Colored Lantern Craft
Invite your guests to decorate one side of a sheet of paper. When finished, fold each sheet in half lengthwise. Cut 3-inch slits into the fold, parallel to the short edges. Start about an inch from one edge and continue making slits along the length of the paper, leaving 1/2 inch between each slit.
After all the slits have been cut, unfold the paper and glue the short edges together to form a cylinder.
(The folded edge will point outward in the middle.)
The slits will make the folded edge “fan” out to look like a Chinese lantern. Finish the lanterns by gluing a paper handle to the top of each one. Hang and enjoy!
Cat Clay Shapes
Use play-doh or modeling clay and several Cat cookie cutters
to make clay cats. If you use Modeling clay the children can take
them home but they will not dry.
Games
Tangrams
Tangrams are seven-piece puzzles.
The first Tangrams came from Ancient China.
Click here to print out Tangrams on colored card stock
and
cut before the party. Give each child an envelope
with their tangrams, to make cats, boats etc.
We drew diagrams before the party, for the children to
use as examples.
Tangram Relay Race
Before the party make two sets of giant floor tangrams,
with poster board and our pattern as a guide. Also draw
some images for the children to see. Divide the
children into two teams and give each team one set of
floor tangram pieces (seven pieces for each team).
Show one of the diagrams - cat, boat, house etc.
then say "GO" --the first team to make the picture wins
that
round -- keep playing using your other pictures.
Catch the Kitty Ring Toss
For this game, you’ll need several stuffed cats and the collars from the previous activity. Set up the cats in a row, placing them atop boxes to position them at different levels; stack boxes if necessary. Use the collars as tossing rings, and give the kids a chance to see how many cats they can “catch”!
Curious Cat Treasure Hunt
Before the party, devise a series of clues that will lead your guests from one place to the next. Make clues on construction paper shaped liked cats or large paw prints. You can also write clues on plain tags and tie them to stuffed cats that double as party favors (as long as there are the same number of cats as guests.)
Before guests arrive, hide the clues in their appropriate spots. Begin the game by giving the kids a clue leading them to the first cat (or paw print). This will lead them to the next one, and so on, until they find the final treasure (birthday cake, stash of theme-related candy or toys, etc.)!
Party Favors
Fill Chinese food "to-go" containers with Chinese
yo-yo's
Sagwa stickers, a cat cookie cutter and a container of Play-Doh
and few fortune cookies.
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