Kids Crafts & Activities

How to Draw a Chinese Dragon Head Step by Step Drawing Tutorial

We just showed you how to make a very cool Chinese dragon bookmark for the Chinese New Year. We wanted to follow up this arts and crafts project with a Chinese dragon head lesson (the one used in the Chinese Bookmark Tutorial ).

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How to Draw a Chinese Dragon Head Step by Step Drawing Tutorial

Step 1.

We will start drawing a simple circle. Is a very necessary step when drawing animals. To determine the direction the dragon is facing, draw lines horizontally and vertically across the circle to give it a 3-dimensional feel.

Step 2.

The next thing to add will be the basic parts of the dragon face : the jaw, neck, eyebrow and snout.

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Step 3.

Now is time to give it some facial features 🙂
Draw an outline of the dragon’s face around the jaw, snout and eyebrow.
Next, draw a nose.

The feature that will make him look „alive” is the eye. Make sure you draw it along side the eyebrow shape (eyebrow shape = the shape we draw back in the last step). Draw around the eye too, so that it looks like it fits perfectly into the face.

Is time for the mouth. Do not draw the mouth in a straight line. We will draw it on the base of „snout shape”. We draw the dragon with his mouth open and we define better his nose.

Step 4.

On this moment we have drawn in the dragon’s basic facial features and will start to add details.
Because it looks kind of cute, let’s make him look fierce.
So, let’s draw his eyebrows. We will draw them oriented up and bushy.

The next thing to draw are it’s horns. We will draw them on the upper back part of the initial circle. We will use them to create a balance.

We know that chinese dragons have hair so, let’s make it. It will encircle his head as a lion (or chow-chow) mane. We will continue his mane with a beard. Now it looks like a dragon …

… without teeth.
We will add some fangs on the lower part of the mouth. It is a cheeky dragon so we will draw his tongue too 😀

Is almost ready. The only thing to add are his wiskers.
You can add more details that make sense. They will make your dragon unique.

Step 5.

He looks a bit dirty. It’s necessary to erase any extra lines to make your dragon look complete and… alive 🙂

Step by step tutorial offered by Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade.

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How to Make a Roll-up Bag for Pencils or Tools : Crafts Idea for Older Kids

This is a tutorial well suited for older children. It is not a hard one and is very useful. I always needed a bag like this (for pencils or different tools) and never could find one so, I decided to make one. Today I will share it with you 🙂

How to Make a Roll-up Bag for Pencils or Tools : Crafts Idea for Older Kids

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– black leather, plastic / vinyl, (it must be soft, otherwise we can’t sew it) – or other fabric : 18 cm x 18 cm
– soft cloth for inside part (blue) : 11 cm x 25 cm
– scissors
– thread
– ribbon (black)

Step 1.

On every complex crafting project is better to make a mock-up first. So, take a paper and make a sketch of how do you want the bag to look like.

Step 2.

Place the blue cloth over the leather, exactly over the lower left corner.

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Start to sew, hiding the knot of the thread between the cloth and the leather.

We will sew over the edge because this will give safety to the stitch.

Sew all side until you reach the corner.

Step 3.

Place a pencil in it’s place, between the cloth and leather, near the edge.

Now we see that we must make a little crease on the blue cloth, to make enough room for the pencil. Continue.

Place the pencil again inside the bag. You can see now that it have enough space and we start to sew up.

Is the best to sew keeping the pencil inside, not too hard pressed. When we arrive at the edge of the blue cloth, we sew down to the lowest edge of the bag. So, every pencil (tool etc.)will be separated through two lines of sewing.

We make half of the bag with places for pencils and the other will stay unbroken, because we might want to place there scissors or other bigger tool.

Step 4.

We place some pencils inside…

… and close the upper part…

… because we need to know where will be the middle to sew the ribbon.

Attach it outside, letting 1/3 of it on one side of the sewing and 2/3 on the other side.

Step 5.

The last step is to close the upper part, so the pencils will not fall away.

To do that we sew the edges.

We start on top and sew again over the edge.

Do the same for the other part.

And that’s it, a roll-up bag for pencils or tools, cute, useful and practical (perfect for camping trips) offered by Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade

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How to Make a Boy Scouts Memo Holder Crafts Activity

Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade will show you today how to make something simple and fun: a memo for Boy Scouts. Now the boys can have a special place where they can write important Scout related topics down .

How to Make a Boy Scouts Memo Holder Crafts Activity

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– paper (not too thin)
– scissors
– clothespin
– glue
– paints
– paintbrush
– pencil

Step 1.

First of all, we paint the clothespin blue (actually we will paint only the upper part – the one that pins). We will give it several layers of paint, until it looks good. Let it dry well.

Step 2.

Next, we cut a piece of paper with the width of 2/3 of the clothespin.

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Step 3.

Draw a circle (let a little bit of space from the corner)

Then draw another circle, smaller, inside the forst one.

And draw a “fleur de lys” symbol in the center.

The last thing we need on our drawing to have the scouts logo is the name, so write: Boy Scouts of America.

Step 4.

Cut out the logo like in the next photo.

Cut another piece of paper identical with the first one. You can write your name on it or ”be prepared”

Step. 5

Take one of the paper pieces and apply a layer of glue on it’s back side …

… and place the clothespin on it, with the painted part up.

Then glue the other piece of paper on top of them.

Step 6.

Now you can play with paints and give it a friendly look 🙂

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How to Make Friendship Bracelets Easy Step by Step Tutorial for Kids

Friendship bracelets were very popular when I was a little girl, and they are making a big come back. Our friendship bracelets resource page is our most popular page on our site, so I would say that they have come back to be a very popular arts and crafts activity. The best part is that these are super cheap to make…all you need is yarn or string, scissors, and tape. Give one to your best friends and they are supposed to return the favor. It is fun to see how many bracelets you can get back from your friends. Try it out.

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How to Make Friendship Bracelets Easy Step by Step Tutorial for Kids

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This is what the finished friendship bracelet should look like. To finish up, just put it around your friend’s wrist, and then tie it loosely around your friend’s wrist.

You can make more advanced friendship bracelets by adding more strings and using the same exact process as you did with 3 strings. You can also try using 2 knots for one color, 5 knots for another, and 1 knot for the 3rd color (and other variations) to make some cool looking patterns. You would have to vary the lengths of the strings to do this (the more knots that you want to make with a string, the longer it would have to bet).

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How to Make Stained Glass Valentines Day Heart Window Hanging

Today we will show you how to make a faux (fake) stained glass window heart. It is so easy that I bet if you try one, you won’t want to stop. When you tape these on your window, the beautiful sun shines through them and they look so beautiful. This is a wonderful decoration to celebrate the ones you love for Valentine’s Day.

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How to Make Stained Glass Valentines Day Heart Window Hanging : Kids Craft

Crafts Materials Needed

– Scissors
– Black Paper
– Colorful Tissue Paper or Cellophane Sheets

Step 1

Take a piece of black construction paper (or other type of black paper) and fold it in half.

Step 2

Draw a half of a heart on the folded piece of paper, along the edge. Then cut out the heart.

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Step 3

Now draw shapes on the half of the heart…and while it is folded, cut them out.

This is what the heart might look like when you open it up, however, it would have your design on it.

Step 5

Now take pieces of colored cellophane or tissue paper and paste it behind the black paper.

Step 6

Now when you tape it on the window, the sun will shine through it and it will look like a beautiful stained glass window. This is a wonderful decoration to celebrate the ones you love for Valentine’s Day.

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Making Valentine’s Day Hearts Candy Doggy Card Project for Kids

If you want to make a special Valentine’s Day Card Treat to give out to your friends and classmates this year at school, then here is a tasty and inexpensive project to make. It is a Tootsie Roll, Standing Hearts Doggy Card. The easy to follow, illustrated steps can be found below. Have fun.

