We will be welcoming the Year of the Rabbit on January 22, 2023. The rabbit (?) is the fourth in the twelve-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
Legend has it the Rabbit was proud and arrogant even of its speed. However, according to the Chinese Zodiac, people who are born in the year of the rabbit are calm and peaceful. The rabbit is also known to be the luckiest out of all the twelve animals.
When attempting to make Rabbits out of CNY red packets, it is important to portray the rabbits in a lovable manner.
Here’s our tutorial video to make this simple yet adorable Chinese New Year Rabbit Angpow ornament:
Deepavali is a Sanskrit vocabulary meaning a ‘line of lamps’. It is one of the most popular celebrations in India. The festival generally symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. The Indian community light these lamps outside their homes as a symbol to protect them from spiritual darkness.
Let’s make this simple yet lovely paper Diya to celebrate this Festival of Light. All we need are some bright coloured papers, a pair of scissors and glue.
Oranges and other citrus fruit – kumquats, tangerines and pomelo are common Chinese New Year gifts because they’re believed to bring good luck and happiness. During Chinese New Year, oranges are widely used as decorations and gifts because it symbolizes good fortune and happiness.
For next year’s Chinese New Year of the TIGER, we can decorate our oranges into cute little tigers. All you need is black construction paper and some gold and pink or red angpow. Watch this video to see how to decorate your oranges into cute little tiger heads to usher the Year of the TIGER:
Today we will be learning to make this KETUPAT inspired DIY Hari Raya greeting card. We need two different coloured paper for this project and the skill needed is weaving to get the ketupat finish.
Valentine’s Day is just a couple of days away. Let’s get our kids to celebrate this day of love with this simple paper craft. All we need is some craft pipe cleaners, colour paper, a pair of scissors and glue.
Watch this tutorial video to see how to make this fun and easy Valentine’s Day craft that you can make together with your children.
We will be celebrating Chinese New Year of the OX in 2021. It may be a little early but here we are sharing video tutorials on how to DIY OX from CNY lucky red packets. They are really simple to make so do try it out yourselves:
A whole fish is a staple for Chinese New Year celebrations as it is intended to welcome prosperity for the entire year ahead. This is the reason fish is widely used in making Chinese New Year decorations. Here are 7 tutorial videos on how to make FISH decor out of lucky red packets:
Besides fish, flowers is also a popular element in making Chinese New Year angpow decor. Here are several video tutorials on how to make red packet flowers.
Christmas is fast approaching. Due to the pandemic that is affecting everyone globally, some of us would not be able to get a white Christmas where we are at. Desperate times call for desperate measures. If we can’t go to a white Christmas, let’s MAKE a white Christmas!
Here’s an easy recipe to get our kids in the mood. Let them build a snowman with some snowballs and eat it too.
This is one of the simplest and delicious cookies to make for Christmas. No mixer required.
Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour 1 cup assorted nuts (Pecan, Walnut, Almond) 1/2 cup salted butter 3 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Powdered sugar
Method:
Combine flour, nuts, butter, sugar and vanilla extract Press them together and knead until it they form a soft dough Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes Shape into balls and bake at 170C for 20 minutes Roll the balls in powdered sugar while they are still warm Let them cool for 15 minutes and roll in sugar again To make a snowman, use condensed milk to stick chocolate chips as the eyes, carrot as the nose and chocolate rice as the mouth
Watch this tutorial video to see how simple it is to make a Snowman and Snowballs cookies:
I just realized we have not been updating this blog since late last year. That is what Motherhood does to me. I hardly have time to craft with my kids but as the little one will be turning TWO next month, I’m sure we’ll be updating frequently as he is at the best age to be crafting with his little fingers 😀
For today, I’ll just be sharing a greeting card my elder boy did in school for the upcoming Hari Raya festival. Hari Raya AidilFitri is an important celebration by Muslims.
He made a ‘ketupat’ using crepe paper on the front of his card.
This is a great school holiday crafts for kids. Today we will be transforming a simple plastic bottle into a cool Airplane Pencil Case.
Papier Mache Airplane Pencil Case
– Slit open an empty plastic bottle.
– Cut wings and tail out of old carton boxes and tape them onto the bottle
– Cut strips of old newspaper into small pieces and soak them in water
– Glue paper all over the entire bottle with the last layer being plain white paper.
– Let dry overnight
Paint the airplane and glue a 20cm zipper around the opening.
The Papier Mache Airplane Pencil Case is ready for your kids to show off to friends when school reopens ^_^
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Festive Crafts | Posted on 07-11-2012 | 15,029 views
The year end is coming and that only means lots and lots of celebrating and partying coming up. It’s nice to have a DIY bowl sitting on the table with some candies in it, isn’t it? Let’s make one today.
Yarn bowl
Wrap the bowl with plastic.
Dip yarn in white glue and arrange onto the bowl.
Keep repeating until you have covered almost 90% of the bowl.
