Easy Printable Dragon Decor for Chinese New Year

This is a super simple, quick, easy and cheap way to make dragon decor for the upcoming Lunar New Year. Use the free printable pages to print out the head, tail, and legs, and then use whatever you have on hand to make the center part, which is the body. 

Here are some things the article says you can use:

Yarn

Ribbon

Fabric

Paper Chain

Accordion-Folded Paper

Toilet Paper Roll

Cylindrical Salt Box

Cupcake Liners

In no time, you'll have a great decoration, and all you'll need is some paper and a few odds and ends.

 

A Roundup of Quick Printable Crafts for Year of the Dragon Chinese Zodiac

 

2024 is the Year of the Dragon, and celebrations in most of Asia start February 10.

Here is a roundup of sites that have quick and easy ideas for crafts to celebrate this holiday with templates that are absolutely free to print. Most of the crafts just require some paper, something to color with like crayons, markers, or colored pencils, and maybe some scissors.

How to Craft Chinese Dragons with Printable Templates

Printable Children’s Activity Sheets for the Chinese New Year: "Year of the Dragon"

Year of the Dragon Crafts: Printable Kid Projects for Chinese New Year

Printable Red Envelopes and Bookmarks for Year of the Dragon, Chinese New Year

Printable Children's Craft: Greeting Cards to Color for the "Year of the Dragon"

Printable Coloring Pages for the Chinese New Year: Year of the Dragon

Happy crafting!

A Roundup of Crafts for Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

 Here is a roundup of super simple and quick crafts for the Year of the Rabbit.  Each article features printable projects that usually only require basic supplies like paper, scissors, crayons and and glue.  You’ll find patterns to print for a variety of lanterns, bookmarks, greeting cards, coloring sheets, paper bag puppets and the like.  It’s the easiest way to make some decorative crafts for a multicultural celebration featuring Chinese New Year.

Printable Children’s Activity Sheets for the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Rabbit

Year of the Rabbit Crafts: Printable Kid Projects for Chinese New Year

Printable Envelopes and Bookmarks for Year of the Rabbit, Chinese New Year

Printable Children's Craft Greeting Cards to Color for the Year of the Rabbit

Printable Coloring Pages for the Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Rabbit

Books For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated in the month of May. The month of May was chosen because it marks two important dates. On May7, 1843, the first Japanese immigrants arrive in the United States. On May 10, 1869, Golden Spike Day celebrated the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which counted so many Chinese workers among the laborers who worked to build the western side. 

Here are a bunch of booklists that include engaging books for all age levels of children that will introduce them to Asian Heritage:

Seeing Asian-Americans: Best Books for Children

20 Children's Books Featuring Asians and Asian-Americans

Seeing Asian-Americans: Great Chapter Books for Tweens

Seeing Asian-Americans: Great Books for Teens

Seeing Asian-Americans: Children's Fiction and Nonfiction on Asian Lives, Culture, and History

Best Books for Kids About China: Chinese New Year Resources

Quick Printable Lantern Crafts for Year of the Tiger

 Here are two lantern crafts you can make for Chinese New Year. Just print, cut, and assemble. Super easy. The holiday is coming up February 1st. It will be the Year of the Tiger. Here is the link for the Tiger Lantern Templates.

Printable Template for Tiger Lantern - Chinese New Year

 All you need are two pieces of paper to make this cute lantern craft. It's a take on those cute paper lanterns we used to make in elementary school--just add some tiger facial features. 

This craft, along with several other templates is on this site: 

Printable Templates for Year of the Tiger Lanterns (Round)

You can find more lanterns to make on this site: 

Printable Templates for Year of the Tiger Lanterns (Square)

Printable Coloring Sheets for the Year of the Tiger

 What could be a simpler craft than a Year of the Tiger coloring sheet? These include links to printable files, so it's a snap to choose the ones you want on your print and print them up. I also like th fact that they inlcude the phrase "Happy New Year" in English, Chinese, and pinyin (a system that uses letters to indicate how the words are pronounced.) And some are soo cute! There are lots to choose from, with 15 in portrait orientation and 155 in landscape orientation. It's a quick and easy way to celebrate Chinese New Year, The Year of the Tiger.