Chinese Farmer Costume
It's easy to dress up as an old-fashioned Chinese farmer or farm-worker! You will need to wear a black or dark grey T-shirt or shirt, black trousers, and a Chinese farm worker's hat (follow our instructions to make your own!)
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Chinese Firecracker Craft
It used to be traditional to set off very loud firecrackers at the beginning of Chinese New Year, to warn away the man-eating monster Nian and to welcome in the New Year. Your kids can make their own - less noisy - Chinese firecrackers with this Chinese New Year craft idea.
Chinese Flag Collage
Here's a fun, hands-on way to learn about and remember the Chinese Flag. Using a collage technique makes the flag nicely textural, but of course you could simply use red paper or card and stick the gold stars on.
Chinese Fortune Sticks
When I was young, growing up in Hong Kong, the sight (and sound) of Chinese fortune sticks like these being used at temples was very familiar and exciting to me. Bundles of these sticks were placed in jars and gently shaken until a few sticks stuck out above the rest, or fell out.
Chinese Kite Craft
Chinese kites are a symbol of the New Year and we made ours appropriate by choosing red, a lucky colour, and painting Chinese dragons on them!
Chinese Knots Collage
Knotting is a traditional Chinese craft. Knots are functional (used to fasten clothes, etc) but they are decorative too. Elaborate designs are often used as decorations at Chinese New Year.
Chinese Landscape Story Paper
This pretty and traditional Chinese landscape could spark off some creative or descriptive writing - there is plenty of detail if you look closely.
Chinese Lantern Craft
Every Chinese New Year ends with a beautiful display of lanterns at the Lantern Festival. Your children can make their own colourful Chinese lantern craft for your Chinese New Year display. This lantern can be adapted for all ages of kids.
Chinese Lantern Craft 2
This Chinese lantern craft is quick and easy to do, but a string of them hung across a room looks bright and pretty and perfect for a Chinese New Year or Lantern Festival display.
Chinese Lanterns Story Paper
Our Chinese lanterns story paper printable shows an old-fashioned Chinese landscape framed by pretty lanterns, suggesting it is the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year.
Chinese Lion Dance Costume
The kids will have great fun making this super Chinese Lion Dance costume - and wearing it in their own Chinese New Year parade!
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Chinese Lion Puppet
With its concertina body, the kids can make this Chinese lion puppet dance up and down just like it's doing a real Lion Dance.
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Chinese New Year Boggler Puzzle
How many words of three letters or more can you make out of the letters in this printable puzzle with a Chinese New Year theme. And can you find the bonus words?
Chinese New Year Celebration Story Paper
There's plenty going in the picture of a Chinese New Year celebration on this story paper, including a lion dance and a parade! Perhaps children could write about what they can see, or make up a story about one of the characters in the picture?
Chinese New Year Dinner Colouring Page
Colour in this colouring picture of parents and children enjoying a Chinese New Year feast!
Chinese New Year Gifts Colouring Page
Print out and colour this picture of children receiving red packets from adults for Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year Placemat
Get the kids to decorate the house with this cheerful Chinese New Year placemat, and have some fun weaving.
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Chinese Paper Cuts
The art of Chinese paper cutting has been prized for many thousands of years. Paper cuts are used for decoration, given as gifts, and are regarded as lucky. Traditional paper cuts often showed celebrations, weddings and feasts, but now all sorts of motifs are used.
Chinese Scene Colouring Page
Print and colour this Chinese landscape with stream, bridge, peacocks, blossom and mountains.
Chinese Scene Find The Differences
Compare these two Chinese scenes and see if you can find the differences!