January 29 is the beginning of the Year of the Snake, and I've pulled together a list of resources that offer free printable craft projects to celebrate the holiday:
Books and Crafts for China
Sunday, January 12, 2025
A Roundup of Free Printable Crafts and Resources for Chinese New Year: Year of the Snake 2025
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Easy Printable Dragon Decor for Chinese New Year
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.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
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
Sunday, January 1, 2023
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
Monday, May 2, 2022
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
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
Monday, January 10, 2022
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.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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: