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Chinese New Year 2015 Year of Sheep Craft

Shruti Acharya | January 30, 2015 | 10 Comments

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What’s with all the sheep popping up in my pinterest feed? Well according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2015 will be the year of the (Wei) – Goat or the sheep (or Ram)! If you know someone who was born in the following years, they belong to the year of the sheep: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003.

So to celebrate, we decided to make a Year of The Goat Car Hanging Craft that would double up as a Gift for our “Sheep” Chinese Friends.

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Chinese New Year 2015 Year of Sheep Craft
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Chinese New Year 2015 Year of Sheep Craft

Chinese New Year 2015 - Year of Goat Craft

A common Chinese New Year’s greeting in Cantonese is “Gung hay fat choy,” which means “May you become prosperous.” On Chinese New Year, the themes of happiness, wealth, and longevity are celebrated. The Color Red is  the symbol of prosperity and happiness. Importantly, it’s also the primary color for celebrations, especially the Lunar New Year and wedding ceremonies. You will see a lot of Red, Yellow & gold used in Chinese crafts.

Materials Needed

  1. Red Craft Sticks – 3 in number
  2. Double sided tape
  3. Scissors
  4. Yellow ( or you can use gold too) Foam for the Goat Face, Ears & Horns
  5. Red Marker pen,
  6. String to form a loop to make this into a car hanging
  7. Bell for the bottom – You can add more than one.
  8. Star stickers in Yellow or Gold.
  9. Googly Eyes

To make the Chinese New Year 2015  Year of Sheep Craft – 

Chinese  new year sheep craft

  1. Cut one Red craft stick in half using a scissor. Adult Supervision is required.
  2. On the longer Craft stick place double sided tape dots as shown in picture
  3. Place the smaller (half length) sticks on the top & another longer one in the middle.
  4. Cut out Horn shapes using sticky backed foam sheet.
  5. Stick them on the top to form horns. At this point, the sheep symbol is ready.
  6. Cut a U shaped face for the goat using sticky back Yellow foam again.
  7. Cut out ears and paste them together
  8. Stick the googly Eyes – We used sticky back tape again. But you can use Glue or even a heat glue gun.
  9. Using a marker draw designs on the horns and draw the nose
  10. Stick a bell to the bottom so that it gingles when its shaken.
  11. Embellish with star stickers.. We only had Pink ones but Golden ones will look  really nice.
  12. Loop a golden string at the top and your Sheep craft is ready. Use it as is, or gift it to some one you care about.

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Also from Tuttle Publishing, Long-Long’s New Year, a beautifully illustrated picture book about a little Chinese boy named Long-Long, who accompanies his grandfather into the city to sell cabbages in order to buy food and decorations for the New Year. Selling cabbages is harder than Long-Long expects, and he encounters many adventures before he finds a way to help his grandfather, and earn New Year’s treats for his mother and little cousin.

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From Tuttle Publishing, Celebrating the Chinese New Year, in which Little Mei’s grandfather tells her the stories of Nian and the monster Xi for Chinese New Year.

The Sheep Beauty

Also from Tuttle Publishing, The Sheep Beauty, which brings to life the kindness and generosity of those born under the sign of the sheep in the Chinese zodiac.

Chinese Zodiac Animals

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Amy Louise says

    February 1, 2015 at 3:03 am

    What a cute craft idea!

    Reply
    • Shruti Bhat says

      February 1, 2015 at 10:43 am

      Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply
  2. Christine says

    February 3, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    We always get our kids at least 1 items to symbolize the year they were born 🙂 Thanks for sharing this craft!

    Reply
    • Shruti Bhat says

      February 9, 2015 at 2:39 pm

      Thanks Christine 🙂

      Reply
  3. Samantha says

    February 3, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    I’m excited to pass this on to my sister-in-law who lived in China for a couple of years.

    Reply
    • Shruti Bhat says

      February 9, 2015 at 2:39 pm

      Wow! 🙂 Thank you for sharing it with your family. Did they like it too?

      Reply
  4. Shelah says

    February 3, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    What fun ways to explore and celebrate the Year of the Sheep!

    Reply
    • Shruti Bhat says

      February 9, 2015 at 2:39 pm

      Thank you Shelah. My daughter is fascinated by world culture 🙂

      Reply
  5. Megan says

    February 4, 2015 at 6:55 am

    I love this idea. It is creative, artsy, colorful and helps teach kids about our global community.

    Reply
    • Shruti Bhat says

      February 9, 2015 at 2:38 pm

      Thank you Megan. 🙂

      Reply

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