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Chinese
New Year Crafts
Enslow,
2005
A
collection of ten easy crafts for
kids.
- New
Year Banners
- Chuan-Lian
- Good Luck
Characters
- Chinese
Zodiac Pictures
- Paper
Firecracker Candy
Holder
- Noisemakers
- Dragon
Streamer Puppet
- Dragon
Costume
- Red
and Gold Bracelet
- Ribbon
Lantern
- Chinese
Papercuts
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Whenever we write a
nonfiction book, we always end up with a LOT more
material on hand than ends up in the book! Here are
more Chinese New Year crafts and activities that
didn't make it into Karen's book, Chinese New
Year Crafts.
Nianhua -
New year's prints
Colorful prints with
traditional good luck symbols are common
decorations for the New Year celebrations. Try this
simple method of making a reverse block
print.
What you will
need:
- Styrofoam meat tray or
any flat piece of Styrofoam
- Dull pencil
- Scrap paper
- Newspaper
- Scissors
- Tape
- Black tempera
paint
- Wide brush
- Red or yellow
construction paper
- Cut the rim off of the
meat tray so that you have a flat piece of
Styrofoam.
- Cut a piece of scrap
paper the size of the Styrofoam. Draw a simple
picture on the paper. One design popular in the
countryside is the Kitchen God, who symbolized
blessings. You could also draw fish (abundance),
bats (good luck), dragons (power), butterflies
(long life), or happy children. Keep the design
very simple so that it will print
well.
- Tape the drawing to the
Styrofoam. Use a dull pencil to trace the lines
so that the lines are scored in the
Styrofoam.
- Remove the paper. Go
over the lines with a dull pencil to make them
deep and wide.
- Do a test print. Spread
newspapers on your working surface to protect
it. Use a wide brush to spread black tempera
paint evenly over the Styrofoam.Turn the
Styrofoam painted-side down onto a piece of
newspaper. Rub firmly on the back of the
Styrofoam. Lift slowly. If the print doesn't
look the way you want it, wash the foam and
re-score the lines that aren't
clear.
- When the test prints
look nice, make prints on red or yellow
construction paper. Let dry and hang up. If you
like, you can decorate the prints with other
colors of tempera paint.
Fireworks
picture
Make a memory of Chinese
New Year fireworks with these glittery pictures, or
use them as decorations during the New Year
holiday.
What you will
need:
- Black construction
paper
- Glitter glue, glitter
pens, or sparkle gel pens
- Pictures of
fireworks
- Look at pictures of
real fireworks going off to see the shapes that
they make.
- Using glitter glue,
glitter pens, or gel pens, draw the shapes of
fireworks on the black paper. Use different
colors in the same big bursts just like real
fireworks.
- If you like, add dots
of silver glitter or ink to make stars in the
night sky.
- Let the picture dry,
then hang up for a decoration.
Chinese
shuttlecock
Shuttlecock has been a
popular game in China for many centuries. It is one
of the games that Chinese children and adults may
play during the New Year celebrations. Shuttlecocks
are often made with feathers, but you can make your
own version from paper.
What you will
need:
- 2 pieces of tissue
paper, 8 x 12 inches
- A small weight such as:
4 washers, 4 quarters, a small rubber ball, a
small rock
- Yarn
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Stack the two pieces of
tissue paper on top of one another. Fold in half
lengthwise.
- Use the ruler and a
pencil to draw a line 1 inch from the
fold.
- Make cuts about 1/2
inch apart from the unfolded edge to the pencil
line. This makes a row of fringes.
- Unfold the paper
carefully and spread the fringes out on either
side of the fold.
- Place the weight at one
end of the fold. Carefully roll the paper up in
the direction of the fold around the
weight.
- Gather all the fringes
together in one bunch. Tie with yarn just above
the weight.
- To play, kick the
shuttlecock with your feet to keep it in the
air. You can play alone, or with other players.
If you play with others, work together to keep
the shuttlecock in the air as long as possible.
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