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Chinese New Year Activities

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Links

Easy:  CBeebies _ Chinese New Year

Paper Plate Lantern         The Story of Chinese New Year

Hard:      Chinese New Year 2021         Egg Box Chinese Dragon

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Easy:    Chinese_New_year_ox_paper_crown             Chinese-dragon-2d-shape-activity-sheets                  Chinese-new-year-animals-and-years

Medium:       Lucky_Fish_Template           Lucky-Fish-Craft-Instructions              Fire Breathing Dragon Craft

Hard:  Chinese New Year Activities                             Paper Fortune Cookies

Chinese New Year Activities

Chinese-Dragon-Paper-Chain-Craft           Chinese-dragon-spiral-cutting-craft-activity             Chinese-New-Year-Zodiac-Colouring-Posters

Links

The Story of Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year 2021

Downloads 

Easy:  

Chinese_New_year_ox_paper_crown             Chinese-dragon-2d-shape-activity-sheets                  Chinese-new-year-animals-and-years   Lucky_Fish_Template           Lucky-Fish-Craft-Instructions              Fire Breathing Dragon Craft

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Links   

Chinese New Year 2021 

The Story of Chinese New Year

Downloads

Lucky_Fish_Template              Lucky-Fish-Craft-Instructions

Fire Breathing Dragon Craft                              Chinese New Year Activities                 Chinese-dragon-2d-shape-activity-sheets                          Chinese_New_year_ox_paper_crown             Chinese-new-year-animals-and-years                    Paper Fortune Cookies           

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Mrs Killa and Mr Hobbs will be assigning you tasks to do. If you are looking for activities to do please look at the other Key Stage work as you might find something fun there.

From https://herviewfromhome.com/36-snow-day-activities-and-ideas-for-your-kids/ 

Make Use of the Snow

Might as well embrace the snow. Toss your kiddos outside with a shovel and have them shovel the driveway and sidewalks. If they have extra energy and can stand the cold, suggest they shovel the neighbour’s driveway too.

Hot Chocolate Magic

Provide your kids with bowls, scoop up the snow and add it to your sauce pan. They will love watching it melt into chocolate goodness on the stove top with you. 

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Maple Syrup Goodness

This makes another sweet snack for your kids. Boil real maple syrup for 10 minutes, stirring often. Then carefully take the syrup outside. Have your kids find a smooth, clean area and pour the syrup into the snow. Have fun and draw your kids’ names in the snow with it. Just be sure the syrup has cooled before picking it up and nibbling on it. You can find another recipe at Family Go.Com

Snowman Marshmallows

Marshmallow snowmen: put three jumbo marshmallows on a plate to create the snowman’s body. Add chocolate chips for eyes and buttons and a butterscotch chip for the nose. Then, stick the whole thing in the microwave for about 7 seconds. Take out and attach thin pretzel sticks for arms. Then, enjoy this gooey treat!

Polar Express

Create a train-like atmosphere with your furniture. Have your kids make train tickets. Then read the book, “The Polar Express” and let their imaginations take off. My kids love playing “train” or “Polar Train.” 

Spa Day

I have two girls, we round up our mani & pedi supplies and our favorite home foot spa, and stake out a place near the fireplace.
Game On Kids love a little bit of friendly competition. Consider a Wii tournament or a game of UNO.  And check out these 10 great family board games to play with younger kids.

Snow Ice Cream Scoop up snow in waffle cones or cups. 

• 1/2 cups half & half or whole milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 4 cups of clean snow or shaved ice

Blend the milk, sugar, and vanilla together until the sugar dissolves. Mix 4 cups of snow and stir until you get the same consistency of ice cream. Add toppings or chocolate syrup to make a Snow Sundae! Here’s more about homemade ice cream.

Have An Indoor Picnic Who needs a table and nice cooked meals? Make cookies and other finger foods ahead of time and let your kids decide where (within reason) to picnic. 

Homemade Play-Doh

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 2 tbsp. cream of tartar
• 2 tbsp. oil
• 1 cup water food colouring (optional)
• Scent (cinnamon, vanilla, mint, etc. – also optional).

