Showing posts with label Chinese New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese New Year. Show all posts

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Chinese New Year - dragon snack and craft

I found a great printable to make dragon puppets for Chinese New Year.  The kids enjoyed coloring them and playing with their puppets.


C (age 7) told an elaborate story about how his dragon tricks people because he looks friendly (his is the top dragon), but once a person befriends the dragon, he eats the person!  R (age 5) said hers is just mean.

We are reading  D is for Dancing Dragon, A China Alphabet by Carol Crane and Zong-Zhou Wang.  I recommend this book for a little insight into Chinese culture.


We like to make dragon claws for good luck every Chinese New Year!  The recipe is from Gourmet Mom on the Go.  They are Nutter Butters covered with melted chocolate (green Wilton candy melts) and cashew claws.