CHANUKAH MENORAH
 
Materials needed:
  • Eight empty toilet paper tubes
  • One empty paper towel tube
  • Holiday wrapping paper
  • Blue and gold sequins
  • Aluminum muffin cups
  • Rubberbands
  • Cellophane paper, yellow
  • Crepe paper, yellow, orange and red 
  • A long box to hold the Menorah
  • Tacky Glue
  • Scotch tape
  • Scissors


Directions:

1. Cover the tubes with wrapping paper.  The center “candle” is covered in white paper.  
2. Decorate the middle tube with sequins. 
3. Place the muffin cups at the bottom of each tube and rubberband to fit tightly.  Fold down the top of the muffin cup so that candles will fit close together.
4. Wrap the long box that will be the base of the Menorah in wrapping paper.
5. Center the middle candle on the box and glue it down.
6. Place the other eight candles onto the box with four on each side and glue them down.
7. To make the flame, cut pieces of yellow cellophane, red, orange and yellow crepe paper and tape them together.  Place each flame inside of the candles and attach with tape.
 

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