Saturday, January 18, 2025

Printable Snake Crafts for Chinese New Year


 January 29 is the beginning of the Year of the Snake, and here is a list of articles that offer free printable craft projects to celebrate the holiday. 


Printable Children’s Activity Sheets for the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Snake--Information sheets, comprehension questions, writing practice, maze, word search, word scramble. Introduces children to Chinese writing style and vocabulary.

Year of the Snake Crafts: Printable Kid Craft Projects for Chinese New Year--Lanterns, puppets, envelopes, paper plate face, coloring sheets



Here's a play that children can act out:


And here's a booklist with good books for Chinese New Year:


Saturday, February 3, 2024

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.



 

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