3 Crafty Chinese New Year projects kids can do themselves

What you’ll need:

• 2 paper plates
• popsicle stick
• red paint
• paint brush
• string
• beads
• hole punch
• glue
• scissors

What you’ll do:

1. Lay one paper plate face up, and glue the popsicle stick to the edge of it to form the handle.
2. Put a line of glue all around the rim of the paper plate, turn the second plate upside down and glue the two plates together, facing each other. Allow the glue to dry.
3. Once the glue has dried, paint the outside of the paper plates with the craft paint. Let the craft paint dry completely.
4. Punch two holes along the rim of the plates, on opposite sides of each other.
5. String some beads onto two pieces of string, then thread the string through the holes and tie a knot.
6. Shake the drum back and forth to make noise.

Updated by Bethany Ramos on 1/27/2016