Traditional Toys for New Year in China

The Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger is approaching. It is a pity to think of counting the days when I was a child and looking forward to the happiness of New Year's Eve. The older I grow up, the weaker the taste of the year. Since I have children, I attach great importance to spending holidays with my baby, especially the Spring Festival. I hope that the happiness of childhood can grow up with the child and become an important part of her childhood memory.

Let the Spring Festival have an annual flavor. I have these things for Eva. Simple and easy, even if the conditions are limited, you can have an annual Spring Festival with your baby.

First, read picture books and documentaries.

1, there are many picture books on the theme of the Spring Festival, and the following are mainly recommended:

Busy New Year's Eve: From the perspective of the children of two brothers and sisters, it describes all kinds of situations in which children go to help (trick or treat) from time to time when adults at home are busy on New Year's Eve, from mom preparing New Year's Eve, grandma steaming rice cakes, helping grandpa clean the yard, going out with dad to buy flowers, finally having a reunion dinner, and getting together with relatives after dinner to watch the Spring Festival Evening and celebrate New Year's Eve ...

Little Beasts: It tells that in the coldest time of the year, Nian Beasts will devour lonely and resentful people. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, everyone should stay with relatives and friends and let go of their unhappiness. Finally, there was an unexpected turning point and the ending was very warm.

Official books such as Happy Year in China and Happy New Year: Reproducing Classic Spring Festival Customs include interactive stickers and small organs that children can operate by themselves, such as posting door gods, posting Spring Festival couplets, cooking big dishes, changing spring clothes, setting off firecrackers with ropes, and setting off fireworks.

Spring Festival Race: Babies who like English reading can read China's Spring Festival story on the Oxford tree.

There are not many Spring Festival documentaries suitable for children to watch. I recommend these:

"Nianwei", 15 minutes, 1 episode, suitable for children, introducing the food and customs of the Spring Festival, the classic Nianwei!

"Chinese New Year", a 25-minute episode 1, is full of flavor and beautiful pictures. Children in the south cried when they saw the snow during the Spring Festival in Snow Country!

"Spring Festival in China", a BBC documentary, foreign hosts introduced the Spring Festival in China to netizens around the world, and about one sixth of the world's population celebrated the biggest festival. 50 minutes 1 episode, a little long, you can watch it twice.

Second, listen to Spring Festival children's songs or songs.

Recommend a short, catchy and easy-to-remember song: children, children, don't worry, it's New Year's Eve after Laba, put up couplets, wrap jiaozi, set off firecrackers, wear new clothes and hats, and enjoy the New Year.

There is also a classic, Spring Festival nursery rhyme:

Children, children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the year;

Laba porridge, after drinking for a few days, is twenty-three miles away;

Twenty-three, honeydew melon is sticky; Twenty-four, sweeping the house;

Twenty-five, grinding bean curd; Twenty-six, go to buy meat;

Twenty-seven, slaughter a chicken; Twenty-eight, send face;

Twenty-nine, steamed bread; Stay up for 30 nights;

New Year's Day; The second day is full of streets.

Spring Festival songs are also the best helper for the New Year atmosphere. Besides Mandarin, Cantonese songs or Spring Festival children's songs in your hometown are also worth listening to.

In addition, children can also be taught to say some New Year greetings.

For example: Happy New Year, congratulations on getting rich and all the best. Older babies can recite "Smooth sailing, two dragons take off, three sheep open Thailand, four seasons are safe, Five Blessingg is 66, seven stars shine high in all directions, all directions make money, unite as one, perfect, prosperous and lucky", and ask for a red envelope weapon!

Third, with clothing accessories.

The Spring Festival is characterized by wearing new red clothes, from head to toe: hats, clothes, trousers, skirts, socks, shoes, bags and even underwear are all red. Because this year is the Year of the Tiger, I also bought a tiger hat for my baby-

Special reminder, the most solemn traditional festival in China is very suitable for wearing Hanfu, very suitable.

Fourth, Spring Festival toys

How can we play less during the Spring Festival? And in case the epidemic is not convenient to go out, arrange programs for your baby, and be prepared!

It is suggested to buy toys with the theme of Spring Festival, such as Lego, which can be seen and played.

In addition, prepare colorful cardboard, cut window grilles, origami and make collages. Search a lot of tutorials online, so you are not afraid to miss.

For me, I especially recommend ultra-light clay and plasticine to make a work with the theme of Spring Festival. Recently, I made persimmons, tigers and oranges. Take my children.

If you want to be lazy, buy a material package, such as a lion lantern, and follow the tutorial video. The product is not bad!

Fifth, decorate the Spring Festival decorations.

1, shopping in Huajie

Customs vary from place to place. People usually buy oranges, orchids, peach blossoms, plum blossoms, daffodils, or flowers in bottles. Children can also choose their favorite Spring Festival plants to buy home. According to my experience, rich trees and taro are particularly easy to raise.

If you are lazy like me, you can also get some egg shells, circle them with wire, hang them on the corner or balcony, sprinkle soil and plant a few small green plants, or take an onion in the kitchen and keep it in the water until it sprouts, which is also a beautiful New Year scenery ~

2. Spring Festival couplets and blessings

Although we are not up to the level of writing Spring Festival couplets ourselves, it is still possible to take our baby to buy Spring Festival couplets.

You can also buy some red paper, write a few words of blessing and spring with your baby, stick it up or hang it up and enjoy it at home. At the end of each year, I often read Spring Festival couplets to my baby, such as passing by someone's door or seeing someone selling Spring Festival couplets in the mall, and teaching literacy appropriately.

Step 3 decorate

There are Christmas trees in the west at Christmas. We have orange trees, peach trees, plum trees, orchids or a whole corner to decorate the "spring scene". I also found sugar cane, celery and lettuce in some places. Please see the demonstration-

Decorate the usual balcony (left) and turn it into a new atmosphere full of Spring Festival atmosphere (right).

Sixth, take New Year photos.

Take a photo of the Spring Festival and record the appearance of this year. You don't have to go to a professional photo studio, just highlight the theme of the Spring Festival. I took my baby to take photos of the Spring Festival a few days ago. Lanterns, firecrackers, gold ingots, orange trees, big carp, big red envelopes and lion heads are all arranged!

After the film is released, I will make a New Year poster in family time, and the whole family will pay New Year greetings, seeking profit and stability!

This is last year's poster. This year's poster has not come out yet. I look forward to it. ...

Seven, prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner

If conditions permit, let Eva join in the preparation of the New Year's Eve dinner and help (make trouble) together!

For example: rubbing jiaozi, mixing noodles, rolling noodles, wrapping jiaozi, and picking beans. ...

Although ... (the word "naughty" is omitted here), it's heavy! Yes! Ginseng! Use! Haha ~

Send blessings to friends and relatives

The Spring Festival is a festival of reunion. Taking the baby to visit relatives and friends, giving new year's gifts to relatives and friends, and greeting them are full of sense of ceremony.

If you are far away from home because of the epidemic or geographical location, you should also remember to pay New Year greetings by video.

After all, in addition to the external atmosphere and sense of ceremony created by materials, the most important thing is the human touch of relatives and friends, and the constant love and care for many years.