Rice dumpling is a food made from glutinous rice wrapped in rue leaves and steamed. It is one of the traditional festival foods of the Han people in China. Rice dumpling, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest accumulation in Chinese history and culture, has spread far and wide. The custom of eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival has prevailed in China for thousands of years, and it has spread to North Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries.

If you also like to eat rice dumplings, you can follow some recipe tutorials on the Internet to make them. This is a very meaningful thing. The process of making rice dumplings is not complicated. You only need a few simple tools and methods to succeed. I believe you can do it.

If you are looking for some Chinese paper craft ideas and want to teach your children to do some craft projects, then you can't miss the 10+ paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorials(step by step).

♥The first paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:30 minutes

All you need:

• paper
• double-sided tape
• marker
• scissors
• tassel

Dragon Boat Festival paper rice dumpling(Zongzi) pendant craft in 7 easy steps

1.Prepare a piece of green square paper, fold it in half and cut it in half, as shown in Figure 1.

2.According to the method shown in Figure 2, fold the three sides of the green paper up a small part, and then paste the double-sided tape.

3.Roll up this green paper as shown in Figure 3.

4.Then press the paper tube toward the middle to stick it together. As shown in Figure 4.

5.The other end is also pressed to the middle in the same way, but be careful not to be parallel to the paste below, as shown in Figure 5.

6.Then use a marker to draw eyes, mouths, etc. on the paper rice dumpling, and paste a red piece of paper, the rice dumplings look very cute.

7.Fold three of the same paper dumplings, then string them together with a string, tie a tassel at the bottom, and make the beautiful and cute paper dumplings.

 

♥The second paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:30 minutes

All you need:

• paper
• pen
• scissors
• clay
• red beans
• tassel

Dragon Boat Festival clay and paper Zongzi craft in 5 easy steps

1.On a piece of green paper, draw 3 leaves of different sizes. This is the leaf used to wrap the rice dumplings.

2.Use scissors to cut these 3 leaves and paste them on a black round paper, as shown in Figure 2.

3.Rub white clay into two triangles and paste them on the black round paper, as shown in Figure 3.

4.Then paste the red beans on the triangular clay and paste the word "duan wu".

5.Finally, make two holes for the work, then put on a string and hang a tassel underneath.

 

♥The third paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:30 minutes

All you need:

• paper
• color pen
• scissors
• double-sided tape
• clay
• plastic bottle cap

Dragon Boat Festival tumbler paper rice dumpling(Zongzi) craft in 5 easy steps

1.Use a pen to draw the shape of the zongzi on a piece of white paper, and then color it, as shown in Figure 1.

2.Cut out the painted zongzi with scissors, as shown in Figure 2.

3.Fill the plastic bottle cap with a pile of clay, as shown in Figure 3.

4.Paste double-sided tape on the plastic bottle cap, and paste the cut paper dumplings on the bottle cap, as shown in Figure 4.

5.Finally, if you move the cap with your hand, the cap will swing from side to side, like a tumbler, very cute and interesting.

 

♥The 4th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:20+ minutes

All you need:

• masks
• marker
• scissors
• sewing
• cotton

DIY mask rice dumpling(Zongzi) craft in 6 easy steps

1.According to the method in Figure 1, cut off the four sides of the mask, leaving the middle part.

2.Cut the thread of the mask, fold it in half and tie a knot, as shown in Figure 3.

3.After folding the cut-out middle part of the mask, stitch it up on the edge with needle and thread, and stitch the rope on one corner.

4.Then stuff the cotton into this bag, and finally sew the upper edge, as shown in Figure 5-6.

5.Then draw a cute expression on the outside, draw eyes, mouth, blush, etc.

6.Finally, use the cut edges to make a bow tie and tie for this mask dumpling. Isn’t it very cute?

 

♥The 5th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆☆

Age: 9+-year-olds

Time-consuming:30+ minutes

All you need:

• clay
• craft tools
• plate

Tiger-like clay rice dumpling(zongzi) craft you can try in 3 steps

1.Roll a large piece of red clay into a triangle, as shown in Figure 1.

2.Then follow the method shown in Figure 2-3 to rub out the eyes with clay. This process is very complicated and requires enough patience.

3.Then follow the steps below to rub out the eyebrows, mouth, beard, etc. with clay. The whole process requires different craft tools to achieve good results. 

 

♥The 6th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:20+ minutes

All you need:

• paper
• scissors
• double-sided tape
• marker
• string

paper rice dumpling pendant craft you can try in 5 steps

1.First split a square piece of paper into two halves, and then stick double-sided tape on three sides. This method is the same as that of many other paper rice dumpling crafts.

2.According to Figure 1-3, make the shape of the paper rice dumplings.

3.Then use colored markers to draw the mouth, eyes, etc. and paste these stickers on the paper dumplings.

