Chinese New Year Tiger Masks

Our second week in craft class we talked about Chinese New Year and the year of the Tiger. We read a book that discussed different symbols in Chinese culture and their meaning. We also found out what each child's Chinese zodiac symbol was, and we had a lot of goats and horses in our class. They got to each glue their mask onto sturdier paper, color, and cut it out. I helped them add the elastic so they could be a tiger all day. We sure heard a lot of roaring from our enthusiastic tigers. They all did a fabulous job coloring the masks. We talked about fortune cookies, and found out it isn't a traditional Chinese cookie, but an American made tradition. I'm o.k. with that because I love 'em, and it's always fun to read the fortunes. A happy heart is richer than money in the bank.