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!

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 Lucky Envelope for Year of the Dog

tinyurl.com/dog-projects-CNY

One of the traditions of Chinese New Year is to give lucky red envelopes with money--especially to children and other unmarried relatives.

Red is a lucky color for the Chinese, and the writing on it is often done in gold to symbolize prosperity.

Click here to get a printable pattern. Print it out on red paper and use a gold Sharpie or crayon to color in the character for dog.

Printable Bookmarks for Year of the Rooster

Printable Bookmarks for Year of the Rooster

This is an easy craft that you can use with a group for Year of the Rooster. Just print, cut, and go. Bookmarks include pinyin words and Chinese characters for "Happy New Year." You can click for printable templates.

Printable Greeting Cards for Year of the Rooster

Printable Greeting Cards for Year of the Rooster

There are cards to just print and color, and then there are other cards for which you have a template to make a rooster that you can attach to a card. You can get the templates and instructions here. 

Coloring Pages for Year of the Rooster

Coloring Pages for Year of the Rooster

This is the simplest idea of all if you are doing a Chinese New Year program in this Year of the Rooster. Just print out these ready-to-go coloring pages, give the kids markers, colored pencils, or crayons, and let them go to it.You can find the printable templates here.