4.Cut a piece of red paper into strips, stick double-sided tape on it, and roll it up to form a beautiful paper tassel. As shown in Figure 6-7.

5.Finally, the paper rice dumplings and tassels are strung together with a string, and they can be hung on the windows as home decorations.

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Chinese Dragon Boat Festival clay and paper Zongzi craft

Dragon Boat Festival tumbler paper rice dumpling(Zongzi) craft

Paper Zongzi(Rice Dumpling) Dragon Boat Craft

4 paper dragon boat craft ideas for kids at the Dragon Boat Festival

♥The 7th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:20+ minutes

All you need:

• paper
• scissors
• bubble film
• maker
• glue
• color paint

bubble film rice dumpling paste painting you can try in 5 steps

1.First use scissors to cut the bubble film along with the shape of the template into a triangle shape.

2.Then paste the cut-out triangle bubble film on a round white paper, as shown in Figure 2.

3.Then use color paint to paint the triangle bubble film into your favorite color, the green here.

4.Then put swing eye stickers and some other decorations on these bubble film rice dumplings.

5.Then use a marker to draw some decorations, or write the words "Dragon Boat Festival".

 

♥The 8th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆

Age: 3+-year-olds

Time-consuming:10+ minutes

All you need:

• Corrugated carton
• scissors
• clay
• hole punch
• string
• paper
• marker

Chinese clay rice dumpling craft you can try in 4 steps

1.Cut two triangles from the old corrugated box, and punch a hole in the triangle with a hole punch.

2.Then paste the clay on the paper triangle, and make the clay into a rice dumpling shape according to the method in Figure 3-5.

3.Draw the eyes and mouth of the rice dumplings with a marker, they look very cute.

4.Cut out thin strips from paper and make tassels, hang them under the rice dumpling with a rope, and a cute decoration is made.

 

♥The 9th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:20+ minutes

All you need:

• paper
• glue
• scissors
• color markers
• pen

The flying paper rice dumpling craft you can try in 4 steps

1.Draw the shape of the leaves and zongzi on the paper, and then cut them out with scissors, as shown in Figure 1-2.

2.Then paste it on the A4 paper in the way shown in Figure 3, paying attention to the protruding leaves in the middle of the pasted leaves.

3.Then use a marker to draw the feet of the rice dumpling, and draw a line between the leaves and the rice dumplings, like a flying rice dumpling.

4.Finally, paste paper clouds in empty places.

 

♥The 10th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:30+ minutes

All you need:

• mask
• scissors
• sewing
• marker
• cotton

mask rice dumpling craft tutorial you can try

This mask rice dumpling craft is also made of masks. You can learn from the fourth mask rice dumpling craft tutorial, and the procedure is exactly the same. Or you can view the complete tutorial, click here DIY mask rice dumpling(Zongzi) craft

 

♥The 11th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:20+ minutes

All you need:

• paper egg tray
• scissors
• paint
• paper
• pen
• glue

paper egg tray dragon boat craft tutorial you can try in 3 steps

1.Cut the paper egg tray with scissors, and paint your favorite color with paint.

2.After the paint is dry, put on the swinging eye sticker and some decorative papers, as shown in Figure 4.

3.Finally, paste these cute paper rice dumplings on paper like leaves, it looks very interesting.

 

♥The 12th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

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Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:20+ minutes

All you need:

• paper
• scissors
• glue
• color marker
• paper plate

Rice dumpling crafts for children you can try in 5 steps

1.Draw two rice dumpling shapes on the paper and cut them out, as shown in Figure 2-3.

2.Use green paper to draw the shape of two leaves, cut them out and draw lines, as shown in Figure 4-5.

3.Wrap the rice dumpling with green leaf paper, as shown in Figure 6.

4.Use colored pens to draw cute expressions on the zongzi, as shown in Figure 7.

5.Draw beautiful patterns on the paper plate, and finally paste the paper rice dumplings in the middle of the paper plate.

 

♥The 13th paper rice dumpling Chinese art and craft tutorial for you:

Degree of difficulty:☆☆☆☆

Age: all ages

Time-consuming:30+ minutes

All you need:

• cotton
• scissors
• punch
• marker
• sewing
• swing eye stickers
• string
• tassels

rice dumplings sachet craft tutorial you can try in 5 steps

1.Cut the cotton cloth into triangles, make two into a set, and use a puncher to make many holes on the edges of the triangle, as shown in Figure 1.

2.Then stitch them up with a needle and thread, and you can stuff them with cotton or other soft materials during the stitching process.

3.Stick different cotton patterns on the outside of the sachet according to the method shown in Figure 4-5.

4.Then paste the swaying eye sticker, and use a pen to draw a cute expression, as shown in Figure 6.

5.Finally put on a tassel with a string, the rice dumpling sachet craft looks very cute and beautiful.