Celebrate Chinese New Year by Carolyn Otto-- a good book to read to children for Lunar New Year. By National Geographic. Great photos, of course.

Here is a great book to read to children for Chinese New Year. It includes great photography by National Geographic staff and includes photos from celebrations all around the world. What I liked is that it has brief phrases you can read to the really young kids and more in-depth explanations you can read to the older children. You can find lots more book suggestions here.

Printable Greeting card template for Year of the Monkey

Printable template for Year of the Monkey greeting card Chinese New Year

Take a few simple shapes--heart, oval, circles--put them together, and you have this cute little monkey who fits into the year 2016 just fine. It's a 2016 Year of the Monkey greeting card, and the printable template is available here

A book to read to kids at Chinese New Year

Book to read to kids for Chinese New Year -- Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

This is a great book that would be great to read to a group of kids for Chinese New Year. The artwork is fun and whimsical,and the echoes of of The Three Bears are nicely done. Click this link for a great list of books about Chinese New Year.

An easy lantern to make for Chinese New Year--Year of the Monkey

Here is a quick and easy craft project for Chinese New Year. Print out this cute monkey, have the kids color it and cut it out. Then teach them how to accordion-fold it, and they have a Year of the Monkey lantern.

Monkey King Shape Face. Printable template on site.

Make this little Monkey King face with a printable template from this site Kid Crafts for Year of the Monkey

Printable Year of the Monkey Greeting Card--Chinese New Year

This graphic is blank at the top for a reason: it's a template for a Year of the Monkey greeting card. You can either print it out the way it is--hand-colored--or, the site has templates for making the monkey and also the template to color. A quick, easy craft to do with kids for Chinese New Year.

Year of the Monkey Crafts: Printable Monkey King Puppets

2016 is the Year of the Monkey.Check this link for these cool shadow puppets of the Monkey King.  Kid Crafts for Year of the Monkey There are all kinds of quick, easy craft ideas that are printable. Just print out an easy monkey lantern or coloring sheet, and go.

Printable Pattern for Year of the Monkey shape greeting card

Get the pattern and instructions for this adorable Year of the Monkey greeting card that your kids can make. You can also print out the card fully assembled if you're running short on time. Click the link Kid Crafts for Year of the Monkey

Monkey Bookmark for Year of the Monkey--Chinese New Year

You can make this monkey bookmark with the sahpe monkey I posted a couple of days ago. See the directions and lots more printables at http://tinyurl.com/year-of-the-monkey-printables

Make a monkey face out of shapes for the Year of the Monkey--Chinese New Year

A few circles, an oval, and a heart--that's all in takes to make a monkey face. You can put it on cards or on a bookmark. Click the link for a pattern and instructions Kids Crafts Year of the Monkey

Printable pattern for monkey papercut Year of the Monkey -- Chinese New Year

Year of the Monkey Crafts

This little guy is super easy to cut out for a decoration for Year of the Monkey, Click the link for lots of printables.

If You Want to Make Some Easy Lanterns for Year of the Monkey

http://hubpages.com/holidays/Kid-Crafts-for-Year-of-the-Monkey-Chinese-New-Year-Art-Projects-and-Free-PrintablesKid Crafts for Year of the Monkey -- Printables
These lanterns are super easy and fast. Just print out the template, let the kids color it, and show them how to accordion-fold the paper so that they look like the pleats in a paper lantern. Lots of fun!

Crafts for Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey

This year, 2016, is the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac. Click on the link to find all kinds of crafts, including a coloring page of the image you see above. Kids Crafts for Year of the Monkey