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Making Valentine’s Day Hearts Candy Doggy Card Project for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

– Tootsie Rolls

– Paper

– Pipe Cleaners / Chenille Stems

– Scissors

– Glue

– Googley Eyes

Step 1

Take a piece of red paper and fold it in half lengthwise.

Step 2

Cut a half heart along the fold to make a perfect heart.

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Step 3

Cut out 3 hearts.

Step 4

Take a red piece of paper that is 3 inches x 3 inches. Put a tootsie roll in the center.

Step 5

Then grasp 3 chenille stems and make sure that all of the ends are even….place that on or under the Tootsie Roll. Then wrap the paper around it.

Step 6

Glue the paper shut. Then the top pipe cleaner would bend up for the neck in the front. The back of this same pipe cleaner should curl like a dog’s tail. The other 4 ends should be legs…look below at the bottom picture to see how it should look.

Step 7

The above picture shows how to make the dog’s head. Take a heart for the face…and 2 hearts for the ears. Make a ‘w’ for the mouth. Googly eyes for the eyes, and a heart for the nose (drawn in).

Step 8

Glue the ears on. Then glue it on the dog’s neck (pipe cleaner. You can also glue on a ‘u’ shaped piece of paper for the dog’s tongue if you want to.

Step 9

You can give this doggy treat to your friends at school for Valentine’s Day cards if you want…just write the person’s name on the outside on one side and write from: (your name) on the other side. I hope that you enjoyed this craft. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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How to Make and Weave a Woven Heart Basket for Valentines Day

If you want to make this beautiful paper or felt woven heart basket, then you are in luck. Below you will find the instructions. You can bring this into school to hold all of your classroom friends’ Valentine’s day cards or you can fill it with flowers or treats to give to somebody you love. Enjoy.

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Crafts Materials Needed

– Felt or Colored Paper of 2 Different Colors (7 inches x 2 inches)

– Scissors

Difficult Woven Heart (Easier One is Below)

Step 1

Take the 2 pieces of paper (each 7 x 2 inches) and fold it in half as you see above so that it looks like the image below.

Step 2 (Do This Step Twice … One Time on Each Paper)

Now cut on the dotted lines…which means round the side that opens (while it is closed). On the creased edge, cut 4 slits, equally spaced out as you see in the diagram above.

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Step 3

Now this is the weaving part of the craft. Take strip ‘A’ on the yellow paper and weave it through the pink one. Notice that you don’t simply weave it…you slip the openings over the fingers (they look like hands / fingers to me). Then after you have done this, go to letter ‘B’ and do the same thing, except this time go over number ‘1’. Take a look at the image below to see how it should turn out.

Step 4

If you want a handle, then take a felt or paper strip of paper that is 7 inches by 1/2 inches long. Glue or staple this strip of paper to the top / back of the heart.

Easier Woven Heart

Step 1

Take the 2 pieces of paper (each 7 x 2 inches) and fold it in half as you see above so that it looks like the image below.

Step 2 (Do This Step Twice … One Time on Each Paper)

Cut on the dotted lines as you see in the paper above….so on the opening end (closed though) cut a rounded edge. On the creased edge, cut one slit down the center.

Step 6

Just weave yellow heart’s letter ‘A’ under red heart’s number 1 and then slip the loop over number ‘2’. Then take ‘B’ and slip the loop over number ‘1’ and under number ‘2’. Below is how it should look.

Step 7

This is what the easier heart should look like. You may put a handle on this one as well, if you want to. If you want a handle, then take a felt or paper strip of paper that is 7 inches by 1/2 inches long. Glue or staple this strip of paper to the top / back of the heart.

