Chinese New year crafts

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Today is Chinese New year,  the year of the monkey, so I wanted to do some crafts with Lilly to celebrate and teach Lilly about all the festivities. 

First is the Chinese dragon, this was pretty fun to make and Lilly loves it.


To make this I used a print off which I found on the crayons website. Lilly coloured it in and I cut it out. I made a concertina out of some paper and stuck it to the head and tale as a body. We had some gold shiny paper which I used as flames.

Second was a paper lantern with the left of paper from the concertina. I used to make these all the time.


Fold the paper in half and cut off about a 2cm strip off the end. The next part is cut strips about 2cm's apart from the folded end and stop about 2 cm's from the top. You then unfold and join the top together at the top and bottom to make a lantern shape. Now use the strip you cut off to make a handle.

Did you do anything to do for Chinese New year? 

xXx

Comments

  1. Unknown9 February 2016 at 11:04

    My kids love doing Chinese New Year crafts and these and such a great idea. I love the paper lantern.

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  2. Unknown9 February 2016 at 14:10

    Ah, these are lovely. My eldest two children made various bits and pieces in school and one of them even ate noodles and fortune cookies! It's so important for children to explore and understand other cultures. x

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  3. Unknown9 February 2016 at 14:36

    Aw what a lovely activity to do together and so relevant to the day xx

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  4. Anonymous9 February 2016 at 16:43

    Awww I can't wait to start doing crafts with my little one. We do bits and bobs but nothing where he can just enjoy an activity fully just yet x

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  5. Unknown9 February 2016 at 20:34

    Aah how lovely!! I can't wait to do things like this with the twins!! They love doing crafts but they're still a bit too little and I usually end up doing it all for them!! ;)

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  6. Mums Little Loves10 February 2016 at 10:20

    Lovely idea must try making this with Harry. I think he would enjoy it! x

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  7. Unknown10 February 2016 at 12:43

    Awww these are lovely ideas :) I love the dragon, it looks so cool!

    Gemma xx

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  8. Lucy Howard11 February 2016 at 21:41

    These ideas are brilliant. I have never thought of doing crafts for Chinese New Year before. But I definitely plan to do these at some point. Hugs Mrs H xxxx

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