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

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

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

Printable Coloring Pages for Chinese New Year: "Year of the Snake"

Printable Chinese Zodiac Coloring Sheets

Printable Coloring Sheets for Chinese New Year

Kid Crafts for Chinese New Year: Quick and Easy Printables and Projects for Lunar New Year--panda papercuts, lanterns, dragons, craft books to buy

Here's a play that children can act out:

Chinese Zodiac Story for Kids: The Animals' Race

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

Best Books for Kids About China: Chinese New Year Resources

A Roundup of Free Printable Crafts and Resources for Chinese New Year: Year of the Snake 2025

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:

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

Year of the Snake Crafts: Printable Kid Craft Projects for Chinese New Year

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

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

Printable Coloring Pages for Chinese New Year: "Year of the Snake"

Printable Chinese Zodiac Coloring Sheets

Printable Coloring Sheets for Chinese New Year

Kid Crafts for Chinese New Year: Quick and Easy Printables and Projects for Lunar New Year

Here's a play that children can act out:

Chinese Zodiac Story for Kids: The Animals' Race

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

Best Books for Kids About China: Chinese New Year Resources

 

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 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.

Printables for Year of the Rooster

Printable Crafts for the Year of the Rooster

The year of the rooster will be here soon. It starts January 28, 2017. If you are a teacher, librarian, or parent who has found yourself in charge of Chinese New Year activities this year, this site will be a godsend. It has dozens of easy crafts that you can print and go. Greeting cards, bookmarks, coloring pages, lanterns, these kid-friendly roosters are a simple way to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Happy Spring Festival!