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Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble

Happy Lunar New Year! To help with your celebration, enjoy this easy Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble. Did you know the Chinese New Year is based upon the Lunar Calendar?

The Chinese or “Lunar” New Year is actually celebrated throughout all Asian cultures – including Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean communities.

Learn more about Lunar and Chinese New Year celebrations with our quick and easy free printable Chinese New Year word scramble. This is a perfect educational resource as it covers vocabulary or keywords about the Chinese New Year.

Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble

Download and print this super easy Free Chinese New Year Word Search below. We also have an answer key too!

If you need other free printable word scrambles for upcoming holidays, check out our these free resources on Classy Mommy: Groundhog Day Word Scramble, Valentine’s Day Word Scramble, St Patrick’s Day Word Scramble, Winter Word Scramble

What is the Lunar New Year?

The Lunar calendar tracks time by moon cycles and is why the Chinese New Year typically falls on a different day each year towards the end of January or early February and it is celebrated for 15 days.

To learn more about the Lunar New Year, check out this cool article on CNN which discusses 2025 as the Year of the Snake or their article about 2022 as the Year of the Water Tiger. Very cool how the elements also connect to the Lunar Cycle and Zodiac signs.

Kids will enjoy this National Geographic Kids article about the Chinese Zodiac signs and how the animals represent personality traits and characteristics.

Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble

 To best print and color, download the PDF file below our answer key and then print and color. This is an image of our Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble which includes super easy words to unscramble that have to do with the Lunar New Year.

Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble

What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign?

This Zodiac chart will help you calculate the Zodiac sign for the year of your Birth.  There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac including:

Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig

Look for the year of your birth to find the match to your own Zodiac animal sign.

(Zodiac Image from Chinese Zodiac Highlights)

Chinese New Year Word Scramble Answer Key

Spoiler alert! Take a peek at our answer key to our Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble. These words are easy but it’s always useful to have the answers!

  1. Lantern
  2. Red
  3. Envelope
  4. Luck
  5. Dance
  6. Lion
  7. Dragon 
  8. Tiger
  9. Lunar
  10. Holiday
  11. Festival
  12. Firework

Download Free Printable Chinese New Year Word Scramble

Here’s the link you need to use to print our Chinese New Year Word Scramble.

Note: Be sure to download this file at the link below and then hit print. This link below will let you print everything so you have high resolution. Enjoy!

More Free Printable Word Scrambles

If you need more resources for free printable word scrambles, we have word scrambles for all kinds of holidays. Great for the classroom or for activities at home with kids or adults!

Here’s a list of links for the upcoming seasonal holidays. We also have Fall and Summer word scrambles but these are likely what you might want soon!

Groundhog Day Word Scramble

Presidents Day Word Scramble

Valentine’s Day Word Scramble

St Patrick’s Day Word Scramble

Winter Word Scramble

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