Chinese New Year Crafts
Chinese New Year is a great time to learn about another culture with your kids. These simple Chinese New Year Crafts are a fun way to celebrate the holiday and get your kids interested in other countries and customs.
Also, crafting is a great way to spend quality time with your kids. These New Year crafts are perfect for homeschool moms who want to show their kids how other cultures celebrate new years. So get crafting and have a Happy New Year!
If you need more ideas for Chinese New Year, check my list of Chinese New Year Activities for Kids.
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Chinese New Year Traditions
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is celebrated by most countries all over Asia and almost all over the world. It’s a time for family, friends, and great food. One of the most common traditions is the use of fireworks.
The loud noise is said to scare away evil spirits, and the bright lights are meant to symbolize a fresh start. Families will often prepare a feast to enjoy on New Year’s Eve, and traditional dishes such as dumplings and noodles are often served.
On New Year’s Day itself, it’s customary to visit relatives and give them red envelopes filled with money. It’s a joyful time of year, and these traditions are just a few of the things that make it so special.
For more activities to do this winter, check these fun Winter Activities for Kids.
Recommended Chinese New Year Books
To give your child a better understanding of this special holiday, you can read a Chinese New Year book together. Not only they will learn about this event but the culture and traditions of other countries, too.
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons, and LanternsDragon Dance: A Chinese New Year Lift-the-Flap Book (Puffin Lift-the-Flap)Home for Chinese New Year: A Story Told in English and ChineseBringing In the New YearLunar New Year (Celebrate the World)Ruby’s Chinese New Year
Recommended Chinese New Year Activity Kits
Junior Learners Print & Go Activity Kit: Chinese New Year
Want to teach your kids more about the Chinese new year? Grab these Chinese new year worksheets for a research based activity for your students to learn more about this popular holiday in China.
Get this craft kit for your kids to learn about this legendary animal while practicing their fine motor skills.
Chinese New Year Crafts
Kids will love working on these Chinese new year crafts to get creative as they start off the new year.
Lunar New Year will never be complete without the dragons! If you want to try making your own mini version of the traditional dragon dance, you have to try making this dragon craft with your little one! It's easy and so cute!
Make beautiful fireworks crafts using torn glitter papers.
Your empty egg carton will be very useful to make this beautiful Chinese dragon craft.
Let your kids chase the bad luck away with these Chinese rattle drums to celebrate the new year.
Make a beautiful lantern craft using some empty baby food jars. You can write your wishes for the new year in Chinese characters, too.
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Create a beautiful paper plate hand fan this new year. Your little one will love it!
Your cupcake liners will be great for this Chinese new year dragon craft.
This simple craft is perfect for little kids. These puzzles are great for teaching kids about important Chinese new year greetings. They'll enjoy solving these puzzles!
You and your little one will love this adorable lucky cat craft! So easy and perfect activity for the Chinese new year!
This fortune cookie paper craft will be a great activity to do with your little one to celebrate the Chinese new year.
Do you want a bigger dragon puppet? Try this paper plate dragon puppet and have a fun dragon dance pretend play.
Now who wants to be a dragon? This dragon mask will be perfect!
This dragon craft is very creative! It will be special because it's made of your child's handprint.
Celebrate Chinese New Year with your kids by making these simple Chinese New Year Crafts together. These crafts are not only fun, but they’re also educational. Your kids will love learning about another culture and celebrating with these fun activities.
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