Jan 22 2012

Ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year

Celebrate the year of the Dragon with these fun crafts and treats! Perfect to share with your little ones.

Thumbprint Dragons
All you need is a few colorful inkpads and blank paper. Embellish with a pen to add eyes, ears, legs and a pointy tail!

http://funhandprintart.blogspot.com/2011/02/thumbprint-dragon.html

Egg Carton Dragon
Use egg cartons, paint, colored paper, tissue paper and shimmery foil to create a sensational Chinese New Year Dragon.

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/egg_box_chinese_dragon.htm

Colorful Fortune Cookies!
Yummy and fun to make your own fortunes too.

http://diyweddingplanning.blogspot.com/2010/10/do-it-yourself-fortune-cookies-recipe.html#.TsbN4j3NmN4

Paper Lanterns
These look great with sequin, sticker and glitter embellishments. Use lots of colors and string them across a porch or window!

http://crafts.kaboose.com/lantern1.html

Happy Chinese New Year! Don’t forget to wear something RED for good luck!

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Deborah Chetwood is an award winning, published photographer in Austin, TX who specializes in stylized children's, senior's and glamour photography. To find out more about the artist click HERE.

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6 comments

Karen Cooley - January 23, 2012 - 11:18 am

Fun ideas!! Something to do when my girls get home from school. :)

Danielle Dutta - January 23, 2012 - 12:36 pm

I love this!

One of my close friends is chinese and instead of doing “Christmas’ cards, we did year of the dragon cards. Was a hoot, and I had no idea, (even after years of knowing her) that it was an actual holiday! I’m going to suggest that that next year we should do some of these crafts and really do a holiday event with friends and family.
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Shannon B. - January 23, 2012 - 1:30 pm

Wonderful, I just had a friend become a mom today. They were hoping for the little one to be born in year of the rabbit but she waited for the year of the dragon. Will share this with her older cousins as some fun things to do for her. Her dad is from China and everything they had was rabbit so now the cousins can create Dragon replacements. :)

Donna Beck - January 23, 2012 - 1:45 pm

Love your ideas! I am getting out some crafting supplies now to do this with the kiddos when they get home from school!

Melissa Wilson - January 23, 2012 - 2:00 pm

Awesome ideas.. Love the post! Thank you for sharing!

Tara Colburn - January 23, 2012 - 2:17 pm

Fun! Might have to try some of these with my girls. And eat some Chinese food, yum!
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