Welcome to our Chinese New Year pages for kids! We've got a huge collection of fun kids crafts and printable activities for you to explore and enjoy with your children, both at home or in the classroom. You can learn about the current year, the Year of the Rabbit, or the year about to start - the Year of the Dragon. Or just enjoy our general Chinese New Year resources, including our fabulous We have a huge collection of Chinese New Year printables here at Activity Village, including bookmarks, writing pages, printable crafts, paper dolls, games, posters, masks and lacing cards, and lots of printable pages based around the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Chinese New Year is a colourful, joyful family celebration, full of interesting symbols and traditions to learn about. Chinese Lots NEW! Get the kids engaged at Chinese New Year with our fun collection of worksheets. We've got many activities based on the animals of the Chinese zodiac: fact finding worksheets, maths facts colouring worksheets, handwriting worksheets, finger tracing pages, story pages, writing pages and tracing worksheets - perfect for early learners in the classroom or home. You can also find some Chinese New Year is a perfect time to introduce children to the fascinating traditions and stories of the Chinese Zodiac. The 12 animals each carry unique characteristics, making them an exciting topic for young Chinese learners. Here are some fun activities to help your kids learn more about thes 15 Chinese New Year Activities for Kids. Keep the Chinese tradition of cleaning the house before the New Year comes in sounds like a good excuse to get the whole family doing a bit of housework 😉; Read a Book. There are many great books about Chinese New Year and Chinese folk tales to be found. – See more at the bottom of this post The Snake is the 6th animal in the order of the Chinese zodiac, and every 12th year is named for this intelligent animal. In 2025, the new year starts on January 29. Here is the order of the animals in the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. More Free Printable Chinese New Year, Year of the Snake Crafts I have more articles with printable pages with crafts and activities for Year of the Snake. You can find Printable Coloring Sheets with over a dozen designs for a quick and easy project, and Printable Children's Activity Sheets which include and information sheet, comprehension Every Lunar New Year, families all over the world honor the zodiac animal of the year with decorations, traditions, and festive activities. Since 2025 is the Year of the Snake , now is the perfect time to introduce these animals to your students through fun crafts and lessons. You can learn more about the story of the Chinese zodiac and enjoy free Chinese New Year activities in our activity pack. 12 Activity Ideas to Celebrate the Year of the Snake In Chinese culture, the number 12 symbolises harmony and completeness – just like the 12 animals in the Zodiac. DAVAXI 20 CM Chinese New Year Plush Snake Animals 2025 Year of The Snake Stuffed Mascot Doll Snake Plush Toys Chinese Zodiac Snake Decor for Spring Festival Lunar New Year Gifts Blessing Souvenir. Bleacher Creatures Lunar New Year Dragon Kuricha 8. XIZHI Rabbit Stuffed Animal Plush Pillow Toy Chinese New Year Plushes Year Zodiac Rabbit Mascot Follow our step by step illustrations and kids will soon learn how to draw this lovely rabbit - perfect for Easter or Chinese New Year! Learn to Draw a Rat Kids can follow the step by step illustrations to learn how to draw this cheeky rat! Here's a fun activity that helps the children learn two things - the Chinese zodiac and their ordinal numbers! They need to use the information on the worksheet to fill in the order of the animals in the Chinese zodiac, then cut out the cute animal cards and arrange them into order. Why not laminate and keep available for your Chinese New Year writing activities? Chinese Zodiac Flash Cards - Large These flash cards print 2 to a page and feature all 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac - words and pictures. Print out these fun Chinese New Year posters - a mixture of posters for the individual years (now Year of the Snake) and posters showing the typical characteristics of people born under the different animal signs. Great fun for the classroom! You will find the remaining 10 animals of the Chinese Zodiac here as lovely black and white masks for the kids to colour in. We suggest you print onto white card or good quality paper, and for a lasting effect, laminate the masks when they have been coloured. Use this Chinese Characters Number Poster to brighten up the walls of the classroom or home at Chinese New Year or for counting activities. The poster prints out well on bright-coloured paper or card. As the Chinese New Year approaches, people clean out their homes and decorate it with lanterns, couplets and other items. Made with Happy brings us a DIY Chinese New Year ornament that adds a nice touch to your traditional decor! 7. Chinese Lucky Red Envelopes Printable. An important tradition during the Chinese New Year is the gifting of money. Here is our collection of general Chinese New Year colouring pages. You'll find detailed scenes which older kids (and even adults) will enjoy colouring in, as well as simple pages showing some of the objects and traditions associated with Chinese New Year. You'll also find some collections of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac (although we have more for each animal on their own pages, which Chinese paper cuts are an ancient craft and tradition - and here at Activity Village is a tradition that we do one every year for Chinese New Year. Scroll down to find instructions and a template to produce 2 variations of this rat paper cut. Lots NEW! Here you will find a collection of fun Chinese New Year puzzles for kids of all ages - from boggler puzzles to mazes to word searches to codes and more! We also have collections for each of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, which you can find through the links here.
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