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! You will find crafts specifically for the Year of the Dragon, too. Explore our Chinese New Year crafts below...
NB You can find more China-inspired crafts in our China For Kids section.
Year of the Dragon Crafts
We've got some fabulous new dragon crafts for the new Chinese New Year! Year of the Dragon craftsLots NEW!
Celebrations!
Make a gorgeous bouquet of tissue paper flowers to decorate the house! Tissue paper flowers NEW!
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
Made with a concertina body, the kids can make this Chinese lion puppet dance up
and down just like a real Lion Dance. Chinese Lion puppet
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 firecracker craft
It is traditional to receive new clothing at Chinese New Year, in
cheerful colours - particularly red. Here is a fun way for the kids to dress
themselves up to join in the fun! Chinese New Year bracelet
Traditional Chinese New Year Activities
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 Updated!
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
Oranges are often displayed at Chinese New Year. Try your hand at this bowl of
oranges collage. Bowl of oranges collage
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. Make a red envelope for Chinese New Year
Perfect for displaying some oranges or perhaps some chocolate gold coins for Chinese New Year! Chinese bowl craftNEW!
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... Make a wishing tree
Make a beautiful blossom collage to celebrate Spring and the New Year! Blossom tree collage
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
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. Chinese blossom activities
Goldfish Crafts
Goldfish are always lucky and you will often see them as a symbol of good luck
for the New Year. This is a good quick craft for a group of younger children. Paper plate goldfish craft
Goldfish are a symbol of prosperity for the Chinese and you can adapt
the traditional carp kite by folding it with orange paper. Fill it with
little sweets or gold coins for a special gift! Origami carp kite
You can either draw in your own goldfish or print, colour and cut out ours then
put them in their goldfish bowl! Goldfish bowl printable activity
Make a little fish (lucky for Chinese New Year!) out of a red envelope
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Lantern Festival Crafts
This mini Chinese lantern chain is quick and easy for children to make, and it
looks fantastic! Mini Chinese Lantern Chain
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 New Year ends with the beautiful Lantern Festival. Why not make your own colourful 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. Chinese lantern craft
Amazing traditiona Chinese lantern made using 24 red packets - not for the faint-hearted!
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"If I had my life to live over I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains." Erma Bombeck
"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you
are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you
don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were
gone. There is a place that you alone can fill." Jacob M. Braude
Make a gorgeous bouquet of tissue paper flowers to decorate the house! Tissue paper flowers
A really lovely collection of panda crafts for kids of all ages! Panda craftsAll NEW!
