Chinese New Year 2010, Year of the Tiger!

Kung Hei Fat Choy! 14th February will bring in the Chinese New Year, and this year will be the Year of the Tiger! This is one of the biggest and most popular sections at Activity Village, and we have so many ideas to help you enjoy Chinese New Year and study China, its people and its customs. And of course, this year we have added all sorts of tiger crafts and printables, too!
Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year coloring pages - Lots NEW!

We've got some great new Chinese New Year coloring pages for you ...
Chinese New Year Coloring Pages

Chinese New Year - The Year of the Ox!

26th January will see the start of a new Chinese New Year - The Year of the Ox. We have started getting ready for the new year at Activity Village and you will find all sorts of new activity ideas:

Year of the Ox Puzzles

Year of the Ox Crafts


Year of the Ox Printables

Year of the Ox Jigsaws

Traditional Chinese Games - Huge New Section!

To link in with our Chinese New Year page, we have just added a huge (and growing) collection of Traditional Chinese Games which you can enjoy with your family. You will find playground games such as Catch The Dragon's Tail and Forcing The City Gates, quiet guessing games like Fingers Out, traditional girl's games like "Look For Gold", similar to Jacks or Knucklebones, and lots more!
Traditional Chinese Games


We also have suggestions for Chinese New Year Games to play in your classroom or gathering, including some new printable games.
Chinese New Year Games

Chinese New Year Crafts and Puzzles - Lots New!

We have been busy creating some really fantastic new craft ideas for Chinese New Year, including a Chinese Lion Dance costume, a Chinese Dragon from egg boxes, a Chinese Lion puppet, a "Bowl of Oranges" collage, a Chinese firecracker, and lots more.

Chinese New Year Crafts

I've also added a new Chinese New Year word search to print out and enjoy...

Chinese New Year Puzzles

Chinese New Year - New Chinese Zodiac Printables

I love these latest Chinese New Year printables - and I hope you do too!


Perfect for displaying in the classroom, our Chinese Zodiac Posters feature the main characteristics of each animal of the Chinese zodiac. We think they will be great for vocabulary work, discussion, and fun to look at too!
Chinese Zodiac Posters


Also new are these Chinese Zodiac bookmarks. You can print out a classroom sheet (5 of the same animal on each page) to distribute the kids in your class, where most children will have one of two different birthdays. Or you can print out the 12 different animals, over 3 pages.
Chinese Zodiac Bookmarks

More Chinese New Year printables, crafts and activities for kids

Chinese New Year Crafts For Kids!

Chinese New Year is coming up fast - the Year of the Rat begins on 7th February. We have a growing collection of Chinese New Year activities for kids, include some super new quick and easy craft ideas added in the last couple of days:

Chinese New Year Crafts

Chinese New Year Coloring Pages

We have added 8 new Chinese New Year coloring pages to the site. Find them here:
Chinese New Year coloring pages

Chinese New Year Printables

We have lots of new Chinese New Year printables to keep your printer busy in the Year of the Rat!


Meet Winston and Lily, our newest paper dolls. They have some gorgeous new Chinese New Year outfits, as well as some traditional Chinese New Year costumes to wear.


We also have a great new range of Chinese zodiac writing paper designs and writing frames - something for all ages and all sorts of Chinese New Year projects.
Chinese New Year writing paper

Chinese New Year Craft for Year of the Pig

Have a look at this very cute pig pencil topper craft - perfect for welcoming in the Chinese New Year of the Pig!
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cheerful_pig_pencil_topper.htm

Chinese New Year for Kids

Don't forget to check out the Chinese New Year section! The Year of the Pig begins on 17th February 2007, and we have a huge collection of ideas and activities for you to enjoy with the kids, whether you are going to hold your own celebration of just learn about the holiday and perhaps a bit about China and Chinese customs too.

Chinese New Year