Fun Chinese New Year Crafts & Recipes

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with creative crafts and recipes.

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Festive Ribbon Dragon

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this mini version of the monster-size parade dragon.
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Paper Snakes

It's the Chinese Year of the Snake! Have your kids make a suitable sidekick from cardstock and markers.
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Nian Gao, or Chinese New Year's Cake

Eating nian gao is considered good luck during Chinese New Year. Have your kids help you bake it while you teach them about new cultures.
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Make a Dragon Puppet

Dragons represent good fortune, so they often make appearances at celebrations of Chinese New Year. Create your own luck with this puppet-size dragon.
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Fire-breathing Cake

This adorable and friendly fire-breathing dragon will delight kids of all ages.
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Chinese Banner

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with long, lacy garlands.
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Sesame-soy Noodles

Noodles are a traditional food for Chinese New Year: their length symbolizes longevity.
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Good-luck Goldfish

Get the new year off to a swimming start with these fortune-bringing fish.
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Vegetarian Dumplings

Bring the entire family together making these dumplings which represent wealth and togetherness during the New Year.
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Paper Fortune Cookies

With these colorful, fortune-filled paper cookies, you can enjoy the Chinese New Year tradition of chun lian, simple expressions of wishes for good fortune in the coming year.
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Chicken Lo Mein

The best part about this colorful Chinese dish is its versatility -- you can pick and choose the vegetables you include to accommodate your family's tastes.
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Paper Lanterns

Your family can celebrate the Chinese New Year and its finale, the Lantern Festival, with a collection of these flameless mini paper lanterns.
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Spicy Green Beans with Pork

The green beans in this classic Chinese dish take on the flavors of ginger, chili, and garlic. And the spice is just right -- not too hot for most kids but a bit of a kick for Mom and Dad.
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Chinese New Year Paper Lantern

These decorative lanterns aren't meant to be lit, but they're great additions to your party décor.
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Wonderful Wonton Soup

Any Chinese restaurant worth its soy sauce can make a good wonton soup. But once you and your child try our version, you might never go back.
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Chinese New Year Zodiac Wheel

This handy printable will show you the animal that corresponds with your birth year, and the most likely compatible signs.
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Shrimp Dumplings

Water chestnuts provide a crunchy contrast to the shrimp's delicate texture and flavor in these Asian dumplings.
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Pork Dumplings

Oyster sauce and sesame oil give this traditional pork dumpling its rich flavor.
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Chinese New Year Red Envelope

Present your Chinese New Year gift inside our printable red envelope.
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Chicken and Pepper Egg Rolls

Bring good fortune to your household this year with these delicious egg rolls which symbolize wealth.
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Dragon Puppet

This easy-to-assemble printable dragon puppet will be a big hit at your party.
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps

The Cantonese word for lettuce sounds like "fortune", which is why lettuce wraps are a traditional staple at the New Year's table.
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Chinese Orange Tray

During the celebration of Chinese New Year, oranges and tangerines are displayed in trays or bowls. Tangerines are symbolic of good luck and oranges represent wealth. Make your own tray of oranges to share good luck with your whole family!
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