Chinese New Year 2025- Free Printable Resources and Activities for Parents and Teachers.

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We have collected some fun and FREE resources for parents and teachers on Chinese New Year which explain its significance and why it is celebrated.

This year the Chinese New Year, which is known as Chunjie in China, begins on the 29^th of January, with celebrations lasting 15 days till the 12^th of February 2025. It is based on the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian (solar) calendar that we typically use, meaning that the date it starts is not the same every year.

Teaching Children the traditions of Chinese New Year:

If you do not have access to printables or would just like to teach the kids more on the background of Chinese New Year 2025, we have created a summary below for school or home use.

The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunion with many people travelling around the world to be with their families during this time.

Fireworks are a big part of this tradition and are symbolic as they are seen as a way to chase away any evil spirits and start fresh in the New Year.

Children receive red envelopes known as Hongbao for Chinese New Year 2025 — _{^{Children will receive red envelopes known as Hongbao}}

The colour red is extremely important during this time, it is seen as the colour of good luck and good fortune, which is why it is common to see homes and streets decorated with red lanterns and decorations. Families will also give red envelopes, known as Hongbao, which are usually filled with money and given to children to symbolise good luck and prosperity for the New Year.

The end of Chinese New Year is marked with the Lantern festival, which will fall on the 12^th of February 2025; on this day colourful lanterns will be released and there will be lots of traditional performances such the dragon dance.

There are many people who celebrate Chinese New Year all around the world, and it is an amazing tradition to witness. We have linked some brilliant free resources below which educate further on the importance of this celebration and some free activities that you and the kids can get involved in for Chinese New Year 2025.

Resource links for FREE printable teaching resources and activities

BBC- Lunar New Year resources:

The BBC website has some brilliant free resources available for parents and teachers to educate kids on the significance of the Lunar New Year.
They have linked fun assembly videos and musical stories to make it an interactive learning space.
It is a great website for use at home or at school and is completely free with no subscriptions necessary.

Teachwire- KS1/KS2 Chinese New Year resources:

Teachwire has some amazing free resources including KS1 lesson plans, colouring pages and craft ideas to get creative kids aged 5-7.
They also have KS2 lesson packs available for kids aged 7-11.
They are free to access and print and can be used at home or in school, however you will need to create an account to access the free resources.
They have some in depth learning about the Lunar New Year of 2025, breaking down the traditions and simplifying it to make it easy for children to engage, whilst keeping it fun and interactive.

Tes- Bringing in Chinese New Year:

Tes has some free resources such as free KS1 Chinese New Year activities that are great for learning at school, they are aimed at KS1 children, with the key age group being 5–7-year-olds.
Although some of them are not free, they make it clear on the images which ones can be downloaded and printed for free and which ones are paid.
However, you do need to create an account to access the free resources.

Happy and Blessed home- Free Chinese New Year printables:

This blogger has linked some of her crafts and printables through Pinterest and on her blog.
There are some very fun crafting ideas that are easy to follow and has also included some traditional recipes to try at home. It is an amazing way to get involved with the kids and try out some of the traditional food of the Chinese New Year.
This is a useful resource to use for parents at home and is all completely free to access.

Red Ted Arts- Chinese New Year crafts:

This website has easy to follow crafts available where you can make some fun Chinese New Year decorations, such as this puppet tiger craft or this dragon puppet. They also have access to fun 3D colouring pages.
The specific age range of these crafts would be 6–10-year-olds.
Although the website currently shows dates for 2024, the crafts are timeless!
There is no sign up necessary to access the instructions for these crafts.

A dragon puppet being held by a Chinese family to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025 — A family play with a dragon puppet.

From these collected resources we would recommend the Teachwire website link for teachers as they have a wide variety of lesson plans and activities which are perfect for themed classes on Chinese New Year 2025. The BBC website also has access to brilliant educational videos that could be used in lessons and assemblies.

If you are a parent looking for some home learning on Chinese New Year, we would recommend using the Happy and blessed home link as this blogger has linked some fun crafts and traditional recipes that can be done at home to fully immerse the family in the culture of Chinese New Year.

The purpose of these blogs is to ensure we are educating children about different traditions, cultures and countries which helps to widen their understanding of the unique and amazing people around them. This is important at Uniformd because we believe every child should go to school knowing they are respected by the people around them – being on an equal footing regardless of their background.

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