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How to Make a Valentines Day Mailbox with Movable Flag Crafts Project

If you are in Elementary School, then you probably need to make a Valentine’s Day Card Holder for your Classroom friends to place their cards into. Well, today we will show you how to make this US Mailbox with moving Flag to bring to school with you to share the love with your friends. You can use this later on to Store your special letters and cards in.

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How to Make a Valentines Day Mailbox with Movable Flag Crafts Project for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

– Box

– Scissors

– Cardboard

– Foam or Card Stock

– Popsicle Stick (or other type of flat stick such as a paint stick)

– Tape

– Glue

– Paper Fastener

Step 1

Take a box that is shaped in a similar proportion to the illustration seen above. Then cut along the dotted lines that you see…curved on the shorter ends and then just a straight line along the long ends.

Step 2

This is what your box should look like now. Now cut carefully along the curved dotted line that you see in the illustration. This will be the flap / door … so don’t cut on the bottom, this will be the hinge.

Lightly trace the shorter ends (the curved ends).

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Step 3

Take foam or card stock and wrap it around the box so that it is now rounded at the top of the box. For the shorter ends…use the traced ends to make these curved pieces…also make the inner cut too.

Step 4

Look at the front door, that is hinged, and opens. Cut the handle out of the foam and paste it on the front door.

Step 5

Now lets make the flag. Cut 2 rectangle pieces of cardboard. Take a popsicle stick and glue the rectangle to the front and back of the stick.

Step 6

Take a square piece of cardboard and put the paper fastener through the square cardboard piece, the popsicle stick and the side of the mail box. This should go up and down. Put it up when there is mail.

Step 7

This is what your Valentine’s Day Card Mailbox container and holder should look like now. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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How to Make Valentine’s Day Suitcase Mailbox Craft Idea for Kids

Today we will show you how to make a cool Valentine’s day Mailbox Suitcase to hold your classmate’s Valentines Day Cards. There is a slot to place your friend’s cards…and when you want to retrieve your cards, all you have to do is unbutton the suitcase straps and get them out. You can then use this suitcase as a treasure chest or storage container.

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How to Make Valentine’s Day Suitcase Mailbox Craft Idea for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

-Scissors

– Cereal Box

– Wrapping Paper, Decorative Paper, Craft Foam, or Felt

– Cardboard

– Ribbon

– Velcro, Magnets, or Buttons

Step 1

Take a cereal box, cut 3 sides off of the top panel so it is still hinged.

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Step 2

Cut a slit on the top and 2 slits for the suitcase handle on the side that opens.

Step 3

Wrap the box, making sure to keep the opening lid, wrapped separately.

Step 4

Cut a piece of sturdy cardboard a bit longer than a handle.

Step 5

Wrap this cardboard strip in wrapping paper, craft foam, felt, or decorative paper.

Step 6

Put the handle int he 2 slits and tape or glue the handle from the inside of the box so that it stays sturdily within the box.

Step 7

Cut 2 pieces of ribbon long enough to be wrapped around the suitcase.

Step 8

Now we need a way to fasten the straps .. such as velcro, magnets, buttons, or another way that you can think of in order to be able to open and close the suitcase.

Finished Suitcase Valentines Day Box

This is how the suitcase should look. Have fun and Happy Valentines Day.

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Making a Greeting Card Display Wall Hanger Crafts Idea for Kids

Since Valentine’s Day is coming up soon, how about learning how to make this Greeting Cards Display Craft. You can hang it on a picture hook, or hang it from other high places. Then you can look at the love that people sent to you in Valentine’s Day cards, Christmas cards, Birthday cards, or whatever.

Making a Greeting Card Display Wall Hanger Crafts Idea for Kids

Crafts Materials Needed

– wire coat hanger
– scraps of ribbons, any color
– decorative paper or wrapping paper (optional)
– glue
– scissors
– tape measure or ruler

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Step 1 (Optional Step)

Glue and wrap strips of decorative paper, wrapper paper, ribbon, or yarn all over the hanger so that the wire does not show anywhere.

