Chinese New Year January 2012 DRAGON

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It was a fabulous day at Fogarty Park. The ground was a little wet, but the rain held off. As you can see from the photos, it was a very busy day – there were about 80 fish and 50 dragons made, as well as a couple of robots and rockets.

We made dragons and fish out of milk bottles. The little kids coloured in gold fish I had already cut out – the addition of one split pin changes the flat fish shape into three dimensions!

The stick dragon puppets is a traditional design I modernised with recycled materials. Milk bottles are a lovely opaque white plastic that is soft enough for an 8 year old to cut (although parents often finish the project).

CADCAI (Cairns & District Chinese Association Inc) does a fabulous job of planning the Chinese New Year celebrations, and it is getting better every year.