Happy Chinese New Year! It's the year of the monkey. I thought it would fun for my kiddos to bring some chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil to share with their friends at school. I remember those being one of my favorite things when I was a child during our Chinese New Year visits to the older relatives. I asked their teachers and they both said it was ok to send these in. I was planning to just send a bag of chocolate coins then thought it might be neat to send them in individual red envelopes for each student.
After looking at the Asian grocery store I didn't find any I liked. They were all very elaborate and busy so I went online to look for a template. I found one on a blog called Lil Country Librarian or click here. I needed to edit the file so I could fit two envelopes per page rather than one. I also added the Chinese character for monkey, a picture of a monkey and the year. Then I printed them out, folded in two of the three tabs, glued, put two chocolate coins into each one and then folded the last tab over on top.
What you'll need:
Red paper
Printer for a template
Glue stick
Scissors
Chocolate coins
The kiddos really liked them and were excited to take them to school to share with their friends!
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