Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel!

"I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay.  When it's dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play.  Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay.  Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, then dreidel I shall play!"

-The Dreidel Song

In honor of Hanukkah, we decided to play a little game of dreidel.  How do you play, you ask?  Well, we have broken it down into easy steps!  Grab some chocolate gelt (chocolate coins covered in gold foil) and join in on the fun!

You will need:

-A friend or two (or more!) to play the game with

-A dreidel

-Chocolate gelt or any other fun tokens (candy, etc) 

1. Distribute the gelt evenly among players.

2. Take turns spinning the dreidel!  Each time before you spin, put one piece of gelt in the center, or "pot".

3. The letter the dreidel falls on determines what happens next. 

• Shin: put one more piece of gelt in the pot.
• Nun: do nothing.
• Gimmel: take all of the gelt in the pot!
• Hay: take half of the gelt in the pot.  If it's an odd number, round up.

4.  If you run out of gelt, you are out of the game... or you can ask another player to borrow!
5. Keep passing the dreidel, until someone wins the whole pot.
6. Winner eats the chocolate... hopefully your friends like to share!
7. To keep playing, each player can put a token back in the pot.  Resume the game.

Have fun playing this classic Hanukkah game, and Happy Hanukkah everyone!