Today – Chinese New Year crafts for kids. Kelly of Domestic Goddesque is sharing some awesome Chinese craft ideas. What will you be making?
Chinese New Year is celebrated at the end of January. Are you looking for some crafty ideas for how to mark the passing from the Year of the Snake into the Year of the Horse? Then I have some great suggestions for you right here!
Chinese New Year Crafts
First, my Poppet and Mum make some fabulous Chinese Dragons with paper plates. I love paper plate crafts!
I’ve been making Candy Cane Horses.
If colouring is more your craft style, there are some Chinese themed colouring printables on the Any Coloring site.
Or how about printing a Horse mask for Year of the Horse? You can at Education.com.
Use a paper cup to make a fire-breathing dragon? These welsh dragons can double easily as Chinese ones- just use a red cup!
The awesome Red Ted Art pimps regular Chinese Paper Lanterns by adding fairy lights. Love!
Family Corner uses red cups to make some sweet Chinese Lanterns.
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A few more?
I love the Chinese New Year Fish that Julie K In Taiwan makes.
And I like that Let’s Go Fly a Kite uses Chinese Newspaper as a background for their thumprint Chinese Lantern picture.
The ever-creative Kids Chaos makes some fabulous Stick Puppet Chinese Dragons– ideal for a shadow theatre.
Lightly Enchanted shows you how to make Chinese Red Envelopes.
So, I shall finish as I began: a fabulous Chinese Dragon using Paper plates from Peakle Pie, so effective!
How did you like our Chinese New Year Crafts? Don’t worry about getting things perfect. Above all, have fun!
P.S. finally check out our Christian Christmas Craft ideas
wow, what a wonderful collection! thanks so much for saying that I’m ever-creative, that made my morning 🙂
Well if Kelly said so then it’s official!
lots of fantastic crafts! thanks for sharing #pinitparty
Thanks for popping by Otilia.
Thanks so much for putting together such an inspiring gallery of activities. It is very kind of you to include our thumbprint lantern project in this post.
gong hei fat choi!
Thank you for featuring our paper plate dragon. Peakles cannot wait to show it off again this year. Happy New Year or Kung Hey Fat Choy!
ooh I am feeling inspired!
Such a great collection! Thanks for including ours.
So many great ideas. This comes in handy for our Chinese New Year’s dinner x
Never knew Celebrating Chinese New Year can be so much fun! Great crafts1 Pinned them!
Ooohhhh, fab crafts. I love the envelopes.
Oh my goodness, I have been so busy I hadn’t even realised it was Chinese New Year! Great round up and thank you for the reminder!
Some fantastic ideas here, thanks
What a selection of crafts. I am going to try making the pretty envelops as I am always buying pretty envelops to give birthday gifts to my nieces and nephews.