<p class="ql-block"><b>1. Spring Festival Couplets</b></p><p class="ql-block">M: The Spring Festival Couplets, also called door couplets are used to express good wishes of the New Year. </p><p class="ql-block">Usually we buy the door couplets from the store. But today we will write couplets on our own. Traditional couplets are done with ink and brush.</p><p class="ql-block">Irene's mommy prepared black ink and red paper for us. Because couplets are always written in black ink on red paper, which is bright and elegant.</p><p class="ql-block">You can choose your favorite lines then we will write them together. As for the contents, most people will choose to express the auspiciousness and wishes for the coming year. </p><p class="ql-block">Finished! We can paste them on the two sides of the doors. Pasting couplets is not an easy job. Usually, they should be pasted before New Year’s Eve, and the best time is between 13:00 and 15:00 on the 29th of lunar December. </p><p class="ql-block">The correct pasting order is: upper scroll → lower scroll → horizontal scroll. You can distinguish the upper and lower scrolls from the writing order of the horizontal scroll. </p> <p class="ql-block"><b>2. Fu Characters</b></p><p class="ql-block">M: We will write fu character too.</p><p class="ql-block">The Fu characters are also essential Chinese New Year decorations. The Fu character in Chinese means ‘blessing’ and ‘good fortune’ . </p><p class="ql-block">We are done! We should paste it upside down on the door because the inversion in Chinese called “dao” has the same pronunciation with the ‘coming’ in Chinese. </p><p class="ql-block">An inverted Fu character means the good fortune is coming. </p> <p class="ql-block"><b>3. red envelope</b></p><p class="ql-block">M: Do you like money? What would you like to buy with money? During spring festival you can get much money from red envelop.</p><p class="ql-block">red envelopes, also known as lucky money, are money wrapped in red paper by adult for children. During the Spring Festival, red envelopes given by elders to younger generations after 0 o 'clock on New Year's Eve are called "Lucky money", which means to bring them good wishes and good luck in the New Year. </p><p class="ql-block">Would you like mommy and daddy to bring you good wishes and good luck? You can make your own red envelop. On New year's eve we will put money in it and give it to you on the first morning of New year.</p> <p class="ql-block">Make red envelopes</p><p class="ql-block">What do you need: red cardboard</p><p class="ql-block">scissors</p><p class="ql-block">double-sided tape</p><p class="ql-block">how—to:</p><p class="ql-block">Cut out the picture and a new rectangle in the same size </p><p class="ql-block">Attach double-sided tape to the Paste area</p><p class="ql-block">flod it alone line</p><p class="ql-block">peeling off the back of double-sided tape and paste two pieces together</p><p class="ql-block">Paste the lid in red envelope</p> <p class="ql-block">Guess game</p><p class="ql-block">We have lots of red envelopes here, I put a coin in it. I changed the location of the red envelopes quickly. When I finish, can you guess which red envelope have the coin in？</p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size: 18px;">4. paper cutting</b></p><p class="ql-block">M: Baby, the Chinese new year is coming. </p><p class="ql-block">Paper cutting is one of the most popular decorative Chinese handicrafts. it’s a folk art to cut paper with scissors or cutting knife. </p><p class="ql-block">How about making some handicrafts related to the Chinese new year?</p><p class="ql-block">宝贝，新年到了，咱们来做一些和新年有关的手工怎么样？</p><p class="ql-block">Today,mum will teach you to make a handwork of spring characters. It's very beautiful. </p><p class="ql-block">今天妈妈带你做一个春字手工，特别的漂亮，</p><p class="ql-block">You will like it. Let's get started.</p><p class="ql-block">你一定会喜欢的,让我们开始吧</p> <p class="ql-block">You need:</p><p class="ql-block">a sheet of red square paper</p><p class="ql-block">pencil</p><p class="ql-block">sharp scissors</p><p class="ql-block">您需要：</p><p class="ql-block">一张红方纸</p><p class="ql-block">铅笔</p><p class="ql-block">锋利的剪刀</p><p class="ql-block">1. Fold the paper along the midpoints and all the diagonals as shown below. </p><p class="ql-block">将纸张沿中点和所有对角线折叠，如下所示。</p><p class="ql-block">2. Fold it and stand it up like a triangle.</p><p class="ql-block">把它折起来，像个三角形一样站起来。</p><p class="ql-block">3. Now fold in the middle to make a triangle and draw the word like this:</p><p class="ql-block">现在在中间折成一个三角形，然后画出这个字：</p><p class="ql-block">Note: use a pencil, do not use black marker pen to draw. This is just for the purpose of the photo as a pencil would not show up very well on the photo.</p><p class="ql-block">用铅笔，不要用黑色记号笔画画。这是为了图片考虑，因为铅笔不容易在图片上看出来。</p><p class="ql-block">4. Cut out the pieces as shown.</p><p class="ql-block">剪裁如图所示</p> <p class="ql-block">M: Then we can make traditional paper cuttings which are usually pasted on the s, doors or walls and represent peoples’ good wishes to future life. </p><p class="ql-block">The designs of paper cuttings are mostly the zodiac image of the New Year and some lucky characters ‘Fu’, ‘Lu’, ‘Shou’ and ‘Xi’, which respectively mean luck, wealth, longevity and happiness.</p><p class="ql-block"> Besides that, some auspicious plants and interesting legendary stories can also become a part of the New Year paper cuttings’ themes.</p> <p class="ql-block">Step 1 : we need a red square paper, a pen and scissors.</p><p class="ql-block">步骤1：我们需要一张红色正方形纸和一把剪刀一支笔。</p><p class="ql-block">Step 2: we fold the paper, fold again and fold second time and fold the last time.</p><p class="ql-block">步骤2：我们折叠纸张，再次对折，对折三次</p><p class="ql-block">Step 3: we need a pen to draw some lines and need to do some drawing like this.</p><p class="ql-block">步骤3：现在我们需要画一些线条就像这样</p><p class="ql-block">Step 4: you don’t need to have all these spikes depending on how big your paper is.</p><p class="ql-block">步骤4: 你不需要画那么多的棱角，就根据你的纸张大小决定即可。</p><p class="ql-block">Step5: next step is we need to get our scissors we need to cut our outlining on where the pen marking are</p><p class="ql-block">步骤5：下一个步骤就是我们的剪刀去剪之前我们画好的线条部分。</p><p class="ql-block">Step6: next step is we cut the bottom line down here, now we cut the spikes</p><p class="ql-block">步骤6: 下一个步骤就是我们从底部开始剪然后再去剪画的棱角部分。</p><p class="ql-block">Step7: so after you have cut it you cut out should look like this.</p><p class="ql-block">步骤7：在你剪完纸之后，你应该剪成这个样子。</p><p class="ql-block">Step 8: next step is just open it up，and this is my flower decoration I am going to put it on my ，hope you have fun.</p><p class="ql-block">步骤 8：下一个步骤就是打开他/她，这就就是我制作的窗花，我会把它贴在窗户上，希望玩的开心！</p> <p class="ql-block"><b>5. Chinese Red Lanterns</b></p><p class="ql-block">M: Chinese red lantern now has been one of the symbols of Chinese culture. it’s a necessary decoration in the Chinese New Year. </p><p class="ql-block">The red lanterns will be hung in streets, shops, parks, and private households across the country as the New Year is coming.</p><p class="ql-block">We will make a red lantern too. Because on New Year’s Eve, We will hang it in front of our door. It can light not only the dark night but also the hope of the coming year.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">* 本章学习资源来自2005期北京同城会Jaden妈妈和Niki妈妈</p>