{"title":"How to Draw a Dreidel","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crafts/how-to-draw-a-dreidel","category":{"slug":"crafts","name":"Crafts"},"creator":{"name":"Art Land","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYXRubrOzFv3oHT4M2RLq2Q","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEJpkIvEvg"},"tldr":"Draw a 3D Hanukkah dreidel in 10 easy steps: a slanted cube, handle, pointed tip and Hebrew letters, colored blue and gold.","totalDurationSeconds":274,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["black fine point permanent marker","pencil and eraser (optional)"],"materials":["drawing paper or white cardstock","blue, yellow and orange colored pencils"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Draw Three Slanted Parallel Lines for the Dreidel Body","text":"Start in the middle of your page. Draw a line that slants down and to the left. Leave some space and draw a second line next to it, a little longer and slanting the same way. Leave the same space again and draw a third line, a bit shorter than the middle one. These three lines become the edges of the dreidel's cube."},{"number":2,"title":"Join the Lines Into the Top of the Dreidel Cube","text":"Go to the top of the left line. Draw a short line across to the top of the middle line, slanting down a little. Then draw another short line from the top of the middle line to the top of the right line. You now have two top edges meeting at the middle line. It already looks like the corner of a box."},{"number":3,"title":"Close the Bottom of the Dreidel Cube","text":"Now do the same thing at the bottom. Draw a line from the bottom of the left line to the bottom of the middle line. Then draw one from the middle line to the bottom of the right line. Match the angle of the top edges. When you finish, you have a 3D box with two faces showing, tipped at an angle."},{"number":4,"title":"Draw the Dreidel's Handle Stem With a Rounded Top","text":"Find the top corner of the box near the middle line. Draw a short line straight up, angled the same way as the box. Draw a second line next to it, close together. Connect the two at the top with a small curve. That is the handle you twist to spin the dreidel. Keep it thin. A wide stem makes the top look heavy."},{"number":5,"title":"Draw the Dreidel's Pointed Spinning Tip","text":"From the bottom left corner of the box, draw a line down at an angle. From the bottom right corner, draw another line that angles in to meet it. They should come together in a point. That point is where the dreidel spins on the table. Add a small curved line from the middle corner down toward the point to show the rounded bottom."},{"number":6,"title":"Draw the Hebrew Letter Nun on the Dreidel's Front Face","text":"Now add the Hebrew letters. On the left face, draw the letter nun. It starts with a short stroke at the top, runs down, and turns out into a flat foot at the bottom. Draw it as one line first. Then go around it with a second line to make it a hollow letter you can color in later. Keep the letter centered on the face."},{"number":7,"title":"Draw the Hebrew Letter Hei on the Dreidel's Side Face","text":"Move to the right face. Draw the letter hei: a bar across the top, a line down the right side, and a separate leg on the left that does not touch the top bar. Outline it the same way so it matches the hollow nun. Round off the corners. Your line drawing of a dreidel is done."},{"number":8,"title":"Color the Sides of the Dreidel Blue","text":"Pick up a blue colored pencil. Fill in both faces of the box, working carefully around the hollow letters. Leave the letters, the handle and the tip white for now. Press harder for a deep blue. If you want the cube to look more 3D, make one face a little darker than the other."},{"number":9,"title":"Color the Dreidel's Letters, Handle and Tip Yellow","text":"Switch to yellow. Fill in the nun and the hei so they stand out bright against the blue. Color the handle yellow too, and then the pointed tip, pressing a bit harder at the point. Yellow and blue is a strong pair, and it makes the letters easy to read even from across the room."},{"number":10,"title":"Shade the Dreidel's Yellow Tip and Handle With Orange","text":"Take an orange pencil and add a little shading along the edges of the yellow tip and the handle. Keep it light. This gives the yellow a warm gold look, like the gelt you play for. To finish, go back over the outline with your black marker so the edges are crisp. Your dreidel is ready to cut out or frame."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-07T15:40:27.563Z","published":"2026-10-07T15:40:21.474Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}