Celebrate Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year 2026, and the Year of the Horse with these engaging art activities, colouring pages, and classroom decorations. Use these horse colouring page worksheets to create an eye-catching Lunar New Year art display in your classroom.

This no-prep print-and-go Chinese New Year art activity encourages students to use their imagination and sense of colour. The challenge is to see if the Year of the Horse silhouette stands out from the background when the colouring page is finished.

What’s included?

• Digitally coloured posters to display - two colourways for inspiration
• Colour palette examples and worksheets to encourage students to become experimental and confident in their understanding of how colours work together
• Templates to colour - you can choose from four worksheet options
• Card-making and poster colouring activities
• Banners and decor activities
• A Year of the Horse facts page and a lined template page for writing

What materials do I need for this Lunar New Year art activity?

• Print onto heavyweight paper for the best results
• Use felt tip pens, watercolour paints, oil pastels, crayons or pencils
• Scissors to cut out the flags to make a bulletin board banner

How can this resource help me?

• Learn about Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year
• An experimental art lesson
• A handy print-and-go sub-plan
• A fun Friday afternoon activity
• A brain break from screens
• A lesson about warm and cool colours, shape, and line
• Add to a New Year unit
• Build creative confidence
• Create a fantastic classroom display for 2026!