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Lunar New Year Activities for Kids
By the S.F. Chinese New Year Parade and Festival
Coloring Activities for Kids -
How to Make a Paper Lantern
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Coloring
Activities for Kids
2000 Chinese New Year Festival &
Parade
In addition to providing historical and cultural information about the Lunar New
Year and San Francisco celebrations, this well-designed site houses an
especially enjoyable "Fun & Games" section featuring games and crafts for kids,
including coloring book pages, instructions for making paper lanterns, and a
recipe for fortune cookies.
To print out these samples for your kids'
enjoyment, just click on the links or images for the larger versions. (Note:
May take a while to load.) Then, be sure to visit the Chinese New Year and
Festival site to see some of their other free offerings for kids!
How to Make
Chinese Lanterns
What You Need
- Strong Construction Paper or Wall Paper
- approximately 12" x 18" construction paper,
assorted colors or approximately 12" x 18" white drawing paper
- scissors
- crayons, markers, and/or paints
What to Do
- Use either
colored paper or white paper for the lantern. If using white paper, you can
decorate the lantern paper using any designs or colors you like -- a Chinese
motif would look nice. (Red is
considered a lucky color for the Chinese!)
- Fold decorated paper in half the long way
- Make cuts along the folded side about every
1 1/2 to 2 inches. Be careful not to cut all the way through.
- Unfold the paper and round and bend the
short sides together. Staple the open area at the top bottom and middle [see
illustration]
- Cut a strip of paper and staple it across
the top for a handle.
- You can put a small flash light inside to
light up your lantern.
Related Readings
Lunar New Year Books for Kids
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
A review of children’s picture books by APA writers about celebrating Lunar
New Year.
Image credits: All images used with
permission from
2000 Southwest Airlines/Chinese New Year Festival & Parade, San Francisco
Chinese New Year Festival & Parade, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 730 Sacramento
Street, San Francisco, California 94108, Tel: (415) 391-9680, Fax: (415)
986-1933, info@chineseparade.com.
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