Designing a menorah!. Today we will make a menorah!

Designing a

menorah!

Today we will

make a menorah!

What is a menorah?

It is a special candleholder used on Hanukkah.

Another name for a menorah is chanukiya.

A menorah holds 9 candles.

A menorah holds 9 candles.

Why are there 9?

Figuring out how something looks and works is called design.

Today you will be a menorah designer!

There are two things to think about when designing your menorah:

1. How it works

There are two things to think about when making your menorah:

1. How it works

2. How it looks

1. How it works

What is the most important thing that a menorah must do?

1. How it works

What is the most important thing that a menorah must do?

Safely hold the candles!

Lets look at how a menorah holds the candles.

The menorah must hold the candle tightly so it doesn’t fall over.

The candle holder must not burn!

What materials

burn easily?Wood

What materials

burn easily?Wood

Paper

What materials

burn easily?Wood

PaperCandles

What materials

don’t burn?

What materials

don’t burn?

Stone

What materials

don’t burn?

Stone Metal

What materials

don’t burn?

Stone Metal Clay

We will make our menorah using

Wood

We will make our menorah using

Wood Stone

We will make our menorah using

Wood Stone Metal

The stone is glued between

the wood and the candle,

so the wood won’t burn Wood

Stone

Metal

Candle

Remember, there are two things to think about when designing your menorah:

1. How it works

2. How it looks

Some look old

Some look modern

Some look simple

Some are silly!

Some are fun!

Artists use different techniques to design

menorahs.

Bike chain Concrete

Glass

Mosaic

This is the kind of menorah you will

design today.

Let’s make a menorah!