Chinese New Year Resources
CHINESE RESTAURANT ROLE-PLAY PACK (Updated for 2025)
Chinese restaurant role-play pack includes banner, order forms for mark making/pre-writing, open/closed signs, posters (one of which includes opening times), two versions of a basic menu (one with prices and one without for children to practise writing numbers) and a set of corresponding food cards to stock your restaurant.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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CHINESE/LUNAR ZODIAC ANIMAL 2-PIECE PUZZLES
Set of Chinese Zodiac Animal puzzles each with 2 parts. Ideal for our youngest children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills. Also perfect for learning about Chinese New Year!
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DECORATE A CHINESE LANTERN - MULTIMAT (Playdough/Loose Parts, Art & Craft, Drawing)
Once laminated this ‘Chinese Lantern Multimat’ is ideal to be used as a reusable playdough or loose parts mat. Alternatively, use in conjunction with whiteboard pens.
Without lamination this sheet could also be used with mark making tools or art and craft materials such as collage.
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I WAS BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE... - COLOURING
Pack of 12 ‘I was born in the year of the…’ Animal Zodiac Colouring Sheets.
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR ACTIVITY CHALLENGE
To tie in with the story of the Chinese Zodiac, these activity cards will get the children moving as they hear the order that the animals finished ‘The Great Race’.
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR NUMBER SLICE PUZZLES
Number slice puzzles with the animals of the Chinese/Lunar zodiac. Puzzles to be cut along the lines and then stuck back together in the right order. So many learning opportunities!…Discussions about the 12 Zodiac Animals, consolidation of circle shape, recognising and ordering numbers 1-5 or 1-10, scissor skills and more!
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR NUMBER SLICE PUZZLES - COLOUR CUT STICK ACTIVITIES
Number Slice Puzzle Activities - Colouring versions. Puzzles available for 1-5 and 1-10 sequencing. Colour the pictures, cut along the vertical lines and then put the pieces back together in numerical order. Stick to a new sheet of card or paper once complete! Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control. All of the Zodiac Animals are also framed within a circle, so great for shape knowledge consolidation. Picture and number combination enables child self checking.
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CHINESE/LUNAR DRAGON PUPPETS
Either use art and craft materials to decorate your Chinese dragon before assembling or simply use the pre-coloured version. We used red and yellow straws for the handles, but you could also use lolly sticks!
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR - ANIMAL ZODIAC MEMORY GAME CARDS
Find and match pairs of the animals from the Chinese/Lunar New Year story. Each card is made with a backing tab for folding before lamination to provide a more robust final product and so that you are unable to see the picture when the card is placed face down.
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR - ORDINAL NUMBERS FLOOR PUZZLE - THE GREAT RACE
‘The Great Race’ Chinese/Lunar New Year themed ordinal numbers floor puzzle game. Why not introduce your children to the zodiac animals with this large floor puzzle? (1 piece per A4 page). Talk about ‘The Great Race’ story and place the animals in the order that they finished the race!
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ANIMAL ZODIAC CARDS - CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR - COLOURING
Pack of 12 Animal Zodiac Cards for colouring. Perhaps children would be interested to know which animal year they were born in and colour the corresponding card to take home?
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR COLOURING PACK (Updated for 2025)
Chinese/Lunar New Year colouring sheets. 14 pages, including various New Year posters, pictures of the 12 zodiac animals, Chinese numbers 1-10 and Chinese food to colour. In conjunction with developing fine motor skills and expressive arts and design elements (e.g. the choice of colours), these colouring sheets can also be used as a great stimulus for communication and language. When offered as part of an invitation to play children may initiate communication to you or other children about the images in a child led fashion. Alternatively, adult led interaction could include closed or open ended questioning. Younger children may point to familiar objects when prompted e.g. ‘Where’s the horse?’ and learn new words as you describe to them what is in the picture. As children progress, more ground may be covered such as ‘What colours have you used?’, ‘How many animals are there in this picture?’, ‘Which is your favourite picture?’, ‘Why do you like this picture the best?’, ‘Have you seen any Chinese/Lunar New Year decorations?’, ‘Where?’, ‘When?’, ‘Who were you with?’, ‘Shall we make some of our own?’ If children take their pictures home, further consolidation of new vocabulary may arise through additional communication with those at home.
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CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR BORDER SHEETS
Bordered sheet with a Chinese/Lunar New Year animal theme. Colour and Black & White.
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