The Chinese Zodiac

Children enjoy learning all about the Chinese Zodiac and love to associate themselves with their own special animal - and find about the characteristics which they, their friends and their families are associated with! Have some fun with our Chinese Zodiac activities below.

The Chinese Zodiac

Print out The Story Of The Chinese Zodiac to enjoy with your children.

Find out what animal year you belong to by printing out our Chinese Zodiac chart.
Chinese Zodiac Chart

Here is a colorful Chinese Zodiac poster of the 12 Chinese animals in the correct order. Print it out to display in the classroom or home.

What characteristics is your animal associated with? Are you typical of your year? We have a poster for each of the 12 Chinese horoscope animals showing some of the main character traits. Great for vocabulary extension or just for fun!
Chinese Zodiac posters

Mini-booklets to print and fold - some with the Chinese zodiac characteristics included (like our Chinese Zodiac Posters, below), and some lined and blank for your own writing and drawing projects.
Chinese Zodiac booklets

Print out our cute Chinese Zodiac jigsaws, choose a jigsaw outline suitable for the age of your child, and you have a quick activity which can be used again and again!
Chinese Zodiac jigsaws NEW!

Perhaps you would like a mobile with all the Chinese zodiac characters!
Chinese Zodiac mobile NEW!

Here's another way of finding out about your character traits. Print out our Chinese Zodiac bookmarks - we have multiple pages for the classroom and mixed pages for the home.
Chinese Zodiac bookmarks

Try this word search - can you find all the animals?
Chinese New Year Puzzles

All 12 Chinese Zodiac animals to print, color and cut out. Stick to popsicle (lollipop) sticks and re-enact the story of the first Chinese New Year with your own set of puppets!

Year of the Tiger:

Year of the Tiger crafts Coming soon!

Lots of printable Year of the Tiger fun for kids!
Chinese New Year printables Lots NEW!

Year of the Ox:

2009 was the Year of the Ox.
Year of the Ox crafts

Fun for little kids!
Year of the Ox Lacing Card

Year of the Rat:

Lots of Year of the Rat crafts!

Year of the Rat coloring pages

Year of the Dragon:

Egg Box Dragon

Year of the Horse:

Horse Jigsaw (12 pieces)

Horses Jigsaw 20 pieces)

Year of the Goat:

Goat Jigsaw (12 pieces)

Year of the Monkey:

Monkey mask

Year of the Rooster:

Rooster Jigsaw (12 pieces)

Year of the Dog:

Origami Dog

Dog mask

Year of the Pig:

Origami Pig

Flower pot pig craft
Can be adapted to make other farmyard animals.

Cheerful pig pencil topper
Can be adapted to make other farmyard animals.

Piglet mask

Piglet Jigsaw (6 pieces)

Pig 1 Jigsaw (12 pieces)

Pig 2 Jigsaw (20 pieces)

See also Chinese New Year

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