Chinese New Year Crafts
Celebrate Chinese New Year with these quick and easy Chinese New Year
crafts for kids, or have fun with your own Chinese horoscope animal -
you'll find many ideas below! And we've just begun to add some very
original crafts for The Year of the Ox, too!
NB You can find more China-inspired crafts in our
China For Kids section.
Year of the Tiger Crafts
We've got some fun new tiger crafts to celebrate the Year of the Tiger!
Year of the
Tiger crafts NEW!
More Chinese New Year Crafts
Our Chinese Dragon Puppet looks spectacular, and is fun to play with! Makes a
great "good luck" Chinese New Year bookmark, too!
Chinese Dragon Puppet (and Bookmark)
Best for older kids, this is a good project for practising planning and design
skills.. Paper cuts are a very old, traditional craft in China and are often
seen at Chinese New Year.
Chinese Paper Cut Craft
Lots NEW!
This mini Chinese lantern chain is quick and easy for children to make, and it
looks fantastic!
Mini Chinese Lantern Chain
Chinese knots are traditionally used to decorate at Chinese New Year, but they
are very tricky to learn! Why not try your hand instead at our Chinese Knots
Collage...
Chinese Knots Collage
Make your own Chinese drum, then make a loud noise for Chinese New Year!
Chinese Drum Craft
This paper lantern is easy for even young kids to decorate, with supervision,
but it looks very pretty! Perfect for the Lantern Festival on the last day of
Chinese New Year.
Decorate a Paper Lantern
Chinese Blossom is traditionally used as decoration at Chinese New Year.
Chinese Blossom Tree
A cardboard box, some paper, some fabric and a little imagination and
you could be holding your own Lion Dance parade!
Chinese Lion Dance costume
Egg Box Dragon
This magnificent creature is a fantastic addition to your crafty activities this
Chinese New Year.
Chinese Lion puppet
Made with a concertina body, the kids can make this Chinese lion puppet dance up
and down just like a real Lion Dance.
Bowl of oranges collage
Oranges are often displayed at Chinese New Year. Try your hand at this bowl of
oranges collage.
Make a red envelope for Chinese New Year
The Chinese give gifts of money to children at Chinese New Year. Make
your own "lucky money envelope" with this simple but effective craft idea.
Chinese firecracker craft
It used to be traditional to set off firecrackers at Chinese New Year, to see
off the old year and welcome in the new. Here is an idea to make your own
Chinese firecracker decorations.
Chinese lantern craft
Chinese New Year ends with the beautiful Lantern Festival. Why not
make your own colorful lantern for your Chinese New Year display?
Chinese lantern craft
Here is another idea for a Chinese lantern. We've used black paper for the
frame, but red would be more traditional. This craft adapts well for all ages of
kids.
Weave a Chinese New Year placemat
Decorate your table in bright, traditional Chinese New Year colors.
Chinese New Year bracelet
It is traditional to receive new clothing at Chinese New Year, in
cheerful colors - particularly red. Here is a fun way for the kids to dress
themselves up to join in the fun!
Make a wishing tree
There is a very famous, ancient banyan tree in Lam Tsuen in Hong
Kong to which people travel at Chinese New Year and during other festivals to
leave their own special wishes. We have a suggestion for making your own version
of the Wishing Tree with your children ...
Decorate the
house with flowers
The Chinese decorate the house for Chinese New Year with brightly
colored flowers. You and the kids can do the same with paper flowers!
Chinese
blossom activities
Blossom is symbolic of the New Year, and
blossom branches are a traditional decoration at Chinese New Year. Here
are some ideas for "blossom" activities you can do with your children.
More China crafts
2009 was the Year of the Ox.
Year of the Ox crafts
2009 was the Year of the Rat.
Year of the Rat crafts
Back to Chinese New Year
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