The Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival and dates back 4,000 years. 2021 is a year of the Ox.
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Here are some 2021 Chinese New Year Posters to help you celebrate!
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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.
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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.
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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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Save DownloadNapkin holders with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.
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Save DownloadHave 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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Save DownloadAn easy matching game with 24 Chinese zodiac animal cards. A great game to challenge memory skills and improve concentration.
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Save DownloadIn which Chinese Zodiac year do you belong?
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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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Save DownloadTo celebrate the Chinese New Year why not print out your clients, residents, staff and volunteer names in Chinese lettering.
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Save DownloadGet ready for Chinese New Year with a crossword!
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Save DownloadHere is an easy hat you can make in an arts and crafts session to celebrate Chinese New Year.
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Create some easy and lovely paper lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year!
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Save DownloadCreate these lovely paper chains to decorate your facility in time for Chinese New Year!
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Save DownloadHold your very own Chinese New Year Party!
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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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Save DownloadHere's a word finder to celebrate the Chinese New Year!
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Save DownloadTake your residents on a fascinating cultural experience – celebrate Chinese New Year!
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