Give your eight-day celebration a special glow with one of these homemade menorahs.

Add some sparkle to lighting the Hanukkah candles this season with this wooden menorah sprinkled with glitter.

Gather the whole family to create this contemporary menorah made using wooden blocks, cheery paint colors, and shiny candleholders.

Build a luminous menorah for the eight nights of Hanukkah using sherry glasses. Fill each vessel with about a handful of clear glass beads and stand a dripless silver menorah candle in each glass.

The ninth candle, the shammes -- the one used to light all the others -- should stand at center in a slightly larger goblet. Display in a staggered line atop a white lace cloth, blue-tipped matches at the ready.

Give your Hanukkah candles an elegant update with this a menorah composed of mini bottles clad in ribbon.

Wrap wide satin ribbon around nine decorative bottles, available from home-supply stores, and affix each with double-sided tape. Knot a second piece of thin, striped ribbon on top. Repeat with eight remaining bottles. Secure a small candle in each bottle with candle adhesive. Set the bottles on a tray, using a decorative tin box to elevate the shammes, or center candle.