Step 2

Have 15 to 20 ribbons of varying lengths—from 15 to 36 inches. Glue them on the hanger, both on the upper and lower parts, about 1 to 2 inches apart.

Step 3

These ribbons should be used to pin on, or glue on, Christmas cards, Valentine’s Day cards, or birthday cards, or whatever.

The hanger can be displayed on a picture hook anywhere in the house.

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Making Cute US Mailbox with Heart Letter Valentines Day Cards Craft for Kids

Learn how to make this adorable mailbox with inserted Valentine’s Day heart and tag. Your friends and family members will think you are so sweet and creative to give this to them. The printable paper template can be found below, a well as directions. Have fun and send the love.

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Making Cute US Mailbox with Heart Letter Valentines Day Cards Craft for Kids

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To make this craft, just use our printable template below. Click on it to open it up and print it out (in color). Then just cut out all the items, as well as a slit in the mailbox. Take a string and attach it to the heart and tag. Put a To: ( Person’s Name ) on the tag and then stick it in the mail box’s slit. Then give it to a friend or loved one.

Mailbox Valentines Day Cards Arts and crafts Activity for Kids — Click on the image above to open page up to print

Below is a picture of what the mailbox Valentine’s Day card should look like when finished.

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How to Make a Valentines Day Hearts Gift or Chocolates Box Craft

Learn how to make this Valentine’s day Hearts-covered Treat box. Put treats such as chocolates or candy hearts inside this box to give to somebody sweet. Just find the template that you want below. Then fold box together and paste. Then pull the heart fastening through slit in cover to close box.

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How to Make a Valentines Day Hearts Gift or Chocolates Box Craft

Below you will find multiple printable templates to make your own Valentine’s Day Hearts Gift Boxes. Look for the right size and pick black and white or color template. If you have cardstock, this would work best, but paper is just fine too.

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8 x 11 Black and White

8 x 11 Red and White

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ll x 14 Black and White

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11 x 14 : Red and White

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11×17 Black and White

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11 x 17 : Red and White

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How to Make Valentines Day Cut Out Snowflake Hearts Craft

Learn how to make this paper cutout of a Valentine’s heart snowflake with four hearts and a diamond in the center. This would be great to give to someone you love for Valentine’s Day…it would also be great to hang up around your classroom.

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How to Make Valentines Day Cut Out Snowflake Hearts Craft for Kids

Step 1

Take a piece of paper and fold it over so it is in half.

Step 2

Now fold it in half again.
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Step 3

While it is in half…cut out 2 hearts as seen above. Cut it out on the corner where there re are no openings.

Step 4

Then it is done. You can do it white and then put it on top of a red sheet of paper and paste it OR

In Color

This is what it looks like in color….red

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How to Make Origami Rabbits Heads Craft for Chinese New Year

On February 3rd is the Chinese New Year celebration. The year of the rabbit begins. Rabbit Years are fourth in the cycle, following Tiger Years, and recur every twelfth year. So, let’s celebrate that by making an origami rabbit head 🙂

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How to Make Origami Rabbits Heads Craft for Chinese New Year

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– paper
– markers (black and red)
– scissor

Step 1.

Take one corner of the paper and fold it to the opposite side, and, with the scissor you cut the remaining paper.

Put the paper triangle on the table with the large edge to you.

Step 2.

Fold the left corner to the right one …

… and then unfold.

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Step 3.

Fold the bottom up approximately a quarter of the way.

Step 4.

Fold the bottom left towards the centre crease.

Press well. Then do the same with the right part.

Now it should look like that:

Step 5.

Fold the bottom tip upwards a little.

Flip the model over front to back. This is the rabbits face with the ears pointing up.

Fold the top of the rabbit’s head back and tuck behind the face.

Step 6.

With the black marker draw rabitt’s eyes.

