Lantern Parade With a Dragon for New Year Celebrations

Coloring guide
Four smiling kids in button-up martial arts style outfits march down a tiled street, each holding a pole that lifts a big, friendly dragon. It has wide eyes, a toothy grin, curly whiskers and a long scaly body. Paper lanterns with tassels hang on strings overhead along with small flags and ribbons, and bits of confetti drift through the air. On the right, a group of onlookers clap and cheer, including an older man with glasses and a child in a cap. Traditional buildings with curved rooftops and leafy trees fill the background, and flowers sit in the lower corner. Little ones will find plenty to work on in the scales. Green and gold taking turns on the dragon's scales and red lanterns give it a bright, festive look. Print this free page for classroom time or a rainy day. Add this to your New Year coloring page collection, alongside Snowman and Chinese New Year.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- light gray
- golden yellow
- light green
- red
- skin peach
- pale gold
- amber
- chocolate brown
- emerald green
- leaf green
- sky blue
- orange
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Start with the big background areas: fill the paved street and the ground at the bottom with light gray, and keep the sky, roof, and hanging lanterns white.
- 2Color the dragon's head and horns golden yellow, then add orange and amber along the cheeks and brow, keeping the eyes and the scales on the body white.
- 3Fill the dragon's fins and jaw area with emerald green, and color the open mouth red.
- 4Color the children's pants and the dragon's lower body golden yellow, the jackets red, the hands and faces skin peach, and the hair chocolate brown. Leave the eye whites and teeth white.
- 5Paint the lanterns red, the trees and bushes light green and leaf green, and the clothes of the people on the right in lavender pink, light green, and sky blue. Optional: add a little darker shading under the dragon and the children for depth.
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