Chinese New Year Activities and Crafts

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Shed some "light" on the Chinese culture while brightening up your home. Teach your child the Chinese character for good luck with this lantern craft.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Cook these dumplings with your kids to ring in the Chinese New Year or any day you're craving tasty homemade food!

Every day can be Chinese New Year with a dancing dragon that your child can make at home.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

In this activity, your child will create a fun lion mask and learn a little about Chinese culture too!

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!