Free Chinese New Year worksheets including color by number coloring pages, word search, word scramble, and more to keep students or kids busy and learning!
Happy New Year! I hope this year brings you good luck and health!
There are so many holidays of different cultures for all kids to learn about and today I have a bunch of worksheets to give you to learn about Chinese New Year.
Chinese New Year happens in the first two months of our traditional year depending on the Chinese calendar. This year Chinese New Year is Wednesday, January 29th, and starts the year of the Snake. Chinese New Year is also called the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival.
During this time, there is a transition between the Zodiac signs or Chinese Zodiac animals. The animals of the Chinese Zodiac represent different attributes of people with that birth year.
The 12 zodiac signs (or Chinese animal) rotate every 12 years and in order is the Year of the Rat, Year of the Ox, Year of the Tiger, Year of the Rabbit, Year of the Dragon, Year of the Snake, Year of the Horse, Year of the Goat, Year of the Monkey, Year of the Rooster, Year of the Dog, and Year of the Pig.
There are three different Chinese New Year printable sets in this post: activity mats, color by number, and a worksheet set.
All three have different download buttons at the bottom of the post.
Note: These Chinese New Year activities are not written with Chinese characters. They are all in English. Both download buttons are at the bottom of the post!
Chinese New Year Activity Mats
The first set of free printables are two different activity mats. Great for quiet time or even the dinner table!
One worksheet contains a hidden word search area, dot to dot image, maze, tic tac toe puzzles, and naming the zodiac animals.
Plus kids will have fun coloring everything in!
The second activity sheet has a word scramble, design their own lantern area, and a few trivia questions!
Both free worksheets also come with answer sheets in the PDF pack!
Chinese New Year Color By Number Pack
Then there is also a PDF Chinese New Year printable pack of color by number pages.
All of these Chinese New Year printables are perfect for kids of all ages but especially grade school-age kiddos.
Whether you are a teacher and want Chinese New Year lesson plans or a homeschool Mom, you can download these coloring worksheets for free and print them on a home or school printer.
There are a total of 8 different Chinese New Year color by number worksheets. Put out some crayons, colored pencils, or markers and have the students or your kids pick which ones they want to color.
They can find hidden images in these Chinese New Year coloring pages that are fish, a Chinese lantern, firecrackers, red envelope, orange, money bag, and more!
Learn more about Chinese New Year symbols and their meanings here.
If you are a fan of color by number, we also have winter color by number and Valentine’s Day color by number packs.
Chinese New Year Worksheets
\Now, let’s take a look at the activity pages included in the Chinese New Year activity book.
The first printable worksheet has some basic information about the Chinese holiday and a dragon to color.
The subsequent pages include a Chinese New Year I-Spy sheet, help the Chinese dragon find its way through an easy maze, and a trace the lines printable which is great for fine motor skills.
These worksheets contain images including a lantern with the Chinese character “Fu” on it which means good fortune, blessing, and happiness.
Then a dab-a-dot worksheet helps children with letter recognition. You can use dot pens or just markers that they color in each letter N.
A little more challenging for older elementary students is a Chinese New Year word scramble and word search.
I’m sure your kiddos or students will find something in the activity pack that they enjoy while learning a little about the important holiday of Chinese New Year!
Download FREE Chinese New Year Printables
Each download is a PDF file that will be in black and white.
As with all my free printables, these are for personal use only! Please no selling or redistributing of PDF files or digital downloads. Thank you!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!
Adair Jenkins
Friday 11th of February 2022
Our retirement home gave us the Chinese New Year Word Scramble. We were able to unjumble every word except for number 6. ticerabee. We wondered if it was a mistake and was meant to contain the letters of "celebrate." Could you please let us know. My mother is perlexed! Thanks. :-)
Leap of Faith Crafting
Sunday 27th of February 2022
You are right, I'm so sorry! That "i" should be an "l"