Cool Mom Picks: Hanukkah is coming

Hanukkah is coming

Tis the season to get ready for Hanukkah with some of our favorite gifts and holiday ideas.

Curated by Cool Mom Picks on October 1, 2012 5:17 PM

Make menorah magic: the world's easiest Hanukkah craft for kids

Hanukkah is kicking off and excitement is in the air. So we've got the perfect little craft project to keep the kids busy long enough for you to wrap those last few presents.

Highlighting Hanukkah with 7 sensational latkes recipes

Hanukkah is around the corner, starting December 8 this year, which means it's time to get our latkes on! The humble potato pancake is a traditional Hanukkah food loved by Jews and non-Jews alike, and with good reason. Who can resist crispy fried cakes of shredded potato and onion served with sour cream or applesauce?

Serve up some very happy holidays with personalized plates

I've found that Hanukkah decor (especially for the table!) can prove to be a challenge to find. So this year, I am tickled to have come across some very fun and festive personalized plates from CMP fave Little Uni.

Hanukkah crafts for kids: one more thing off your plate with Kiwi Crate

Hanukkah comes early this year, which means for some gifts, you need to start getting ready now already (eek!). Well, the oh-so-reliable CMP favorite Kiwi Crate has a plan to help your crew rev up the anticipation for the coming holiday with some awesome Hanukkah crafts

The coolest dreidels ever. One word: LEGO

I know I know...Halloween is not even here and already we're diving headfirst into holiday picks. But it's hard to resist when it's a Hanukkah goodie as cool as these dreidels.

Last minute Hanukkah crafts from Martha Stewartstein

If you're still scrambling for a little something to make your Hanukkah celebration a bit more dazzling and festive, Martha Stewart (of course) has the most amazing roundup of Hanukkah craft ideas.

Bananagrams go Hebrew. We're kvelling!

While bananas are not normally something you find associated with Hanukkah, this year we have good reason for you to reconsider- Bananagrams have gone Hebrew.

A step up from Hanukkah gelt and candy canes

Not to be dissing those chalk gold-wrapped coins with an actual chocolate content of about .03%, but if you're going to treat your dreidel winners with sweets this Hanukkah, we've got a better idea.

The perfect gift for baby's first Hanukkah

Baby's first anything can be difficult to shop for and baby's first Hanukkah doubly so. So if you are looking for something different and special for the little bundle I suggest you check out Judaica pioneer Emily Rosenfeld.

Eight Crazy Nights. (Not to be confused with Crazy Eights.)

Let's face it people, good Hanukkah items are hard to come by. Fortunately Emily Sper, creator of those clever Hanukkah activity books is back and I'm especially pleased to find a fresh pick from her for 5772.

The coolest modern menorahs

The countdown is on--you've now got one month until Haunukkah! Do you know where your menorah is?

The tribe has spoken, and they are very, very pleased this Hanukkah.

There's a conversation that goes on in almost every Jewish household around the holidays, where kids wonder where all the cool Hanukkah decorations are? Who gets more gifts? And, how is a spinning top not lame?

Please pass the gelt

Gold coin chocolates are certainly a Hanukkah necessity, although I love how this tradition can be made even better with Divine Chocolate's gold-wrapped fair-trade coins.

A new twist on the old game of dreidel

Playing dreidel is a staple of celebrating Hanukkah, and I have to say our games have been known to get very competitive. Hey, there are M&M's at stake! But Staccabees take dreidel playing to a new height. Literally.

Personalized Hanukkah plates knock one of those eight gifts off your list

Sure my son's friends get monogrammed Christmas stockings, but he can enjoy eating his latkes off one of these personalized Hanukkah plates, by Lima Bean Kids.

Could celebrity dreidel tournaments be far behind?

Comedian Louis Black said that he gave up on Hanukkah when he realized the only thing Jews had to compete with Christmas was spinning a wooden top. Well Louis, Good news! You can come back to the tribe thanks to the No Limit Texas Dreidel Game found at PopJudaica.

next prev;