Chinese New Year 2021

Did you know it is the year of the Ox? Normally, that is not something I would know, but my girl scouts are working on an international patch and as Troop President, Scout wanted them to learn a little about China.

So we did some research...

We tried some new Asian food. Scout loved the dumplings, but since they were frozen. We couldn't really share with our scouts. Remember, we still can't even meet in person.😷

One of my fantastic co-leaders found these free dragon kits for us at the library. We made a trip to Asian City to buy glutinous rice and we discovered all kinds of Red Envelopes.

Our goal was to help our scouts have a little taste of the New Year celebration, so we cut red paper so they could write couplets, we acquired red envelopes and gave them donated gift cards to Menchies, and we gave them the ingredients to make sticky rice balls!

We were nervous about asking them to cook, but they did an awesome job. My little scouts are amazing. 

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!🎉