Free Printable Lunar New Year Activity and Craft

Make a red lantern and have fun coloring little Ren in this free printable for Lunar New Year!

Little Ren looks forward to the preparation for and festivities of Lunar New Year, but she is always too little to help make the delicious pineapple cakes that are her favorite.  She watches family members rolling out the dough and loves the mouth-watering smell. Watching and waiting, when will Ren be old enough?

These Lunar New Year craft and activity sheets were created by Simon & Schuster for A Sweet New Year for Ren, written by Michelle Sterling and illustrated by Dung Ho.  Click here to download the free printable for Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year.

A recipe for pineapple cakes is included in the book.  Watch recipe creator Bonnie Eng make pineapple cakes in this video!

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We made a simple craft inspired by Matt De la Peña and Loren Long’s new book LOVE, a book about everything that can be love.  To make heart-shaped pencil toppers, all you need are pencils and pipe cleaners.

1. Bend a pipe cleaner in half.  Wind it around the top of a pencil a couple of times.  Pull both ends of the pipe cleaner to make sure it’s wrapped around the pencil tightly.  

2. Bend and shape the rest of the pipe cleaner into the shape of a heart.  Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner together to finish off the heart. 

You can watch the book trailer for LOVE here, and find out about Matt and Loren’s upcoming book tour dates here.