Chinese New Year has always been a traditional time for family sharing and caring, it gives us time to build connections and be engaged in some family fun by making your own Chinese New Year decorations. Chinese New year is also a great opportunity to introduce your kids to China as a country, its food, history, the geography, the home of the Panda bear and more! If you don’t want to go out and enjoy the celebrations and events which are sometimes a bit overwhelming for small kids, think lots of banging drums and fire crackers! A nice way to celebrate could be to order some ‘Dim Sum’ or New Year treats & goodies or even try to make your own longevity noodles and get the kids to decorate with some fun DIY Chinese New Year arts and crafts or brave the streets of China Town for their annual displays of themed decorations and everything else you could possibly need for Chinese New Year.
We’ve found some great ideas how you can decorate for Chinese New Year without even having to leave the house and a bonus is, they will keep the kids occupied for hours!
Chinese New Year Snake Craft
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The Year of the Snake begins next weekend. In celebration of Chinese New Year, the girls and I made paper snakes. We repurposed an empty paper towel tube to make the heads and fashioned the bodies out of folded paper garlands.
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Chinese New Year Snake Paper Hat
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2025 is the year of the snake and if you plan on celebrating the Lunar New Year with your kids and family, I have a fun and easy Chinese New Year snake paper hat for you to color, cut out and wear for the festivities.
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Paper Chain Snake Craft
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Of course paper chains are perfect for snake making! And what preschooler doesn’t love a paper chain. It is wonderful for dexterity and fine motor skills and you can make them as long or as short as you wish! Paper Chain Snakes, really are a must for anyone exploring snake crafts with their kids! And we did indeed first make these back in 2013 for Chinese New Year. All these years later, and it is time to make some more lovely snake paper chains. So fun. I would probably replace the googly eyes with fun cut out paper eyes this time round.
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Paper Fan Snake for Lunar New Year
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Fold and construct a large Paper Fan Snake using just paper! Your completed snake would make a striking DIY Lunar New Year decoration, and would look fabulous as part of a Year of the Snake display.
We have used rainbow colours for our Paper Fan Snake , but you could use any colourful paper you have to hand. If you’re making this as a group project, each child could decorate one of the concertina segments of the snake’s body which can then be connected together to make one huge collaborative snake.
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Snake Paper Globe Lantern
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Free pattern to print to make this globe lantern with a snake face. The word “snake” is written in Chinese characters at the center of the design on the forehead. Uses a purchased red paper lantern as the base. Super simple templates to print. Activities and crafts for Year of the Snake Chinese New Year. Quick and easy with free printable templates for Chinese holiday celebrations. For kids in elementary school. Use with school groups, library programs, Scouts, China unit at home. Spring Festival, Lunar New Year, China, Asia, crafts, simple ideas for children, diverse, diversity, multicultural, free printables, snakes
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Snake Year Small Crafts
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“Snake Year Small Crafts!” Use paper plates to make interesting snake year crafts. It is very simple. Collect them quickly! *Creative Craft Idea for Kids!* *Get ready for a fun-filled adventure* with our latest video featuring a super creative craft idea perfect for kids!
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Paper Lanterns Chinese New Year Bunting
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This resource from Twinkl is decorated with various shaped paper lantern illustrations on a separate sheet of A4 along with a colourful Chinese pattern background. To get started, all you need to do is print it out and get it cut. This is a great opportunity to get children involved in helping with the decorations as cutting and sticking are great for improving their fine motor skills. Once everything is cut out simply fold the tab over a piece of string and stick it down with tape or glue – then your Paper Lanterns Chinese New Year Bunting is all ready to be put up. It’s really as simple as that!
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