Lunar New Year Dragon Craft
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with this handmade paper dragon craft! It is a fun way to mix art and cultural learning.
Servings 1
Equipment
- Neenah Paper Astrobrights Color Paper, 8.5" x 11", 24 lb/89 gsm,"Warm" 5-Color Assortment, 500 Sheets (20272)
- 450Pcs Black Wiggle Googly Eyes with Self-Adhesive
- CleverDelights Paper Straws - Yellow Chevron
Ingredients
- Paper straws
- Black pen
- Double sided tape
- Googly eyes
- Scissors
- Red colored paper
- Orange colored paper
- Yellow colored paper
Instructions
- Cut long thick strips of yellow, red, and orange paper.
- Fold the yellow paper from side to side to form a square pattern.
- Add orange strips to each end and fold again.
- Repeat the folding steps using red paper.
- Draw and cut out a dragon head from red paper.
- Make rectangular and circular mouth pieces from colored paper.
- Attach the mouth pieces with double sided tape.
- Cut a large flame shape from orange paper.
- Attach the flame to the back of the head.
- Place paper straws on both sides of the folded body.
- Secure all pieces together.