School/kids crafts

Chinese Paper Lantern

06:39 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi there! We've been celebrating Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year) at school since Febrary 10th. This year is the Year of the snake. Last week we made awesome bouncy Spiral snakes (Check out this free printable project) This week we made some paper lanterns. They are super easy and fun to make, and the kids LOVED them!

Materials
     ☽ construction paper
     ☽ coloring pencils
     ☽ glue or tape
     ☽ scissors
     ☽ ruler
     ☽ yarn

Simply follow these easy instructions!

Draw whichever design you like!

Good cutting/fine motor skills exercise!

We added yarn for our handles!

We even learned an awesome Chinese New Year song... Gung Hay Fat Choy