In a saucepan, mix flour, salt, cream of tartar, scent ingredient, and oil. Slowly mix in water until it’s all smooth. Then turn the heat on medium and stir until it forms a ball of dough. I used a heat-resistant rubber spatula so I could scrape the bottom of the pan easily. Once it’s a ball, plop it onto some wax paper until it’s cool enough for you to touch.

Homemade Finger-paint

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup of corn-flour
• 2 cups water
• 1/4 cup dish-washing soap
• food colouring

Put the sugar and corn flour in a saucepan and then slowly mix in cold water. Then cook the mixture over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly until you have a smooth gel. Let cool and then add dish-washing soap. Divide into as many containers as you would like colours and then mix in food colouring drops until you have you desired colour. If you have coloured dishwashing soap that can influence all the colours you try to create, which isn’t always a bad thing. Here’s another recipe for finger paint.

If homemade paints is for the birds, simply break out your store bought paints and let them go to town creating. We love this kit because it includes everything you need for a painting day, which means no scrounging around on your part.

Balloon Marbles Jen and I both have made these. Here is her article, she tweaked the idea and made it more efficient and fun. Her Pinspiration: Ice Balloons. 

Taffy Time Have a Taffy Pull in your kitchen with your kids. I remember doing this every Christmas with my grandma. I may have to purchase some supplies and do it. You can find the directions here. 

Indoor Snow Castles My kids love this but be prepared for a little bit of mess. Bring in your kiddie pool and add buckets of snow. Provide your kids with their sand making supplies. OR add the snow to your tub. I like the tub, easier and less mess. 

Snow Fun There is always the best traditions of snow angels and snow ball fights. Take pictures and capture the moments. 

Cozy Indoor Fort Too cold to go outside? Make a fort inside, using blankets and pillows and watch a movie from the fort!

Valentine’s Day Stained “Glass” Craft

Here is a beautiful craft to get you in the mood for heart day!

Fashion Shoot Hang up some sparkly sheets and beads, add tulle or anything fun fabric, then have your girls dress up in their favourite costumes and have a fashion shoot! 

Sock Toss My kids loved the sock toss when they were toddlers. Arrange baskets, buckets, or paper bags in the middle of your living room floor, stuff socks into balls. Whoever gets the most socks in the baskets wins. (Or make a sock fishing game like we did here.)

Feed the Birds When it is snowing the birds have a harder time finding food. Now’s your chance to help out and give the kids an educational something to do! You can roll a toilet paper or paper towel holder with peanut butter and popcorn (or birdseed if you have some) or check out these other ways to make simple feeders. Or you can check out how we used gelatin to make a feeder.

Masking Tape City Have kids who love cars? Get them started on a living room city project. The tape outlines the streets. Then the cars can drive around and even up and over some couches, chairs and such.

Octopus Spaghetti Use hot dogs and spaghetti. Mix with cheese. All kinds of kid fun. If it is cold, FREEZE BUBBLES!!

Moon Sand Baby oil + flour. COOL! You can see some pictures here.

Read a Book No, don’t go out in the snow. But you CAN check out books from your library on your tables or iPad. You may have to log on to their website or call for directions.

Treasure hunt Hide something in your house. Then post clues for your kids to find them.

Or just play “hot and cold” telling your kids they’re getting warmer when they’re getting closer and colder when they’re walking away from the treasure.

Or have one of your older kids hide a treasure and draw a map of how to find it.

Snowflakes Use coffee filters. They’re pre-cut in circles. Just fold them in half and half again. Then cut out some circles and triangles.

Outdoor Art A couple of squirts of food colouring in a squirt bottle or squirt gun and then send the kids outside in the snow to paint the snow. This is also fun for decorating snowmen and women.

Or if you’re inside, put a piece of paper on a cookie sheet, pile snow on top of it, then squeeze a few drops of colour on the top of the paint. When the snow melts, you’ll have a neat watercolour picture!

Frozen Paint If you have paint, set it outside (or in your freezer) overnight to freeze it! Then kids can colour with the frozen paint.

Worn out from all the activity? Try snuggling up on the couch with one of our favourite children’s audiobook series—kids can listen while you rest!