Template for chinese dragon head and tail

For the Chinese Zodiac animal is the Tiger — you may like these tiger crafts. Your dragon looks just right for my kids.

LOVE this! I think this is it!! Thank you! Martine — the printable is up now, I am sorry, I managed to not add it properly the first time round! Yes, or those that like colouring! He took hours over it. I would love for you to link up activities like this that teach your child about other languages and cultures.

Link up at toddlefast. Those are so neat! Thank you for letting me know! I have fixed the problem and you can download it again! Happy Crafting! Thanks for your great Dragon. We used glitter glue to paint ours.

Thanks again for all your great ideas. Maggy, my 8-year-old autistic Grandson simply loved the dragon and he made it all by himself, his 3-year-old sister had a go too and she made hers glittery and pink. The dragons are believed to possess qualities that include great power, dignity, fertility, wisdom, and auspiciousness.

Nice blog Maggy. And your blog made it easy for kids fun and creativity. What size lollipop craft sticks do you use? I see quite a number of different sizes and would like to know what size you would recommend based on the dimensions you have for the printables. I like to encourage people to use what they have already — but I guess ours are around 15cm Long? No, I used printer quality paper..

But construction paper should be fine. So we used that, and again tapered the pink paper so that the joining point was […]. The idea and directions for this craft can be found on Red Ted Art. I know so many preschoolers who would LOVE adding these dragon puppets to their pretend play area! Create a Dragon puppet out of paper, or a Paper Bag Dragon craft.

Another Chinese dragon puppet uses crepe paper for the body or print […]. Dragon printable from Red Ted Art. They are adorable!

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Don't forget to check out some of these awesome dragon-themed crafts including more dragon puppets! Scroll down for your printable dragon puppet template. Dragon template puppet Colored paper Markers Tape Craft sticks. Chinese dragon puppet - Instructions:. Scroll down below and download the printable dragon template! Print it out and prepare all your supplies.

Invite the kids to pick their fave colours for their dragon! We decided to go with the traditional colors; red and orange. Encourage them to start coloring the face with the markers and then colour the tail. Using scissors, cut out the tail and face once the kids are done coloring them. Use the rectangle in the template as a guide and cut out six strips of coloured paper. Now, grab two of those strips and perpendicularly attach each other's ends using tape.

Fold the strips of coloured paper over each other, alternating the pattern until you start forming an accordion shape. Now you need to put all three of the accordion shapes together to form a long accordion shape. If you want a longer dragon, just make more!

Now, it's just a matter of playtime! Encourage your children to use their imagination, creating stories about the magical world of dragons!

We hope you and your little ones have a lovely time making this chinese dragon puppet. Enjoy and Happy Chinese New Year! Newer Post Older Post. No comments. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. I'm Louise, a creative mum of three and early years teacher. Messy Little Monster is a place full of art, craft and activity ideas for children. Come and join the arty, crafty, messy fun!