Chinese new year activities for kids
Get ready to add a touch of tradition and creativity to your Chinese New Year celebrations with these delightful crafts.
From vibrant red lanterns to intricate paper cuttings, this list of Chinese New Year activities is packed with inspiring ideas that will bring some creative fun to your home during this special time of year.
Whether you’re looking for fun activities for the kids or unique decorations for your space, these crafts and activities offer something for everyone.
Free Chinese New Year Activities
Chinese Dragon Headband
Printable Chinese Dragon headband that is fun and easy for the kids to make.
Chinese New Dot Painting
Celebrate Chinese New Year with festive dot marker activities that let kids explore colorful designs, practice fine motor skills, and learn about traditional symbols like lanterns, dragons, and lucky coins.
Woven Paper Lantern
Without lanterns, the Chinese New Year festivities would not be complete.
Chinese New Year Colouring Pages
Chinese New Year coloring pages are a fun and festive way for children and adults to celebrate the holiday, featuring traditional symbols like dragons, lucky red envelopes to bring the spirit of the Lunar New Year to life with vibrant colors.
Chinese New Year Activity Bundle
Celebrate Chinese New Year with a fun-filled activity bundle for kids! From line tracing to color by letter, these printables are free to use at home to school.
Year of the Dragon Dot painting
More Chinese New Year Crafts
Chinese Dragon Puppet – Colour and make your chinese dragon puppet with free printable template.
Rainbow Dragon Craft for Kids – Make use of empty toilet rolls to make this dragon craft.
Paper Dragon Craft – Makes use of folded paper to create a realist body for the paper Dragon.
Chinese dragon Paper Craft – Colourful paper craft that is perfect for the lunar new year celebrations.
Pipe Cleaner Dragons – These are fun and easy and the kids will enjoy making them.
Cupcake liner Dragon – Great Chinese New Year craft but also makes use of materials you already have at home.
Printable Dragon Face Mask – Fun cutting skill activity the kids can do for chinese new year.
Chinese Dragon Pop up card – The mouth of this Dragon pop open when you open the card.
Paper Lanterns – These timeless paper lanterns are really simple to assemble and can be festooned for any celebration or event.
Collage Paper Lanterns – This charming Chinese New Year lantern comes with a pattern so that smaller kids may make a lovely project for the holiday.
Mosaic Chinese Lantern Craft – A simple Chinese New Year craft with no mess and no prep required. Simply print template and make a mosaic on the lantern template.