Chinese New Year can be a great way of introducing new cultural ideas, customs and foods to your child.

Here are some amazing crafts that you could do with kids.

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Create a stunning Chinese style lantern by painting your very own cherry blossom pattern onto a paper lantern.

You could use a round lantern or if you want to have a string of lights find white cylinder lanterns and decorate each one with a unique painting.

Print and decorate your own Chinese New Year Picture Dictionary with this downloadable template from Enchanted Learning.

Once created, this book can be used year after year as all the animal symbols are there, along with the dates and symbols for years to come.

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Have fun folding, sticking and gluing with these paper plate crafts for kids from DLTK. Create the perfect Chinese Dragon Puppet to accompany the traditional Chinese Dragon Dance.

Add a piece of bamboo so your Dragon Puppet can dance along too!

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It is a tradition to give money in red envelopes with gold lettering to loved ones to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

First Palette created a tutorial post on how to create a beautiful Red Envelope of your own. You can decorate yours with the animal symbol for the year to come.

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I just love this Chinese New Year Skyline craft for kids from Sweetnicks

Made using newspaper with thumbprint lanterns, this would look great anytime of year. You could add fireworks or dancing dragons too, be as creative as you like.

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Create traditional Chinese New Year Dragon Masks, just print, colour in – the more colourful the better! – and tie elastic around the back of the mask to fit your child.

Perfect for some dragon prancing around the room afterwards!

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In China, goldfish are considered to bring abundance. I love this pretty goldfish kite from Lightly Enchanted.

They are created using the inner tube from kitchen or toilet roll and crepe paper and will provide hours of fun for the kids, not just while they are making them, but when they get to fly them too.

Watch our quick instruction video for how to create an origami frog, one that even hops!

A great craft for kids to celebrate the Chinese New Year or to make any time of year. You could create them in lots of different colours.

Learn more about these cute pandas for Chinese New Year, and create your own masterpieces with these fun panda craft ideas for kids.

Pandas are one of the most adorable animals, and always a popular choice with kids. If you’ve ever wondered about these intriguing animals, you’re sure to find these panda facts for kids very interesting!

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Use the principles of simple Origami to create Chinese New Year Fish that would look great as decorations around the house.

I am a Full Time Mummy uses Red Packets (Ang Pows), but if you can’t get those you could use strong wrapping paper. Just make sure you cut them into an exact square shape for the fish to work.