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Chinese New Year Crown or Hat

A simple construction paper 'hat' the kids have fun making, decorating and wearing!  We like making tissue paper flowers to decorate it, but you can use markers, stickers, glitter or gel pens instead.

Materials:

bulletred construction paper
bullet2 gold pipe cleaners
bulletpencil
bulletscissors
bullettape
bulletprinter
bullet paper
  
bulletgold tissue paper
bulletgold thread (or white)
bulletOPTIONAL:  stickers, markers, glitter or gel pens to decorate

Instructions

bulletPrint template of choice 
bulletColor as necessary (if using the B&W version)
bulletCut out the template pieces
bulletOR freehand cut 4 winter shapes from construction paper 
  
bulletCut 2 or 3 strips of construction paper about 4" wide and as long as you can make them
bulletTape the pieces end to end to make a really long piece.
bulletWrap around the child's head to measure how long you need and trim off the excess (don't tape into a circle yet).
  
bullet   Make 5 or 6 tissue paper flowers and tape to the front of the crown:
bulletstack 3 or 4 squares of tissue paper on top of each other (size should be about 4"x4")
bulletfan fold (accordion fold) the tissue paper
bullettie tightly in the center with a piece of thread
bulletseparate the layers one at a time
bulletroll a piece of scotch tape to attach the flower to the front of the crown (long construction paper strip)
  
bulletWrap the pipecleaner around a pencil to make a 'spring' with it.  An adult can wrap the first couple loops and then hand it over to the child to finish.
  
bulletStraighten about 1/2 inch of the top and bottom of the spring (so it's easier to do the taping).
  
bulletRepeat with the other pipecleaner.
    

bulletTake the template that you chose from below cut out each of the templates.   Fold one in half so that the front and back are the same.   Sandwich a pipe cleaner in between the front and back and use a little glue or tape to hold the two sides together.   Repeat with the other pipe cleaner.
  
bulletTape both pipecleaners to the long piece of construction paper so they either sit at the front of the head or the sides of the head 
  
bulletTape the construction paper ends together to form a crown and put it on!

 

Templates:

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen.
    
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
 

Dog

          

(color)   or   (B&W)

Dragon

(color)   or   (B&W)

Horse

(color)   or   (B&W)

Monkey

(color)   or   (B&W)

Ox

(color)   or   (B&W)

Pig

(color)   or   (B&W)

Rabbit

(color)   or   (B&W)

Rat

(color)   or   (B&W)

Rooster

(color)   or   (B&W)

Sheep

(color)   or   (B&W)

Snake

(color)   or   (B&W)

Tiger

(color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions