Chinese New Year Fan Game
Need Chinese New Year activities for your bulletin board? Imagine these Chinese New Year fan drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers.
A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. And, boost their confidence and creativity.
And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan Lunar New Year projects using only markers. Yes, you can watercolor paint with markers! This Chinese New Year art lesson includes a paper fan template for easy drawing.
Can I tell you a secret? It’s hard to get kids writing in ELA. When they’re not invested in it, they can’t connect with what they’re writing about. Mic drop! Incorporating creative Lunar New Year activities like this Chinese fan project helps. Finally keep all kids engaged!
What’s Included
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this art project. All will motivate kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own patterns
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick patterns and you can integrate technology
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Chinese fan template which kids can draw directly on it or transfer it to heavy drawing paper
- Drawing practice worksheet, so kids can practice drawing patterns
- 2 Writing prompts, so you can tie this drawing project to literacy
- 2 Coloring pages that you can use for absent students or hand out as a classroom prize
- Helpful Tips & Tricks handout with teacher directions to help guide the lesson
How to Use My Chinese New Year Fan Project
The best part about this paper Chinese fan project is that it’s flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your classroom. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, indoor recess, or even an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Chinese New Year Fan Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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Awesome resource and a beautiful display when finished. I purchased it alongside the Chinese lanterns and have students a coffee between the two for their poetry unit. Really nicely designed.
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Great activity! My students enjoyed it and got quite creative. The fans look great on our bulletin board.
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A great activity for Chinese New Year Art. Students loved creating their own fans and were extremely engaged when using the dice to help “choose” each pattern for the different sections. We used watercolours to paint them and they turned out beautifully! Great resource!
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Melissas B. –
My students loved working on their fans and writing about what they had learned.
Stuart M. –
A really good template and pack for our art lesson.
Magic in the Middle (Teacher-Author) –
I loved this resource and it was a remarkable addition to my Lunar New Year unit.
Ashley Gartner –
My students enjoyed the art portion of the activity.
Kmin (Teacher-Author) –
Very useful! Easy to add into unit and use as needed.
Lauren W. –
This was a great activity to leave when having a sub. Students were engaged and loved making the fans.
MELISSA M. –
We enjoyed the art activity in the resource. It was a great way to celebrate Chinese New Year, while getting the opportunity to be creative and the time to connect with one another!
Julie D. –
Perfect extension activity for my 4th graders! Just what I needed.
Rylie S. –
My students loved this art activity and were very engaged in the process.
Y Yang –
Students enjoy working on the craft and writing projects.
Molly Blair –
This is a great tool to have. My students loved creating their fans. We used this for the Christmas around the World China section.
Stephanie K. –
This was a fun and creative resource. I used it on a fun Friday in February after we had been learning about Chinese New Year. This is definitely a resource I will use again.
Kirsten L. –
My students loved this activity!
Hemingway in 4th Grade (Teacher-Author) –
Love how easy these art projects are to print and do. My students always enjoy doing them.
Valerie R. –
We used this as a final fun product to decorate our room for Chinese new year.
Tara P. –
My students loved using this resource! They found it engaging and informative.
Janey Russell –
A fun activity for expressing your artistic creativity
Lauren E. –
My students loved being able to make a craft that went a long with their writing for the week of Chinese New Year.
Anne R. –
Students love to personally their fans.
Laura S. –
A great activity for Chinese New Year Art. Students loved creating their own fans and were extremely engaged when using the dice to help “choose” each pattern for the different sections. We used watercolours to paint them and they turned out beautifully! Great resource!
Rachel Littler –
Very cute!
Vanessa J. –
I bought it for the fantastic patterns sheet it has. The students loved it.
Jenny M. –
Fun!!!
Kristine Duncan –
Great resource.
Alice L. –
My students and I love it. :))
mahalia.rochelle (verified owner) –
Students love to make the basic folded fans, so I think they’ll enjoy these as well.
Michael A. –
My students really liked this resource. Great Work!!
Ellyn Lawrence –
Fun resource!
Shannon I. –
Kids loved it!
Barbara H. –
Loved this!
Austin B. –
Great for my students! Thank you!
Samantha M. –
Great resource. Thanks!
Tanya J. –
Sooo cool!
Maja R. –
Great activity! My students enjoyed it and got quite creative. The fans look great on our bulletin board.
Sweet As Pie Teaching (Teacher-Author) –
Great resource, thank you 🙂
Set on Second (Teacher-Author) –
Perfect, thank you!
Art in a Sensible Toe Bag (Teacher-Author) –
A great resource for Chinese New Year!
Vicki G. –
Nice to use for an art/social studies class.
Kate Haikey –
Awesome resource and a beautiful display when finished. I purchased it alongside the Chinese lanterns and have students a coffee between the two for their poetry unit. Really nicely designed.
Shanae A. –
This was a great activity for my students to use on Culture Day!
Morgan DuBose –
Great Resource!
Shayla B. –
Going to incorporate as part of my Ancient China unit. Thanks!
Learn With Grace (Teacher-Author) –
This is a pretty cool craft that I used with my 2nd graders for Chinese New Years. They didn’t have a very hard time trying to copy the patterns. The only tricky part for them was cutting out the fan around the handle, but overall everyone really enjoyed the craft itself and didn’t want to stop!
Pamela J. –
This was a lot of fun. Thank you.
Debra E. –
My kids had fun doing this and I enjoy the quick and easy prep.
Kathy O. –
Thank You!
Carol Ho –
Fun activity for the kids
Katie R. –
My kids loved using this with the lantern activity! They look beautiful on my wall!
Casey Andrews –
thanks!
Rebecca C. –
Thanks
Norma M. –
Easy to use
Cristina M. –
Kids really enjoyed doing this.
Jamie W. –
Great resource!! Great way to incorporate art if you aren’t an “art” teacher.
Autumn W. –
A great activity for those days when you need a little something extra
Rachel C. –
I love every single one of these art lessons. I use them with my class not just when I have a sub.
Jenna P. –
My kids loved these!
PATRICIA S. –
Fun activity..
Inspire Enrich Enlighten (Teacher-Author) –
My Year 7 class loved these resources for their work on Chinese Cinderella (linked with Chinese New Year). Thank you
ELA Time At Last (Teacher-Author) –
Great!
Nina A. –
They turned out so cute!
Colleen McCrann –
Great resource – my students had a lot of fun with this!
CSI in the Jungle (Teacher-Author) –
Love this! Thank you!