Celebrate Chinese New Year 2024, the Year of The Dragon with these FREE Lunar New Year engaging coloring pages. Use these dragon coloring page worksheets to create an eye-catching Chinese New Year art display in your classroom.
This free Year of the Dragon coloring activity forms part of this engaging, multi-activity Chinese New Year Art and Writing Packet which I update annually to include the Zodiac animal of the year.
This no-prep print-and-go Chinese New Year art activity encourages students to use their imagination and sense of color. The challenge is to see if the Year of the Dragon silhouette stands out from the background when the coloring page is finished.
What’s included?
- Digitally colored posters to display – two colorways for inspiration
- Color palette examples and worksheets to encourage students to become experimental and confident in their understanding of how colors work together
- Templates to color – you can choose from 2 worksheet options.
- More confident students can draw their own diagonal lines to add more complexity to the activtiy
What materials do I need for this Chinese New Year art activity?
- Print onto heavyweight paper or card stock for the best results
- Use marker pens, watercolor paints, oil pastels, crayons or pencils
How can this resource help me?
- Learn more about Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year
- An experimental art lesson
- A handy sub-plan
- A fun Friday afternoon activity
- A brain break from tech
- A lesson about color, shape, and line
- Add to a New Year unit
- Build creative confidence
- Create a wonderful classroom display for 2024!
I love creating this freebie every year 🙂
Happy teacher feedback from ‘The Year of the Tiger’ activity
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Upper Grade Prieto says, “I use this EVERY YEAR and it is PERFECT!”
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Catherine W says, “We watched some videos about Chinese New Year, learning about the traditions and the different zodiac animals. We also turned this into a bit of a maths lesson, by identifying different shapes and types of lines. The kids loved it.”
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Smitty says, “Our Brownie troop learned about the Lunar New Year and the Chinese Zodiac for World Thinking Day. This allowed them to use artistic expression and inspired them to find out their birth year animal.”
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Wendy E says, “Used this every year for the last four or so years, my students love it!”
You might also like to view these popular creative resources for this time of year:
- Winter and Christmas Art Activities
- New Year Goal Setting Activitie
- Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year Art Activities
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Thanks!
Diane
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