What can I do during the Spring Festival?

Handicrafts that can be made during the Spring Festival include cardboard lion dances, handmade lanterns and candied haws.

1, cardboard lion dance

Lion dance is an excellent folk art form in China. It is celebrated by lion dancing during the Spring Festival, which means to send blessings. Practice: This little lion is mainly divided into two parts: head and body. Cut a big circle of any color and a small red circle and fold them in half respectively. The little red circle is the lion's mouth, which can be glued or painted with teeth. Do your eyes and nose in advance and stick them on the big circle, and your head will be done. Body parts are cut into slender strips with cardboard and made into long chain sleeves, which can be controlled by sticking them on chopsticks or straws!

2. Handmade lanterns

During the Chinese New Year, all the streets and alleys are covered with jubilant red lanterns, which is very festive. We can also make simple lanterns with children at home. Material: transparent disposable water cup, pigment, light string. Practice: Transparent disposable cups are coated with thin red pigment, perforated at the bottom, and embedded with small light strings to make red lantern strings.

3. sugar-coated berries

Sugar-coated haws are traditional snacks in China. A string of candied haws is very festive and can attract children. Make candied haws at home! Practice: Core the hawthorn, string it on the bamboo stick, and cut off the tip of the bamboo stick. After stringing the hawthorn skewers, the syrup is boiled, the ratio of rock sugar to water is one to one, and the rock sugar is simmered slowly until it turns from white to light yellow, and then it can be taken out. Turn the hawthorn string upside down, pour the syrup on it with a spoon, wrap it all in syrup and let it cool.