Celebrate the 2025 Chinese New Year with Fun Activities for Kids from Twinkl
As we gear up for the 2025 Chinese New Year, we are excited to share some wonderful ways to celebrate this traditional festival, even if you’re away from home. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture, full of customs and traditions that celebrate family, renewal, and good fortune. Whether you're in Tokyo or anywhere else, it’s a great opportunity to introduce your kids to this vibrant and meaningful holiday.
The Significance of Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake
Chinese New Year marks the beginning of the lunar calendar, traditionally starting on the first day of the first lunar month and lasting 15 days, ending with the Lantern Festival. In 2025, we will welcome the Year of the Snake, a symbol of wisdom, intuition, and transformation. This festival is a time for families to come together, celebrate the past year, and wish for prosperity in the year ahead. Around the world, Chinese New Year is celebrated with vibrant parades, firework displays, and traditional dances. While Tokyo may not host grand parades, there are still many ways to bring the festive spirit into your home or classroom. Use this occasion to introduce children to the symbolism of the Snake and explore the Chinese Zodiac, where people born in the Year of the Snake are often seen as intelligent and charming. Fun learning activities can help young learners better understand these cultural traditions and characteristics.
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Tokyo
Many local communities and Chinese cultural organizations host events, including lion dances, food festivals, and cultural performances. Be sure to check out local listings for events where you can join in the fun and share the experience with your family.
At the same time, there’s no place like home to create your own traditions. Whether you’re hosting a New Year’s Eve dinner or making your own decorations, these small rituals can bring the holiday to life, even in a foreign land.
Twinkl’s Chinese New Year Gift for Ohana International School!
Twinkl, an educational publisher from England, has been supporting educators worldwide with high-quality, trusted teaching and learning resources for over a decade. All of Twinkl’s resources are carefully created and reviewed by a dedicated team of experienced educators. With hundreds of thousands of resources available and new ones added daily, Twinkl strives to make teaching and learning easier for everyone.
To celebrate Chinese New Year 2025, Twinkl has created a special activity resource pack themed around the Year of the Snake. This exciting pack includes a variety of English and Chinese activity sheets, such as flashcards featuring Chinese New Year symbols, Chinese Zodiac Animals Display Posters, a folded paper snake craft activity, Chinese Zodiac Story Cards, and much more!
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The Chinese New Year Activity Pack is available for free download to teachers, parents, and students at Ohana International School from today until 28th February 2025.
Twinkl hopes the students from Buds, Petals, and Flowers classes will have a fun, engaging, and educational time learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year!
Thank you for reading, and here’s to a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025!
If you're looking for more resources to enrich your Chinese New Year celebration, check out our complete collection of festive activities and materials designed for every age and learning level on Twinkl's Chinese New Year resources page. You’ll find everything from educational worksheets to craft ideas and everything in between.