Chinese New Year comes around in late January, early February. This year, it is the year of the rabbit. There are many traditions related to Chinese New Year. New clothes, clean house, special foods, and time spent with the family. Here are a couple more traditions that you can make. I remember when I was younger being handed a red envelope at Chinese New Year and inside it, a gift of money. Here is a template for your own red envelope. You can use this for other things than Chinese New Year. Use it for birthday gifts or use it in your altered art work.



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What you will need:
Photo

Printout of template and decoration
1 red paper
Scissors
Gluestick



Print out the jpg file in your choice of size, depending on area and printer/paper size. Cut out the template use it for the red paper. Cut out the paper. Cut out the yellow decoration (inside the template). The Chinese symbols translate to Happy New Year.



Fold the red paper as indicated below.



Apply glue to side and bottom tabs and fold the red paper over to form an envelope. On the front side, apply and stick the yellow decoration. If you wish, you can create your own decoration for the front.

If you head over to ViVa Artistry’s blog, scroll down to the bottom of the post for a Chinese take away box freebie.



You will find a mini tutorial on the blog.

For paper lanterns, directions are listed here.