Don’t ask my why, but we celebrate Chinese New Year in our house. I don’t remember when it started actually. My seven-year-old daughter is the one with the fascination. Chinese New Year happens to coincide with Valentines Day as well as Family Day (long weekend), so I guess we’ll be busy. We have a large dragon we hang up in the house and usually eat traditional Chinese food (did you see ScatteredMom’s menu plan this week for a nice International flavour).
To keep in the spirit we just finished reviewing Barefoot Books Lin Yi’s Lantern. At the back of the book was directions on how to make a lantern. So while my oldest was at school, the younger two worked on making their own lanterns to decorate the house.
First they decorated the outside of their lanterns
After folding the paper in half...
... they cut strips
Rolled and glued and handles added, the lanterns are finished.
The kids loved their finished lanterns. They’ll make great decorations for Chinese New Year if they survive being paraded around the house.
You can also see my review of Lin Yi’s Lantern as part of my Write a Review Wednesday post on my main blog.
