Celebrate Lunar New Year with this fun and easy Chinese Lion Puppet craft for kids! It's perfect for learning about the traditions of Chinese New Year while Celebrate at home with this easy-to-make Chinese lion puppet! It’s a fun craft to enjoy with your kids and a great way to bring the festive spirit to life. What is the Chinese lion dance? Lion dances are an important part of Chinese celebrations, especially Chinese New Year. It is thought to scare away evil spirits and to bring good luck. 1. Sketch out your lion drawing 2. Let your child trace the outline with a thin marker 3. Colour it4. Cut out the shape of the lion5. Fold a piece of coloure Cute Chinese lion dragon puppet with strings to make it look like it is walking and dancing! The 14 inch long velvet and faux feather puppet has six, 20 inch long strings attached to it and a plastic paddle to make your lion move! The puppet stands 8 inches tall on the back and 12 inches long to the top of his head not including the tail. Cute Chinese lion dragon puppet with strings to make it look like it is walking and dancing! The 14 inch long velvet and faux feather puppet has six, 20 inch long strings attached to it and a plastic paddle to make your lion move! The puppet stands 8 inches tall on the back and 12 inches long to the top of his head not including the tail. To make this adorable puppet, students will cut, glue and paint provided templates before attaching them to popsticks. This will create a three-dimensional puppet with a lion’s head that can be displayed in the classroom, sent home as a Chinese New Year gift, or used as part of interactive play! This resource includes: Detailed instructions. In this K-2 lesson, students will learn the history of the Chinese Lion Dance and create lion head puppets to perform in a parade. The Chinese New Year celebration dance is believed to bring good luck and happiness. Students will learn about the traditional dance, the costumes that are worn, and the music that accompanies the dance performance. Toddler Chinese Lion Puppet. Hopscotch Mom has a lovely little lion (or dragon) puppet for preschoolers to have a go at! I hope you will give the lion some time this lunar new year! In the meantime we have some lovely festival lanterns/ paper lanterns, egg carton dargons, chinese dragon puppets in this collection of Chinese New Year Crafts! The New Year Lion Dance Puppet Craft features a printable lion dance paper bag puppet craft, accessories, and step-by-step instructions for students to follow to create their own puppets! Adults can read the instructions and assist younger children in creating their own lion dancer to celebrate the New Year holiday. This craft makes a fun art Description: - 【Symbol of Good Fortune】: The 2025 Chinese New Year Lion Dance embodies good luck, prosperity, making it a symbol for the festive season - 【Festive Atmosphere Enhancer】: With its colors and striking design, this lion dance toy adds a joyful and celebratory atmosphere to your Chinese New Year festivities - 【Gift】:Lion dance toy is ideal gift for both kids and adults Cute Chinese lion dragon puppet with strings to make it look like it is walking and dancing! The 14 inch long velvet and faux feather puppet has six, 20 inch long strings attached to it and a plastic paddle to make your lion move! The puppet stands 8 inches tall on the back and 12 inches long to the top of his head not including the tail. Cute Chinese lion dragon puppet with strings to make it look like it is walking and dancing! The 14 inch long velvet and faux feather puppet has six, 20 inch long strings attached to it and a plastic paddle to make your lion move! The puppet stands 8 inches tall on the back and 12 inches long to the top of his head not including the tail. Every year we go into Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year with our good friend N. And every year Spiff comes back impressed and with an urgent need to be a lion. We make paper lions. Spiff gets out some plastic oranges from the play food bin and makes me drum away on our coffee table while he dances away. Children will love performing their own miniature versions of the Lion Dance with this handmade, exquisitely detailed Lion Dance puppet. And when they're through playing, you can hang it up as a unique decoration for the Chinese New Year. Please note this costume is non-returnable since the it is easily damaged during the return shipping. What Lion Dances Symbolize. In Chinese culture, the lion symbolizes power, wisdom, and superiority. People perform lion dances at Chinese festivals or big occasions to bring good fortune and chase away evil spirits. The lion dance is one of the most important traditions at Chinese New Year. Celebrate Chinese New Year with this lively Lion Dancer string puppet. Kids will love to play with the puppet by creating fun puppet shows for friends and family or participating in classroom activities that explore this festive Chinese holiday. Lunar New Year Puppet Making Kit, 2024 Year of the Dragon, Make 5 LARGE, Jointed Stick Puppets, Chinese New Year, Fun, Educational (451) $ 20.00 Celebrate Chinese New Year with this lively Lion Dancer string puppet. Kids will love to play with the puppet by creating fun puppet shows for friends and family or participating in classroom activities that explore this festive Chinese holiday. Choose from Fuchsia, Orange, Yellow, White, Red, or Yellow-Red. One year when I was still teaching, I came across a large empty cake box just before Chinese New Year from a child’s birthday party the other day. I immediately saw an opportunity to create a Lion’s Head for a Lion Dance since we had spent all of the past week talking about Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, is a time of vibrant celebrations, rich traditions, and fun activities for families everywhere. This year, the festivities kick off on February 10th, marking the beginning of a
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