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Hanukkah Party Bunting
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Give your Hanukkah gathering a handmade touch with this mini-dreidel bunting we love from the Creative Jewish Mom blog! She recommends using it on a cake, and we think the kids would love to use it as a banner for their toys and dolls.
Materials
- wooden skewers
- small colored flags and dreidels
- embroidery thread or crocheting thread and a needle
- double stick tape or glue
Directions
- Play with your shapes on a flat surface, and rearrange and re-size them etc. until you come up with a design that you like.
- Using needle and thread string the paper flags and dreidels together.
- Secure at each end to skewer, and add flags to skewer tops by folding a strip of paper around the skewer, securing with double stick tape, and cutting the notch.
- Ta da! Use your mini bunting to decorate a cake, a fruit platter, a plate of doughnuts, or even stick it into a pot of succulents!
