China and Chinese New Year crafts, coloring pages, worksheets and other activities for children. Free printable templates and instructions for children to make a paper lantern for Chinese New Year. This is a great cut and paste paper craft project for decorating a wall or bulletin board. It's fun for family or friends to spend some time figuring out which of the animals they are based on their birth date! DLTK's Crafts for Kids Chinese New Years. Chinese New Year is celebrated on a different day each year because it is based on the Lunar year. And each year is named after an animal based on a 12 year cycle. In 2014, the year of the horse, it will be celebrated on January 31. People born in the same year are considered to have similar traits. This dragon craft uses a printable template and a paper plate to make a project suitable for a Chinese New Year, fantasy or other mythology theme. If you cut out holes instead of using the template eyes, you can convert your dragon craft to a dragon mask. Scroll through for easy ideas to make the most of this Lunar New Year! 1. Snake masks. In Chinese culture, snakes are revered as symbols of wisdom and guardianship. Crafting snake masks is a fun way to celebrate the Year of the Snake. Click this link for free, printable snake mask templates. Get your hands on our fun and unique printable Chinese Zodiac Cootie Catchers! These origami-inspired games feature all 12 signs of the Chinese Zodiac, including the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. In this article you will find a collection of printable patterns for simple crafts you can make for the holiday. These patterns are suitable for group use (such as a school or scout troop) or as a one-on-one activity in your home. You can use them for preschool children (with some help) and also kids in kindergarten and elementary school. Kick-off your Spring Festival celebrations with over 50 creative Chinese New Year crafts for kids! Printables, projects, books, and activities with Chinese lanterns, drums, dragons, and more! Chinese New Year can be a great way of introducing new cultural ideas, customs and foods to your child. Here are some amazing crafts that you could do with kids. #1. Cherry Blossom Lantern. Create a stunning Chinese style lantern by painting your very own cherry blossom pattern onto a paper lantern. DLTK's Crafts for Kids Chinese New Year Girl 3D Paper Model. Contributed by Leanne Guenther. This is one of the more complicated crafts on the DLTK websites, but it is a fairly simple example of a three dimensional paper model and provides a good introduction to the fun and time consuming hobby of paper modeling. [China Index] [Chinese Zodiac] DLTK's Chinese New Year Activities The Year of the Ox. The Chinese calendar follows the moon and divides the years into groups of twelve. Each year is named for an animal. People born in that year are believed to share different traits. Ox (1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033, 2045) [China Index] [Chinese Zodiac] [Year of the Monkey] DLTK's Crafts for Kids Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey. You can use the color posters to make decorated binders for school. Instructions: Click on the link of your choice (below) to print the template. Color as appropriate. Templates: Y2K was the term used for New Year's 1999 (when the clock turned to 2000). There was quite a bit of worry that a "Y2K bug" would cause the computers to break. Thankfully it didn't and we got to have a bit of fun crafting y2k bugs, hehe. [China Index] [Chinese Zodiac] DLTK's Chinese New Year Activities The Year of the Tiger. The Chinese calendar follows the moon and divides the years into groups of twelve. Each year is named for an animal. People born in that year are believed to share different traits. Tiger (1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2034) [China Index] [Chinese Zodiac] [Fantasy and Medieval] DLTK's Chinese New Year Activities The Year of the Dragon Activities. The Chinese calendar follows the moon and divides the years into groups of twelve. DLTK's Crafts for Kids Chinese New Year Wreath. Contributed by Leanne Guenther. The first of the twelve years is the Year of the Rat. This is followed by the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. 2009 is the year of the ox, making 2010 the tiger, 2011 the rabbit and so on. Materials: [China Index] [Chinese Zodiac] DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids Chinese New Year Quilt Paper Craft. Contributed by Leanne Guenther. This is a great cut and paste paper craft project for decorating a wall or bulletin board. It's fun for family or friends to spend some time figuring out which of the animals they are based on their birth date! This is a simple craft to do for Chinese New Year or as a generic dragon craft. The folded paper strips between the tp-roll halves means that the dragon craft can move around as if it is dancing! The Chinese Dragon Dance is a traditional dance that involve people dressing up in costumes to make full sized "puppets". [China Index] [Chinese Zodiac] DLTK's Chinese New Year Activities The Year of the Monkey. The Chinese calendar follows the moon and divides the years into groups of twelve. Each year is named for an animal. People born in that year are believed to share different traits. Monkey (1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028, 2040)
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