Print and fold an Origami Dragon Puppet for Chinese New Year!
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Directions:
1a.
Print Dragon Puppet.
1b.
Cut out strips of dragon's body along outer solid line.
Cut out dragon's head and tail along outer solid line. Be sure to snip near head and tail "puppet handles" as indicated with arrows.
2. Use tape or glue to secure areas labeled "A" on dragon body strips as shown. Your strips should be perpendicular (at a right angle).
3a & b. Fold "tail" strip backward as shown.
3c. Fold "head" strip back and up as shown.
3d. Your dragon body should appear as shown.
5a. Fold dragon's head back along center line.
5b,c &d. Fold puppet handle as shown and secure with tape or glue.
6a. Fold dragon's tail back along center line.
6b,c &d. Fold puppet handle as shown and secure with tape or glue.
7. Glue or tape dragon's head and tail to body. Your dragon puppet is pau (finished)!
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What does the New Year have in store for you? Here's an Origami Dragon Fortune Teller to help you out.
Difficulty: Easy
Directions:
1.
Print your Dragon Fortune Teller. Cut out image along outer solid lines.
2. With printed side facing up, fold in half along vertical line.
3. Unfold, then fold in half along horizontal line.
4. Unfold, turn over so that printed side faces down. Fold each corner over to center, as illustrated.
5. Turn your folded origami over, with the "fortune" text side facing up. Fold each corner over to center, as illustrated.
6. Crease in half along horizontal, then vertical lines.
7. Turn over so that the dragon printed side is facing up. Carefully "open" each corner as illustrated. Your fingers should be able to fit into the pockets formed, so that you can manipulate your Dragon Fortuneteller like a puppet.
8. Turn your dragon over and you're pau (done)!
How to Play the Fortuneteller Game:
1. Place your fingers into the pockets (index and thumb of both hands) so that you can move the Dragon's mouth, like a puppet, in and out.
2. Have a person choose one of the four colors, Red, Blue, Green or Purple. Moving the fortuneteller in and out, spell out the chosen color.
3. Have the person choose one of the numbers showing. Count out the chosen number while moving the fortuneteller in and out.
4. Again, have the person choose on of the numbers showing. Lift the flap and read the fortune under the chosen number.
5. If you need help with the directions, ask mom or dad...they will probably remember how to play the game!
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1928 January 23 to February 09 1929
1940 February 08 to January 26 1941
1952 January 27 to February 13 1953
1964 February 13 to February 01 1965
1976 January 31 to February 17 1977
1988 February 17 to February 05 1989
2000 February 05 to January 23 2001
2012 January 23 to February 09 2013 |
PERSONALITY
You are the most eccentric of the cycle. Born with a natural charisma, it is unlikely that you will escape unnoticed at a social gathering. You are lively company and interested in the world around you. You are full of energy and enthusiasm. You also have a brave and charitable side to your character. If a friend has a problem, you will offer help, and when others retreat, you will step forward to resolve the problem with diplomacy and authority.
At times you become frustrated with others because they do not have your stamina or skills. You border on being a perfectionist and will always try to maintain the high standards you set for yourself. Often you will work long hours in order to achieve what you want. However, if ever your trust has been abused or your dignity wounded, you can become very bitter and will take a long time to forgive and forget.
Be careful that you do not run the risk of being overly-confident because it may cause you to make errors of judgment. However if this occurs, you have the ability to recover and pick up the pieces again.
Your strong will-power and assertive personality will lead you to be successful in your chosen profession. Your leadership qualities are at its peak when you can put your own ideas and policies into action.
You have many friends and will often be the center of attention. You have so much confidence in yourself that you can often become a source of inspiration for others. In China, a Dragon person is always selected to be the head of a carnival and he is also blessed with luck.
MARRIAGE
Good for matrimony with rat, snake, monkey or rooster year people.
Avoid mating with ox, rabbit or dog year people. .
COLOR: YELLOW
The dragon is linked to the color yellow, the imperial color of China, that was once reserved for the emperor. Yellow symbolizes progress, fame and achievement. It also represents earth, since the fertile soils in parts of China has a yellow hue.
Text ©1998 Mildred Chun. Illustrations ©1998 by Tammy Yee. All rights reserved.
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