5 Craft Ideas for the Year of Goat

The Chinese New Year is coming! This Thursday is going to be the 1st day of the year of Goat (羊）. Here are some craft ideas for children to celebrate the arrival of the new year. Let’s first start with a fun poster of the personalities of “Goat People”: elegant, artistic,  tender, loving and so on…

1. Goat Characteristics Poster from activityvillage.co.uk

2. Cotton ball Sheep from freekidscrafts.com

Don’t you agree that these sheep look so cute? Actually they are not so difficult to make. You will need the following materials

• Newspaper
• Tape
• Straws
• Some old cardboard or construction paper
• Cotton balls
• Glue

Follow this link to learn how to make it.

3. Paper Plate Goat from memetales.com (update: the link does not work any longer, but this image still shows an idea…)

You don’t need much material to make this really nice craft. You will need

• 2 paper plates
• some black construction scrap paper
• some scrap normal white paper (to make the eyes)

Follow this link to learn how to make it.

4. Sheep Card Holder from repiny.com

This little sheep card holder is really adorable. Would be a great craft idea for both parent and child.

Follow this instruction and make one.

5.  Red Envelope Goat Character by etspeaksfromhome.co.uk

Red envelopes are popular during Chinese New Year period. Normally adults give them to children red envelopes sealed with some lucky money. Since 羊 is quite simple, this project is a nice combination of the introduction to Chinese tradition (red envelopes) and a little practice on one Chinese character.

You need the following materials

• 11 red envelopes (or red pieces of construction paper in the rectangular shape)
• a stapler
• glue (to glue the red envelopes onto a large piece of paper) or blue tack (to glue them onto the wall)

Follow this link to see how to make it.

Hope you enjoy making these lovely crafts.