Chinese New Year

2020 Chinese New Year Poster - Year of the Rat #2

Printable Chinese New Year Poster - 2020 - Year of the Rat #2

2020 Chinese New Year Poster - Year of the Rat #1

Printable Chinese New Year Poster - 2020 - Year of the Rat #1

2020 - Year of the Rat - Personality Traits

The Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival and dates back 4,000 years. 2020 is a year of the Rat.

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Fortune Cookies Activity

Fortune cookies are delicious and fun! Inside each one is a small piece of paper with a 'fortune' or a vague prophecy written on it. Enjoy some time together on Chinese New Year eating these tasty crisp and sugary cookies and reading out fortunes.

Chinese New Year Coloring

Decorate your facility with flags, dragons, lanterns, and everything Chinese! Use the color red which is prominent in the Festival. If you have children visiting, use the opportunity to couple them with residents to make decorations. 

Chinese Fortune Sticks - Craft

People of the Chinese culture have been consulting fortune tellers, alchemists and soothsayers, since time immemorial. This is one of the Craft Activities I am doing with my residents to celebrate Chinese new year.

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Chinese Zodiac Napkin Holders

Napkin holders with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.

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Fortune Fun

Have the residents write their own fortunes/lucky numbers on small pieces of paper. Then get them to help create the dough for the fortune cookies! These cookies can be used for dessert at dinner or as a snack. Either way, the residents will enjoy creating the cookies and sharing their words of wisdom with the rest of the community.

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Chinese Zodiac Memory Game

An easy matching game with 24 Chinese zodiac animal cards. A great game to challenge memory skills and improve concentration.

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Chinese New Year Trivia

In which Chinese Zodiac year do you belong?

Chopsticks

You can buy some chop sticks in a cheap shop and let your residents try to use them to pick up different things.

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Chinese New Year Client Names

To celebrate the Chinese New Year why not print out your clients, residents, staff and volunteer names in Chinese lettering.

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Chinese New Year Crossword

Get ready for Chinese New Year with a crossword!

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Chinese New Year Hat

Here is an easy hat you can make in an arts and crafts session to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year Paper Lanterns II

Create some easy and lovely paper lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year!

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Chinese Symbols Chain or Poster

Create these lovely paper chains to decorate your facility in time for Chinese New Year!

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How to host a Chinese New Year Celebration

Hold your very own Chinese New Year Party!

Chinese New Year Dragon and Chinese Marine Dragon

Decorate your facility with lanterns, streamers, fans, incense and goats or sheep (2015 – year of the goat / sheep). Of course there is no Chinese New Year without some dragons!

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Chinese New Year Find-a-Word

Here's a word finder to celebrate the Chinese New Year!

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Lanterns for Chinese New Year

Take your residents on a fascinating cultural experience – celebrate Chinese New Year!

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