Chinese New Year Zodiac Craft and Writing Activity

Celebrate Chinese New Year in your classroom with this easy and fun craftivity.

Start by reading a story about the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, then introduce the main activity – making a Zodiac wheel. Children cut out the wheel and animal cards which they then glue to the wheel and colour or decorate it.

Finish off with a quick writing task – children draw or colour (both versions included) their Zodiac animal, read about its strength and weaknesses and say if they agree with the descriptions.

The resource is in .pdf format (29 pages including the cover and credits page) and includes:

1. The story of the 12 Zodiac animals.

2. Zodiac Craft instructions

3. Zodiac Craft

4. Zodiac writing activity (individual pages for each Zodiac animal)

Dates have been updated with the earliest year being 2003 and the latest 2026.