The key to a great party is helping your guests get to know one another. These three Hanukkah-themed place card designs let you run the show with a touch of holiday-inspired class.

• Patterns (see download link below)
• Card stock: metallic silver, glossy white
• Blue speckled paper
• Fine-tip permanent marking pen: white, blue, or silver
• Glue or Xyron
• Double-stick tape
• Crafts knife
• Tracing paper

Place Card patterns

Download, print, and cut out the patterns. Use glue or double-stick tape to layer and mount the pieces as explained in the instructions below.

For the Dreidel Place Card:

From metallic silver, cut one dreidel, using a paper pattern. Mount the silver dreidel on blue speckled paper, and trim the blue paper 1/8 inch beyond the edges of the silver dreidel. From glossy white, cut one 2-1/4-x-5-1/2-inch rectangle; fold the rectangle in half to measure 2-1/4-x-2-3/4 inches. Mount the layered dreidel on the front of the folded card stock. Personalize the place card with a blue marking pen.

For Tall Star of David Place Card:

From blue speckled paper, cut one tall Star of David. Mount the blue star on metallic silver, and trim the silver paper 1/8 inch beyond the edges of the blue star. From glossy white, cut one 3-1/4-x-5-1/2-inch rectangle; fold the rectangle in half to measure 3-1/4-x-2-3/4 inches. Mount the layered star on the front of the folded card stock. Personalize the place card with a blue marking pen.

For the Wide Star of David Place Card:

From blue speckled paper, cut one wide Star of David. Mount the star on glossy white; trim the white card stock 1/8 inch beyond the blue star. Also from glossy white, cut a 1-1/2-x-7-3/4-inch strip. Fold under 2 1/2 inches at each end of the strip to create the place card front. Fold forward 1 3/8 inches, accordion-style. Mount the lower point of the star at the center front of the place card. Personalize the place card with a silver marking pen.