{"id":80435,"date":"2025-09-02T11:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/?p=80435"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:46:18","slug":"chinese-new-year-paper-lucky-knot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/chinese-new-year-paper-lucky-knot\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year Paper Lucky Knot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Add a twist of tradition to your Chinese New Year celebrations with a Chinese New Year Paper Lucky Knot! Chinese decorative knots have been used for centuries to symbolise good luck, unity, and protection. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paper-and-card\">paper<\/a> craft is a fun way for children to explore a beautiful cultural art form while welcoming happiness and harmony into the year ahead!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add a twist of tradition to your Chinese New Year celebrations with a Chinese New Year Paper Lucky Knot! Chinese decorative knots have been used for centuries to symbolise good luck, unity, and protection. This paper craft is a fun way for children to explore a beautiful cultural art form while welcoming happiness and harmony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":80448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,237,227,234],"tags":[589,702],"class_list":["post-80435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-chinese-new-year","category-occasions","category-papercraft","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-papercraft"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Intermediate","Advanced"],"time-to-make":["1 hour"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K2002","time":"","skill_level":"","how_to_make":"","shopping_list":"<ul>\r\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\r\n<li>Pencil<\/li>\r\n<li>Ruler<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Use some masking tape and a craft mat to stop the cards strips from moving when you\u2019re gluing them together.","image_01":80443,"step_instruction_01":"From the long edge of the red A4 card, cut 12 strips, each 2 cm wide.","image_02":80444,"step_instruction_02":"Glue 6 strips into a grid pattern, spacing them evenly apart. 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