Promotes cultural understanding with this art project and explain to young children that during the Chinese New Year Celebration, Chinese families like to put up Chinese writing for luck and prosperity.
Materials:
Red butcher paper
Yellow paint
Elmer's glue
Slitter
Paint brush
Description: Cut red squares from the red paper. Then mix yellow tempera paint with some Elmer’s glue or transparent glue. Tell children that during the Chinese New Year, Chinese people like to put up red paper with gold writing on it to bring luck to their homes. Show them a sample of Chinese writing. Help youngsters notice that it looks more like a picture, not letters like our alphabet. The sun is shown by a squared off O with a line horizontally drawn in the middle. Invite children to paint something that makes them happy. Once they are done painting, they can sprinkle glitter on the painting.
Comments: Older children should be invited to paint simple symbols; a happy face, or even a word.
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