How Do You Make A Simple Chinese Lantern Craft For A Toddler?
The Chinese calendar predates the Gregorian calendar by hundreds of years. This ancient calendar uses the lunar calendar as its foundation and the Gregorian calendar uses a solar calendar. Each year of the Chinese calendar has an animal associated with it and these animal years rotate through 12 different animals on a continuing basis. When the Chinese New Year comes each year, Chinese people celebrate with a 15-day celebration. A traditional Chinese New Year item used in celebrations is a Chinese lantern. Show your young children how to make a simple Chinese lantern craft and decorate for the Chinese New Year. Collect arts and crafts materials to decorate the construction paper. Art supplies such as glitter glue and markers are available at many discount stores, general department stores, or art supply stores. Decorate the construction paper with glitter glue and markers to add bright spots of color to the paper. Make a series of designs with the glitter glue in gold and other bright
