Lunar and Chinese New Year is often celebrated with an exchange of cards, traditionally in red envelopes and with a gift, in modern times, an exchange of greeting cards with good wishes is more common. This wonderful Chinese dragon pop-up card makes for a great greeting card or just a fun Lunar and Chinese new year craft to make with your kids.

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There are 3 different sizes of this craft, and all 3 are available both as a pre-colored template (perfect for a busy teacher making this for her class) or as a black-and-white template the kids can color in on their own.

This craft works out best if it's printed on heavier print paper (100 gsm or 120 more) / cardstock. Regular print paper works out well as well just make sure you use cardstock for the back of the card. Cereal boxes work out well as well for the back of the card if you want to make a greener approach to this craftivity.