KidSpace: How to Make Your Dragon!
Sun 01 Mar
|ARTSPACE 5-7
Welcome in Chinese New Year with a paper crafts workshop led by a professional artist!
Time & Location
01 Mar 2026, 10:30 – 12:00
ARTSPACE 5-7, Portugal Pl, Cambridge CB5 8AF, UK
About the event
Get stuck into a Sunday morning of serious paper crafting! Make your own beautiful articulated dragon puppet from a unique template, designed specially for ArtSpace5-7 by a professional artist. Colour in your dragon, then bring it to life for a dragon dance to invite prosperity, scare away evil spirits and welcome in the Year of the Fire Horse! You can also assemble a menagerie of creatures – including a Fire Horse, if desired – using origami paper created by our in-house designer; or make a paper lantern for the Lantern Festival (and add a challenging riddle to see who has 'the might of the tiger')!
In 2026, Chinese Lunar New Year begins on 17 February and lasts until 3 March. Dragon dances – a tradition dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) – are an integral part of the Spring Festival, ensuring that the year ahead will be a lucky…
Tickets
General Admission
£20.00
Total
£0.00