Here are 10 ways to celebrate Chinese New Year with your troop: Read this colorful description of Chinese New Year celebrations. Learn a Chinese New Year song. Eat! Try making egg rolls, Chinese chicken soup, rice balls or Chinese dumplings or a more complex dish. Do Chinese New Year’s Readers Theatre. Make Chinese lanterns. Jan 26, 2018 - Explore Heather Geiger's board "Scouts", followed by 148 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about chinese new year party, chinese new year crafts, chinese crafts. Base 1 - Chinese Paper Lanterns, you will want battery operated tea lights for this. Do not use flame with these. Base 2 - The Story of Chinese New Year Base 3 - Chopstick Relay. Resources. Base 1 - Chinese Lantern Template, Printer, Red Paper, Pens Scissors, Tape/Glue Base 2 - Information sheet for Leader, Print out of the Zodiac and years. To introduce the Chinese New Year and make fun objects. Resources. Lantern templates, dragon card templates, colouring activity sheets, pencils, pens, scissors, ribbon and staples. Projector or print out if using slides. Instructions. Begin making the lanterns as explained, helping with the stapling, if time progress to the cards. Can play this Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) (10 Feb) Lunar New Year is the beginning of the year for calendars based on the moon. Why not celebrate Chinese New Year? Activities to try: Make some Chinese Window Flowers; Play Catch the Dragon's tail; Make your own Fortune cookies May 27, 2024 - Explore Nicole Lemon's board "Cub Scout Theme: Chinese New Year" on Pinterest. See more ideas about chinese new year, chinese new year crafts, candy sushi. Try your hand at some Chinese calligraphy and make a traditional Chinese New Year decoration. Jan 29, 2020 - Explore Sam Pedder's board "Beaver Scouts Chinese New Year" on Pinterest. See more ideas about chinese new year, chinese new year crafts, chinese new year activities. Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) It's normally held between 25 January and 8 February. It's celebrated by putting up decorations, sharing food and gifts with family and friends, and setting off fireworks. This Programme celebrates the colourful festival of the Chinese New Year. Each year in the Chinese calendar is named after an animal – tiger, ox, horse, pig, dragon, rabbit and so on – each with its May 27, 2024 - Explore Nicole Lemon's board "Cub Scout Theme: Chinese New Year" on Pinterest. See more ideas about chinese new year, chinese new year crafts, candy sushi. As part of the Artist activity badge and celebration of Chinese New Year . Resources. see below. Instructions. Main activity/activities (50 minutes or 1 hour) It is recommended that the Chinese Zodiac is run for the whole pack but that the other activities are run as bases so that only 1 six is doing the activity at a time. The Chinese Zodiac Celebrating Chinese New Year! These Chinese New Year celebration ideas are sure to be a hit with your girls. Chinese New Year is also an important holiday celebrated in several other Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. Of course the holiday is celebrated in many communities around the world. Jul 22, 2018 - Explore Shari Menke's board "China SWAPS" on Pinterest. See more ideas about world thinking day, girl scout swap, girl scout ideas. You learned about a new culture. What do you think of when you hear the word ‘dragon’? You may think about monsters, breathing fire, and eating people. In China, dragons are lucky—people believe they bring people luck at festivals like Chinese New Year. Why is it useful to know what things like animals mean for people from other cultures? Aug 20, 2024 - Explore Julie Rawlinson's board "Beaver Scouts - Chinese New Year" on Pinterest. See more ideas about chinese new year, chinese new year crafts, new year's crafts. Traditional Activities for chinese new year. Here is a list of Traditional Chinese new year activity ideas: 1. Clean the house: Cleaning the house is an important traditional activity during Chinese New Year. Doing so is believed to bring good luck and prosperity, and helps to usher in the new year with a sense of freshness and renewal. 2. Scouts - Chinese New Year HM King Charles III has been confirmed as our new Patron, a great honour for UK Scouts. The King continues a long tradition of the monarch giving their Patronage, dating back to 1912. HM King Charles III has been confirmed as our new Patron, a great honour for UK Scouts. The King continues a long tradition of the monarch giving their Patronage, dating back to 1912. This was when Scouts was granted its Royal Charter and HM George V became our first Patron. 2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake – a symbol of wisdom, creativity, and transformation. If you’re celebrating Chinese New Year with your children and looking for Year of the Snake activity ideas, we’ve got you covered with 12 fun snake-themed activities they’ll love.
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