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Year of the Rabbit Craft Ideas

January 19, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

As I mentioned the other day, 2023 is the year of the rabbit in Chinese astrology. Because it’s a 12-year cycle, you are a rabbit if you were born in 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963 or 1951 (and so on).

People born in the year of the rabbit are said to be sensitive, gentle and compassionate, with a good memory and a good sense of humor. They tend to be creative homebodys who don’t like conflict.

If you want to make some crafts with your kids to celebrate the year of the rabbit, here are some ideas that aren’t all Easter Bunny style rabbits. Also: white is considered an unlucky color in China (because it’s worn for funerals) so make sure even if you are making more of an Easter bunny type craft for Lunar New Year that you make it red, blue, purple or pink instead.

Red Ted Art always has great collections of crafts for holidays, and their year of the rabbit crafts are no exception. While some of these are more bunny than rabbit, there’s an awesome origami rabbit you’ll definitely want to try. She’s also got a printable rabbit greeting card and a rabbit puppet that can be printed with the Chinese symbol for rabbit on its tummy. So cute!

Happy Toddler Playtime has also pulled together a bunch of rabbit crafts, and a lot of these have been done in red so they’re perfect for the new year. I love this fork painted rabbit but there are lots of options for littles, including paper crafts, Popsicle stick rabbits,a  sock rabbit and more.

If your tastes run a little less crafty, Crafts on Sea has an adorable printable Chinese New Year coloring scene, complete with a little rabbit. A little assembly is required but it’s not difficult.

And if you have paper cups and straws you can easily make this rabbit craft from Hello Wonderful. It has a white face but you could make it in other colors if you like.

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Fun Outdoor Games for Fourth of July and Summer Events

I’ve written a lot about different Fourth of July activities and crafts over the years (see links below) but one thing I haven’t touched on much is the Fourth of July party. A backyard hangout and barbecue is a classic event, so why not bring some fun outside with red, white and blue games the whole family can play?

Games like these can help develop fine motor skills, and getting kids up and moving is always a good idea. If adults join in, so much the better.

Six Clever Sisters has collected a dozen fun Fourth of July games you can make for the backyard to play for the holiday or any time during the summer.

A lot of these are regular sorts of backyard games like hitting targets with squirt guns or tossing balls into buckets, but given a red, white and blue twist for the patriotic holidays.

These games would be fun throughout the year regardless of whether you put a patriotic spin on them.

For example the tic tac toe game shown here, which is from Hey Let’s Make Stuff, would be cute with x’s and o’s painted in any colors you like. And of course you could make it even easier and just play on the sidewalk with red, white and blue chalk if you don’t have a ready supply of wooden letters.

Check out all the ideas for backyard party games for the Fourth of July at Six Clever Sisters.

Looking for more things to do for the Fourth of July with kids? Check out these posts from previous years for even more inspiration:

  • Printable July 4th scavenger hunt
  • America themed printable mazes
  • Fourth of July printable games and worksheets
  • American flag crafts
  • Sensory play ideas for the Fourth of July
  • Easy kids crafts for Forth of July
  • More fun July 4th activities for kids
  • Fun Fourth of July crafts

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