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Chinese lantern craft for kids

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Are you looking for Chinese New Year crafts and activities to help ring in the Lunar New Year?

It is a tradition for Chinese children to create their own lanterns to display at Chinese New Year.

Using the free printable offered below, your children can easily create their own Chinese lantern to celebrate Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, or any other Chinese holiday.

Note: You’ll find more kid-friendly Chinese New Year activities on my Chinese New Year Activities for Kids page.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

To make this Chinese lantern craft, you will first want to download and print this Chinese lantern template.

Once you’ve printed your template, begin by folding your paper in half along the dotted line.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

Then cut along the solid lines. Be careful to stop at the end of the solid line and not cut to the end of the paper. This part can be a bit tricky for young kids whose fine motor skills are not fully developed.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity
 

Open up your paper. Then bend it into a tall, narrow circle.  The lines you just cut should now run lengthwise down the lantern.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

Use tape to secure the ends of your lantern in place.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

Use a hole punch to make two holes at the top of your lantern. The holes should be positioned opposite each other.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

Run a length of string through both holes, and then tie it into a knot.

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

Display your Chinese lantern craft for all to see!

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity

For an added touch, light up your lanterns! We had a few battery operated lights laying around.

I attached a short length of string to a light using tape. I then tied the other end of the string to the string already attached to our lanterns. I positioned it in such as way that the string with the light would hang down the middle of the lantern. We closed all our shutters to darken our house, and this is the fun photo we managed to capture!

Chinese lantern craft for kids with free printable template || Gift of Curiosity
 

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More Chinese New Year resources

More Chinese New Year posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Chinese New Year Printables Pack
  • Books about Chinese New Year
  • Chinese New Year drum craft
  • Chinese New Year Do-a-Dot Printables
  • Chinese New Year Bingo

For more kid-friendly Chinese New Year activities, see my Chinese New Year Activities for Kids page and my Chinese New Year Pinterest board.

Filed Under: Arts and Crafts, Chinese New Year, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

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3 Comments

  1. Lisa

    January 19, 2015 at 11:56 am

    HI, did you use colored card stock or something with a lighter weight?? I have card stock, but I’m worried it won’t want to stay bent!

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    • Katie SG

      January 19, 2015 at 7:46 pm

      I just used regular red paper. A light card stock might work, but I agree you might have trouble if the paper is too thick or stiff.

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      • Betty

        February 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm

        This looks like such a fun craft for Chinese New Year! Good to know that it’s okay to use regular red paper rather than thick card stock! Thank you for the helpful instructions, can’t wait to try it!

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