← All pages

Chinese New Year card with lanterns

A happy and healthy new year!Made by: ...........................Happy New Year!Happy Chinese New Yearcutfold

For parents

How to make it

about 20 minuteseasy160 gsm paper

  1. Colour in the front (the bottom half) nicely.
  2. Cut out the card along the dashed line.
  3. Fold it in half along the dotted line, with the picture on the outside. The card then stands up with the fold at the top.
  4. Chinese New Year (the Spring Festival) falls on a different day each year in January or February.
  5. Red and gold are festive colours: colour the lanterns red and the edges yellow.
  6. Write a wish for the new year inside.

Print on thick paper (160 gsm) if you have it; ordinary paper works too.

What you need

  • Colouring pencilsFor fine areas and small hands
  • Children's scissorsWith a rounded tip; don't let young children cut on their own
  • Felt-tip pens · optionalBright colours; choose washable ones
  • Thick paper (160 gsm) · optionalFor paper models and cards that need to stand up
Chinese New Year card with lanterns · Kleurhoek