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    Cat and Rabbit Lantern Crafts

    Today I wanted to share these fun paper lanterns I recently made with my kids to help decorate for the upcoming Lunar New Year that will begin on Sunday, January 22. The Vietnamese zodiac usually coincides with the Chinese zodiac however this year marks the beginning of the year of the cat for Vietnamese families and the year of the rabbit for Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Korean, and Singaporean families. For Korean families, it’s actually the year of the black rabbit. As I want to teach my kids about inclusion, we created both cat and rabbit lanterns. All you need is some construction paper or colored cardstock, the free printable templates…

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    Tiger Lantern Craft

    Today I wanted to share a simple paper craft I recently made with my kids to help decorate for the upcoming Lunar New Year as this coming Tuesday, we will be welcoming the Year of the Tiger. All you need is some construction paper (in orange and black), the free printable templates below, scissors, and glue. Hope it can help to add a little fun to your family or classroom celebration as well! These files are best printed out onto regular paper and used as a template to cut out onto colored construction paper. If you don’t have construction paper, regular white printer paper will work just fine. Your kids…