Looking for a great holiday idea to use with your grandchildren to liven up these drab, long winter days?  Try celebrating the colorful Chinese New Year.  It is coming up on Feb. 3 and it is the Year of the Rabbit.

So what can you do to celebrate the Chinese New Year?  Let me tell you . . .

Learn how to fold origami rabbits.  Here is a video that demonstrates how to make them.

There are step-by-step directions listed below the video.  Just click on the arrow on the bottom right side beneath the video. (Here’s a screen shot to help you find the expand arrow.)

You could also give these activities a whirl:

Chinese Dragon puppet – with a printable template
Ribbon Dragon
Carp Wind Sock
Red Chinese lantern
Dragon Gloves (oh so cute — and you can find gloves on clearance now)
Printable bunny maze
Chinese New Year maze

Maybe part of your activities could include a cooking activity.  Try your hand at making Sweet and Sour Chicken or Chicken Lo Mein to top off your Chinese New Year celebration with your grandchildren.

Throw lots of confetti (and get grandpa to vacuum it up. . .), bang on pots and pans to make lots of noise, and like the Chinese say:

P.S. You might have great fun going to Babel Fish, translating some English phrases into Chinese, and then drawing them.