A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

Chinese New Year falls on January 29th this year, the year of the snake. It is said that people born in the year of the snake love with their entire hearts. White rabbit candy is very popular, a milk based candy with a soft, chewy texture and a vanilla flavor.

Last year was the year of the dragon, and we did some fun crafts for school. We made paper chain dragons.

Cut out long strips of red paper in equal lengths.

Staple the first strip of paper into a circle and begin making a paper chain. Make as long as you’d like.

Tape the head of the dragon to the first link and the tail of the dragon to the last link. for extra stability, tape or glue popsicle sticks to the head and tail and make the dragon dance.

These toilet paper roll dragons were a fun craft. You will need: empty toilet paper rolls, streamers, pom poms, eyes (either stickers or googly eyes), construction paper, and double sided tape.

Measure out the width of the toilet paper roll and then roll the construction paper to fit completely around the roll. Use double sided tape to attach streamers to one side of the paper (the long side). You can cut into squiggle shapes or leave straight).

Add two pieces of tape to the short sides of the paper.

Roll the paper around the empty toilet paper roll and secure with the double sided tape.

This is what your finished product should look like.

Add two small pieces of tape towards the back for the pom pom eyes and two pieces of tape near the streamers for the nostrils.

This is what the final product should look like. Glue googly eyes to the back set of pom poms or use eye stickers.

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