Free Printable Chinese New Year Wrapping Paper Sheets
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Use our Free Printable Chinese New Year Wrapping Paper to welcome the new lunar year!
These sheets are your go-to resource for many uses, from the obvious, such as gift packaging to creative DIY projects and festive decor.
We have updated our Chinese New Year gift wrap for the Year of the Snake in 2025!
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• You can open this type of file with Adobe Reader.
• Standard sizes available: A4 and US Letter (8.5″ x 11″)
• Additional sizes: A3 and 12×12″.
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Chinese New Year Wrapping Paper
We have shared Chinese New Year Printables since the Year of the Monkey in 2016 and have been expanding and updating them ever since. Our Chinese New Year gift wrap paper first appeared in 2017, and the Year of the Rooster!
This year, our Free Build A Snake Craft Printable has been turned gold to use across all of our updated printables for the Chinese New Year.
The gift wrapping paper designs are a tribute to Chinese culture, with traditional Chinese elements and symbols echoing the bright spirit of a happy new year!
The red color of our printables represents good fortune and joy. Gold symbolizes power, wealth, longevity, and happiness. Our Chinese New Year printables use both colors, which are very auspicious in Chinese culture.
Chinese New Year Gift Wrap Designs
- Gold Zodiac Animal: 2025 is the Year of the Snake, symbolizing wisdom, charm, elegance, and transformation.
- Yin & Yang: Representing balance and harmony.
- Water Lily: A symbol of beauty, purity, and good luck.
- Fu Symbol (福): The Chinese characters for bringing prosperity, fortune, good luck, blessing, and happiness.
- Four Blessings Symbol: A Taoist symbol with blessings of happiness (fú 福), prosperity (lù 禄), longevity (shòu 寿), and wealth (cái 財).
- Hand Fan: A classic symbol of elegance and grace.
Available in four convenient sizes—US Letter, A4, A3, and 12 x 12″—these printables accommodate gifts of all sizes and can be used in different ways.
If you want to print non-standard sizes, you’ll need a wider printer that can handle paper over 12″/30cm. This Epson printer can be a fantastic investment for those who enjoy crafting! Check the complete specifications for paper size, ink, and other details to ensure the printer fits your needs.
Year of the Snake
Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake begins on 29 January 2025.
Your Chinese zodiac is Snake if you were born in one of these years: 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, and 2025.
If you are planning a party or Chinese Banquet, be sure to take a look at these 50+ Delicious Recipes for Chinese New Year.
For more Chinese New Activities, check out our Red Money Envelopes, Chinese New Year Activities Pack, and Paper Chinese Firecrackers Craft.
How To Use Chinese New Year Wrapping Paper
You don’t have to use these free printable wrapping paper sheets to wrap gifts. Oh no, there are lots of different uses for them! Here are some ideas you could try:
- Our printable gift wrap is borderless, but your printer may automatically add a border. For a neat finish, cut away the excess with a paper trimmer.
- Use them in Chinese New Year Crafts like Paper Lanterns or Paper Hand Fans. These crafts have their own printables, but these papers will offer different design options.
- You could wrap the gift paper around toilet paper rolls to make a String of Firecrackers (also has its own printable!).
- For some Chinese zodiac crafts, combine the snake patterns with animals from previous years. We have gift wrapping paper from Year of the Rooster to Year of the Dragon in our back catalog.
- Cut the paper into strips and make paper chains.
- Use the square printable to make cones for popcorn or potato chips. Here is a tutorial on how to make cones.
- Laminate the regular-size sheets and use them as placemats for the dinner table for the Chinese New Year.
- Turn into a gift bow with our How to Make DIY Gift Bows Tutorial
- Use to line drawers or trays to make them look pretty.
- Use them to line plates or platters for finger goods at a party.
- Turn into envelopes to send old-fashioned snail mail (plenty of templates online).
- Or use the envelope template from our Free Printable Chinese New Year Activities Pack to make Red Envelopes.
- You can use the designs as printable posters or frame them on the wall for seasonal decor.
- Cut into squares and use as origami paper (again, search online for templates and instructions).
- Use them in your scrapbook or journal as a background.
When printed, the regular-sized (A4/US) wrapping paper is only enough for small gifts (here is some of our Christmas wrapping paper as an example), but you can combine sheets.
Free Printable Chinese New Year Wrapping Paper!
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