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These homemade party hats will be a big hit with your New Year's Eve guests.

Create your own clay jewelry by molding Kwanzaa symbols into beads to celebrate the season.

Follow these instructions to make martini-glass candles. Use them to celebrate New Year's Eve with style.

Here's a recipe for delicious West African Benne Cakes, which you can make for Kwanzaa.

Make a Kwanzaa calendar out of felt, and use it year after year to mark the days of the holiday.

Here are instructions for making a straw mat -- called a mkeka -- for your Kwanzaa celebration.

Follow these instructions to decorate your own unity cup for your Kwanzaa celebration.

These delicious latkes are perfect for your Hanukkah meal, or for any other time of year!

Here's a great recipe for hole-less donuts, which are very popular in Israel at Hanukkah time.

Make a beautiful Star of David hanging for a wall or door, using just a few materials.

These instructions will help you make a dreidel with a stained-glass effect for Hanukkah.

Here are simple instructions for building a foam menorah to celebrate Hanukkah.

Follow these instructions to make your own dreidel out of clay for the Hanukkah season.

Use this recipe to bake lovely cinnamon-scented ornaments for the holidays.

Fill a jar with the ingredients for cookies, attach the recipe, and give it to someone special on your holiday gift list.

You can sew Christmas stockings for the entire family, following these easy directions.

You and your child can have lots of fun sculpting beads out of homemade dough.

Here are a few great ideas for mosaic crafts, plus instructions for how to make them.