fruit: Add a tropical element to your Hanukkah by growing your own kiwi, grapefruit, lemon or orange plant! Right after eating the fruit, plant the seeds in a decorated empty jar or can. Plant the seed about 1/2 inch down in soil and water it. Then cover the jar or can with plastic and place it in bright light in a warm spot. Present it to a family member along with a picture of a full-grown plant. In three to four weeks, the plants will sprout. Make sure to leave the plastic on until plants are a few inches high, and enjoy this fertile gift for seasons to come!

Make a Family Scrapbook: Don’t let another memory go to waste! Include pictures, invitations, certificates—anything you can find! Collect photographs from family weddings, births, birthdays and holidays. Personalize each page with lyrics to some of your family’s favorite songs, small trinkets from vacations, and tickets to concerts and events. Adorn the pages and the cover with quotes about families. Leave several blank pages to to allow for future additions to this meaningful book of memories. Give the scrapbook to your family on the final night of Hanukkah.

Latke Recipe: Create a small collection of alternative sumptuous latke recipes. Recipe Central has traditional recipes and some creative recipes to get you started. Combine the ingredients from the traditional recipe with your favorite ingredients. Some ideas for ingredients are: sweet potatoes, dessert latkes (use candy/chocolate—be creative!) and fruit. Present your latke cookbook collection to your family one night and help them make the latkes for a party the following night.

Treasure Hunt: Send your family on a treasure hunt throughout your house! At each stop on the hunt, place a prop that represents a part of the Hanukkah story. For example, use a bottle of olive oil to represent the oil found in the Temple. On the back of the prop, attach a clue that will lead your family to the next prop. Be creative with your clues—encode them or make them rhyme. At the end of the treasure hunt, give your hunters a small bowl of treasure—Hanukkah gelt!

Poster Collage: A collage poster will brighten up any family member’s room! Brainstorm a list of a family member’s traits, hobbies and interests.Then, scan through old newspapers and magazines, and cut out any words or pictures that fit your list. Paste a photograph of your chosen family member in the center of the poster and arrange your cut-outs around it. You can either frame the posterboard or decorate it with a 3-D border. Beads, toy cars and ribbon make great borders, but feel free to create a border that suits your family member’s personality.