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Chinese New Year Crafts

Chinese New Year crafts for children

Celebrate Chinese New Year with these quick and easy Chinese New Year crafts for kids, or have fun with your own Chinese horoscope animal - you'll find many ideas below! And we've just begun to add some very original crafts for The Year of the Ox, too!

NB You can find more China-inspired crafts in our China For Kids section.

Year of the Ox Crafts

Chinese New Year crafts - Year of the Ox
Paper Cup Ox NEW!
Here is a cute way to celebrate the Year of the Ox - great for all ages!

Toilet Roll Ox Craft
Toilet Roll Ox Craft NEW!
Here's another ox to craft for your Chinese New Year celebrations!

Wooden Spoon Ox
Wooden Spoon Ox NEW!
And one more ox - this one perfect for a puppet!

Handprint Ox Painting
Handprint Ox Painting NEW!

Handprint Ox Head Painting
Handprint Ox Head Painting NEW!

Paper Plate Ox
Paper Plate Ox NEW!

Ox Mask
Ox Mask NEW!

More Chinese New Year Crafts


Our Chinese Dragon Puppet looks spectacular, and is fun to play with! Makes a great "good luck" Chinese New Year bookmark, too!
Chinese Dragon Puppet (and Bookmark) NEW!


Best for older kids, this is a good project for practising planning and design skills.. Paper cuts are a very old, traditional craft in China and are often seen at Chinese New Year.
Chinese Paper Cut Craft NEW!


This mini Chinese lantern chain is quick and easy for children to make, and it looks fantastic!
Mini Chinese Lantern Chain NEW!


Chinese knots are traditionally used to decorate at Chinese New Year, but they are very tricky to learn! Why not try your hand instead at our Chinese Knots Collage...
Chinese Knots Collage NEW!


Make your own Chinese drum, then make a loud noise for Chinese New Year!
Chinese Drum Craft

Decorate a paper lantern
This paper lantern is easy for even young kids to decorate, with supervision, but it looks very pretty! Perfect for the Lantern Festival on the last day of Chinese New Year.
Decorate a Paper Lantern


Chinese Blossom is traditionally used as decoration at Chinese New Year.
Chinese Blossom Tree

Chinese Lion Dance Costume
A cardboard box, some paper, some fabric and a little imagination and you could be holding your own Lion Dance parade!
Chinese Lion Dance costume

Chinese dragon craft
Egg Box Dragon
This magnificent creature is a fantastic addition to your crafty activities this Chinese New Year.


Chinese Lion puppet
Made with a concertina body, the kids can make this Chinese lion puppet dance up and down just like a real Lion Dance.


Bowl of oranges collage
Oranges are often displayed at Chinese New Year. Try your hand at this bowl of oranges collage.

Make a red envelope for Chinese New Year
Make a red envelope for Chinese New Year
The Chinese give gifts of money to children at Chinese New Year. Make your own "lucky money envelope" with this simple but effective craft idea.


Chinese firecracker craft
It used to be traditional to set off firecrackers at Chinese New Year, to see off the old year and welcome in the new. Here is an idea to make your own Chinese firecracker decorations.


Chinese lantern craft
Chinese New Year ends with the beautiful Lantern Festival. Why not make your own colorful lantern for your Chinese New Year display?


Chinese lantern craft
Here is another idea for a Chinese lantern. We've used black paper for the frame, but red would be more traditional. This craft adapts well for all ages of kids.

Chinese New Year placemat
Weave a Chinese New Year placemat
Decorate your table in bright, traditional Chinese New Year colors.


Chinese New Year bracelet
It is traditional to receive new clothing at Chinese New Year, in cheerful colors - particularly red. Here is a fun way for the kids to dress themselves up to join in the fun!

Make a wishing tree
There is a very famous, ancient banyan tree in Lam Tsuen in Hong Kong to which people travel at Chinese New Year and during other festivals to leave their own special wishes. We have a suggestion for making your own version of the Wishing Tree with your children ...

Decorate the house with flowers
The Chinese decorate the house for Chinese New Year with brightly colored flowers. You and the kids can do the same with paper flowers!

Chinese blossom activities
Blossom is symbolic of the New Year, and blossom branches are a traditional decoration at Chinese New Year. Here are some ideas for "blossom" activities you can do with your children.

Chinese fan craft
More China crafts NEW!

Year of the Rat Crafts


Rat Craft
Make this cute rat for the Year of the Rat with craft cupboard bits and pieces.


Rat mask
Your kids can have fun making and wearing this rat mask!

Year of the Rat craft foam rat
Make this gorgeous craft foam rat
Celebrate the Year of the Rat with this cute craft for older kids.

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Chinese New Year Crafts Lots NEW!

Year of the Ox booklets
Mini-booklets to print and fold - some with the Chinese zodiac characteristics included (like our Chinese Zodiac Posters, below), and some lined and blank for your own writing and drawing projects.
Chinese Zodiac booklets

Chinese New Year coloring pages
Chinese New Year coloring pages Lots NEW!

Year of the Ox word search
Year of the Ox puzzles and mazes

Ox Jigsaw for Year of the Ox 2009
Year of the Ox jigsaws

Printable Lucky Money Envelopes
Print and fold your own Lucky Money Envelopes (3 designs)
Printable Lucky Money Envelopes

Year of the Ox calendar
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