Chinese dragon puppet

This children’s craft can be used to celebrate Chinese New Year, carnival, a festival, a thematic party or an outdoor party.

Ventajas

• To develop creativity
• To develop curiosity
• To discover Chinese culture

Materiales

• A mask of Chinese dragon
• A sheet of paper of a different colour
• Glue
• Tape
• Orange, red and yellow crepe paper
• Wooden brochettes
• Scissors

Pasos a seguir

Cut out stripes of colored paper (violet, blue or any other colour). Cut out a big strip of crepe paper (1 metre x 30 centimetres more or less).

Glue a wooden stick in an end of the crepe paper stripe and roll a bit the paper in the brochette.

Glue brochettes in regular intervals (each 10 cm more or less) using the tape. Glue a stripe or paper of other colour on each brochette. Cover the crepe paper stripe with brochettes and small strips of paper.

Glue the first brochette behind the Chinese dragon mask.

Put yourself behind the mask and hola the brochettes to move the Chinese puppet.