Have some fun this Chinese New Year of the Dragon by making a colourful dragon puppet.
So easy to make with basic items you may already have in your craft box.
Get the kid to have fun painting the dragon in bright colours – a red dragon red is especially lucky.
You will need:
2 paper plates
an egg carton
stapler
glue
paint and paintbrush
feathers and streamers
How to:
Gather your supplies
Cut one plate in half and fold the other in half as pictured. Cut the end of the egg carton off, these will be the eyes.
Staple the plate edges together around the edges and glue or staple egg carton section on top.
Paint brightly. When dry, glue on feathers and streamers behind the eyes.
Time to have some fun.
Here is some behind the scenes action of Emma’s puppet making style.
This is fabulous! I wish I had thought of some thing like this last week when my 5 year old needed a dragon costume for kinder (we live in Hong Kong), so Dragons everywhere now! Luckily she had a dinosaur-like-but-passed as a dragon jacket to wear over her Chinese dress.
Happy new year and enjoy your time off. New year in Hong Kong sounds like lots of fun
x cinti
Love your dragon puppet – what a fun project! We spent Chinese New Year in Shanghai – it was such an amazing celebration for the year of the dragon.
This is Fantastic. My wee one is doing China at school here in the UK. Think I may give this a go with him when he gets home…something cool for show and tell!