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Dragons!

If your children like dragons, you've come to the right place! You'll find all sorts of dragon related activities below..

Welsh Dragon to color

Chinese dragons

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!

Handprint Dragon
Who would have thought some colored paper and handprints could be so effective! A fun cutting-out project for kids with a fearsome result..

Wooden spoon dragon

Sock puppet dragon

Egg Box Dragon

Make a dragon's head with simple origami:

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Make a noisy Chinese dragon
http://www.creativesteps.co.uk/pdfs/dragon.pdf

Make your own dragon egg
http://www.dadcando.com/default_MAKING.asp?project=Dragons_Egg&catagory=Wizardry_and_Magic

Here's a pattern to make a dragon with hamma beads NEW!
http://www.jufjanneke.nl/Project%20China/Kralenplank%20Chinese%20draak.pdf

Print and Make

Various dragons and mythical creature models to download, print and make – includes St. George and the Dragon
http://www.101kidz.com/crafts/dragons/

Here is a super printable origami project – a dragon puppet for Chinese New Year
http://www.tammyyee.com/origamidpup.html 

Do

Lots of dragon activities here, including puzzles, story starters and coloring pages
http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/dragons/

Another collection of dragon activities
http://www.printactivities.com/Theme-Printables/Dragon-Printables.html

Learn

Mini lesson plan designed to introduce students to China through exploration of its dragons
http://ncta.osu.edu/toledo2/Burnham-China.pdf

Interesting site with an exploration of a Dragon Robe made for a Chinese Empress – check out the links for background information, story and discussion questions.
http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/artbytheme/dragon_keyideas.html

Enjoy

Listen or read along to these simple dragon stories
http://www.starfall.com/n/chinese-fables/draw-dragon/load.htm?f

Yay-gung Loves Dragons
http://www.starfall.com/n/chinese-fables/yay-gung/load.htm?f

Send a free dragon e-card
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/ecards/ecards.html

Animal planet on-line feature on dragons – great film resource
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/myth/myth.html

Compilation of the name of famous dragons throughout history
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/dragons.htm

Play

Lots of on-line fun with Dragon Tales – games, activities, songs, etc.
http://pbskids.org/dragontales/index_sw.html

Can you match the description to the correct dragon in this on-line game?
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-dragon.htm

And our collection of links to other sites with dragon coloring pages.

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