Chinese Characters Printable

Use these Chinese Characters Printable pages for an easy Chinese New Year Craft where children can either cut out the printable characters from printer paper and decorate with gold paint or trace the characters on red plastic sheets for a more advanced craft. This post includes printables for eight different Chinese Characters; Faith, Hope, Love, Friendship, Luck, Courage, Peace and Wisdom.

Supplies Needed For The Chinese Character Printable

• Printouts for Faith, Hope, Love, Friendship or Luck, Courage, Peace, Wisdom Four characters print per page.
• Printer paper – for this example, I used red paper.
• Scissors
• Yarn, cord or ribbon
• Hole punch
• Black permanent marker
• Gold glitter glue
• Plastic binder sheets – I purchased a pack of 8 from the Dollar Tree and only used the red sheet.
• Pony beads – optional

Easier Craft Using Red Printer Paper

• Start by selecting the Chinese Characters that you would like to print:
  Faith, Hope, Love, Friendship or Luck, Courage, Peace, Wisdom and print the PDF document on red printer paper.
• With a gold glitter glue pen, trace the Chinese characters and allow to dry thoroughly. Another option would be to trace the characters with glue and the sprinkle on gold glitter.
• Once the glue has dried completely, cut out the four circles.
• Children can use a hole punch at the top and bottom of the circle or an adult can place a small slit using an exacto knife.
• Thread gold ribbon through the hole or slits as shown.

I’ve added another suggestion- which you can view in the video above – of using a gold chenille stem (pipe cleaner) instead of the ribbon.

Craft Using Clear Plastic Binder Sheets

• Select the Chinese Characters that you would like to print: Faith, Hope, Love, Friendship or Luck, Courage, Peace, Wisdom. Print on either red or white printer paper.
• Place the printed page behind the divider sheet and trace the four circles on to the plastic sheet. *Tip: I found it was a little easier to trace a more solid circle such as a small bowl rather than using the paper circle.
• In the center of each circle, trace the Chinese character onto the red plastic using a black marker. If there are any smudges or mistakes, simply wipe the plastic with a little rubbing alcohol.
• Cut the plastic circle out and punch a hole near the top.
• I used a doubled piece of red yarn (about 24″ long) folded in half, fed the folded edge through the punched hole and then threaded the loose ends through the loop.
• Add a few pony beads to the yarn for decoration if you like.