Easy Chinese Dragon Craft

Are you ready to make an easy Chinese dragon craft to make your Lunar New Year celebrations a blast? We used a paper plate to make this one because its shape is perfect for easily creating a Moon dragon.

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Not too long ago, we made a fun paper Chinese dragon puppet, but this time, we wanted to make something a little simpler.

How to make easy Chinese dragon crafts

What you need:

pencil
drag
glue
acrylic paint (red)
paint brush
colored paper (blue, red, light blue and yellow)
2 divine eyes
black marker

Step-by-step instructions

Prepare a paper plate.

Ask the kids to paint it red or another color like a Chinese dragon.

Let it dry and once dry, fold it in half.

Using a black marker, draw a wavy line from one side to the other.

Add two wavy lines below, creating the shape of a snake’s body.

Cut the dragon’s body.

Chinese dragons need legs! Have your child draw a leg on a folded piece of paper.

Cut out the legs and have your child glue them to the body.

Have them cut another piece – this time in a zig-zag pattern like a dragon’s tail and glue it to the end of the body.

Have children create heads by drawing zig-zag shapes on paper.

Cut the piece out.

Have them cut another piece, this time a smaller piece of yellow paper, and stick it on top.

The dragon will look amazing when your child adds another small piece of red.

Cut a face-like shape from light blue paper and glue it to the mane.

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