Elementary School Lunar New Year Activities

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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