Free Printable Hanukkah Reading Log, Certificate and Calendar Set

About these hanukkah printables handouts

Hanukkah is the eight-night Jewish festival of lights. The Hanukkah menorah has nine branches: eight for the nights of the festival and one for the helper candle, the shamash, which sits apart from the others.

This set has six files that share one design language: a nine-branch menorah, a dreidel and a six-pointed star. Every file is drawn from shapes and type only, so the set shows symbols and patterns and no people or figures. The reading log has twenty ruled rows with date, title, minutes or pages, and a column for a grown-up's initials. The certificate is a landscape page with a patterned border. The calendar page is a blank six-week grid with day names and empty date boxes, so you write in the dates yourself. The bookmark sheet holds eight cut-apart bookmarks with tassel holes, and the writing page and reward chart round out the set.

The menorah on these pages is drawn with the helper candle raised above the eight. The dreidel shows no letters, so there is nothing to misspell. All other symbols are simple shapes.

The reading log, certificate, bookmarks and reward chart carry no logo or web address, so a student or family can keep them. The calendar page and writing page keep a small footer. Use the reading log for a read-by-candlelight winter challenge, the calendar page for the eight nights, and the border page for letters and poems.

How to use them

1. Choose the file you need: reading log, certificate, calendar page, bookmark set, border page or reward chart.
2. Open the fill-in boxes and type the details that stay the same for the class, such as the school, teacher, month or the heading.
3. Pick a color style. Black and white saves ink; the colored styles suit card stock.
4. Print on letter paper at actual size, or save as a PDF. Use card stock for bookmarks and certificates.
5. Fill in names by hand or on screen, and keep a spare copy of each page for new students.

Classroom tips

• Let students color one candle each night of the festival on the reward chart.
• Use the calendar page to plan eight small acts of kindness for the eight nights.
• Print the bookmarks on card stock, cut on the lines, and punch the small circle at the top for a tassel or ribbon.
• Keep two blank certificates in a folder so there is always one ready for a quiet moment of recognition.

Notes on this page

• Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew lunar calendar and fall on different civil dates each year, so these pages leave every date blank.
• The dreidel is drawn without letters. Customs differ among communities.
• Reviewed copy is welcome: use the Report a correction link if anything on this page should change for your community.

Last reviewed 2026-10-03. Handout Hero designs are original and made for this site. They are general reference material; check your own school, district or tradition where it matters.