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Paper Menorah Template With a Flame for Each Night

A menorah to color, a candle for every night with its date, and flames to glue on one by one.

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The name is a sample until you type yours.

  1. Print both pages at 100 % (actual size), landscape. Color the menorah and the candles.
  2. Cut out the flames on the second page.
  3. Each night glue on one more flame, and the shamash's: the candles go in from right to left, and are lit from left to right, the newest first.

Print the menorah, color it, and cut out the flames on the second page. Every candle carries its night and its date, from Friday, December 4, 2026, so each evening a child glues on one more flame, and the shamash's, until all nine burn on the eighth night. Type the children's names and each gets a menorah with their name in the title. On this page the menorah stands in a window with the chosen night's candles lit.

More for Hanukkah

Open the Hanukkah page

A Hanukkah countdown a child can hold

Eight nights are a long wait for a small child. A paper menorah turns them into a count they can see: each evening one more flame goes on, in the same order as the real candles, until all nine burn. The candles carry their dates, so there is never a question of which night it is.

The menorah on this page shows any of the eight nights lit, which makes a good first lesson: where the first candle goes, why the shamash stands taller, and which way the candles are lit.

Making it last the eight nights

Print on card stock, color it before you cut the flames, and keep the flames in an envelope taped to the back. Hang the finished menorah in a window, where a menorah is placed to be seen. For the same nights, the paper dreidel prints a dreidel for every child with the rules and a gelt score sheet.

Questions

In which order do the candles go?

The first night's candle stands on the far right as you face the menorah, and each night one more goes in to the left of the last. They are lit from left to right, the newest first, with the shamash, the helper candle raised in the middle. The printed candles carry their night numbers in that order, so a child only has to find tonight's.

When is Hanukkah 2026?

The first candle is lit at sundown on Friday, December 4, 2026, and the eighth on Friday, December 11; Hanukkah ends at nightfall on Saturday, December 12. In 2027 the first candle is on Friday, December 24. The dates come from Hebcal; choose the year under the candles, or print without dates.

What is on the two pages?

The first page is the menorah to color: a base, a stem, a bar with nine cups, eight candles with their night and date and the raised shamash, and a dashed outline where each flame goes. The second page has twelve flames to cut out, the shamash's taller, each with a grey strip to glue behind the candle's top, and the steps.

What size does it print?

Landscape on US Letter or A4, at 100 % (actual size). The menorah is about 22 cm wide. Card stock holds the glued flames best; in color the menorah is gold and the candles blue and white, or choose outlines to color in.

Is anything uploaded from this page?

No. The menorah and the PDF are made in your browser. The names you type are kept in this browser for next year, and no request carries them anywhere.