Chinese New Year Gifts & Books

Chinese New Year Party Supplies
Red and gold are traditional colours used to represent Chinese New Year, as they represent prosperity. You can find decorations and tableware, cups, tablecloths, plates, banners, dragons, cards, costumes, lanterns, fortune cookies and red money envelopes at PartyBox and Party Delights.

Dragon Dance
It's Chinese New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Chinese New Year's parade. From Amazon.co.uk

Lanterns and Firecrackers
A simple introduction to the Chinese New Year festival. Follow a family as they let off firecrackers, watch the amazing dragon dances and light their beautiful lanterns to celebrate the start of their New Year. From Amazon.co.uk and Play.com

Chinese Paper Lanterns
Plain Chinese paper lanterns to decorate with acrylic paint, fibre pens, stickers, glitter and beads. Each comes flat-packed with a metal frame and hanging cord. From Baker Ross

Chinese New Year's Dragon
While recalling her own most "positively magical" Lunar New Year, a girl describes the customs and rituals surrounding the celebration. Liu's artwork is appropriately festive, and the illustrations of the family's holiday are mouthwatering. Ages 7-10. From Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

Design-A-Fan
Authentic wooden paper fans to design and decorate using paints and fibre tip pens. Six in a pack so a great idea for a Chinese New Year party activity. From Yellow Moon

8 Chinese Stamps and Ink Pad
A really unusual set of 8 stamps with Chinese characters and wording, complete with red ink pad. Stamps are approx 1cm square or in diameter. From Amazon.co.uk

Chinese New Year Candle Holders
A pair of charming and festive candle holders, made of glass and covered with metallic mesh fabric in red and featuring golden swirl-patterns and smatterings of glitter. These holders come with 2 unscented candles. From Amazon.co.uk.

Paper Crafts for Chinese New Year
Make your own Chinese New Year decorations, masks and money envelopes with ideas suitable for children of all ages. Great for teachers or parents. From Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

Chinatown And Chinese New Year Special
In this special edition DVD of Globe Trekker: Chinatown Lavinia Tan, Justine Shapiro and Megan McCormick travel worldwide to explore the magic and mystery of Chinatowns across the globe. From Play.com and Amazon.co.uk

The Chinese New Year
A series of ELT readers for young learners of English, this series of delightful storybooks is a flexible resource designed to help teachers engage and motivate young learners in the classroom. From Amazon.co.uk