And with the red one, his nose and mouth

That’s a cute little rabbit head! It will bring you luck all the year 🙂

Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade
I wish you a very good Year of the Rabbit 🙂

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How to Craft a Chinese Dragon Fridge Magnet Craft for Chinese New Year

In ancient China, dragons did not breathe fire. Dragons were wise and caring. They guarded the wind, the rain, the rivers, precious metals and gems. So dragons are an important part of many Chinese festivals, including Chinese New Year. Let’s celebrate it by crafting this fridge magnet with the mini version of the dragon used during holiday parades and festivities.This crafts ideas was contributed by Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade

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How to Craft a Chinese Dragon Fridge Magnet Craft for Chinese New Year

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– paper (not too thin)
– scissors
– design template (uncoloured dragon head and tail)
– 4 magnets
– craft glue
– ribbon (about 15 cm)
– paints
– paintbrush

Step 1.

Print the Head and tail of the dragon, then paint them in any way you want your dragon to be. My dragon will guard the rain so it will have colours inspired by it. Blue and white like raindrops, red and yellow like lightnings and a little bit of dark red because of the storm 🙂

Here are my dragon head and tail painted. Let them dry well.

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Step 2.

With the scissor, cut out the head and the tail.

Now we are ready to the next step.

Step 3.

Cut a piece of paper of about 7.5 cm length and the same width as the ribbon (or a little bit larger)

Fold it to form a triangle (2 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm) and fold the remaining 2.5 cm around the triangle

Apply a layer of glue on it,

press and it should look like this:

Step 4.

Lay flat the ribbon and mark the places where the magnets will be (the magnets are corresponding to his head, legs and tail). Take care that two of them must be close to ribbon ends.

Apply a layer of glue on one magnet…

… and place it on it’s place.

Do the same with the other magnets.

Step 5.

Turn the ribbon with the magnets down.
Apply a layer of glue on one large face of the triangle…

… and place it on the ribbon, where you want the head to be. Let it dry.

Apply some glue on the head (on unpainted face)…

… and stick it to the triangle, like in this photo.

Now, our dragon have a head 🙂

Step 6.

Apply a layer of glue on the first part of the tail (on unpainted face, of course).

And stick it where you want the tail to be (usually on the other end of the ribbon).

And… That’s it!
This is my Dragon, Guardian of Rain, in his place on the fridge 😀

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How to Make a Chinese Fire Dragon Bookmark Craft for Kids

Because Chinese dragons are magnificent creatures and the Chinese New Year is approaching, let’s make a simple bookmark with dragon head. This beautiful bookmark that you will make in this arts and crafts project, will astound your friends and family members. And it is a LOT of fun to make. This crafts ideas was contributed by Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade

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How to make a Chinese Fire Dragon Bookmark for The Chinese New Year

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– paper (not too thin) – white and red
– scissors
– design template (uncolored dragon head)
– craft glue
– ribbon (about 25 cm)
– paints
– paintbrush
– yarn

Step 1

Print the head of the dragon (you get the file by clicking on the bolded word). Paint it in any way you want your dragon to be. Or Visit Our Chinese Dragon Head Drawing Tutorial if you want to draw it freehand.

I want this to be a dragon who will guard the fire so I use red, yellow, orange and green for it’s eye. Let the paint dry.

Step 2

With the scissor, cut out the dragon head.

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It will look like this.

Step 3

Apply a layer of glue on the unpainted face …

… and then place it on one end of the ribbon. Let the glue dry.

Step 4

Use the scissor to cut 10 pieces of yarn of about 10 cm each.

Apply a layer of glue on the empty end of the ribbon…

… and place over it the threads, folded in two.

When you’ll finish, it will look like that. Let it dry.

Step 5

Cut a piece of the red paper, just big enough to cover the threads on the ribbon.

Apply a layer of glue on it…

… and place it over the threads, on the ribbon’s end. Let it dry well.

Now, our bookmark is finished and ready to make itself useful 🙂

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