Printable Chinese Dragon

Whether you are looking for a printable Chinese dragon for a child to color, to use in a craft project or to frame as a unique wall decoration, choose from the many beautiful Chinese dragons available online.

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Although the mystique of dragons has fascinated people since ancient times, determining if a dragon is a Chinese dragon or a Western dragon is sometimes confusing. Chinese dragons, also known as Oriental dragons, symbolize good luck, strength and power. When used in feng shui, dragons attract auspicious chi and provide protection. Generally, Western dragons represent evil.

Chinese dragons are made up of the parts of nine different animals or entities that include:

• The horns of a giant stag or deer
• The head of a horse or camel
• The eyes of a demon or the devil
• The neck of a snake or lizard
• The abdomen of a tortoise or the belly of a clam
• The scales of a carp
• The claws of an eagle or hawk
• The paws of a tiger
• The ears of an ox or bull

Most Chinese dragons do not have wings. However those that do, have bat like wings extending out of their front limbs.

Many Chinese dragons are depicted with a flaming pearl under their neck. The pearl is a symbol of good luck, wealth and prosperity.

Many websites have great free pictures of printable Chinese dragons for children to cut out, color or paint.

• DLTK Crafts for Kids - Provides more than a dozen different Chinese dragons to print and color. The template for each picture offers the choice of printing the dragon in color or black and white. There is also an instruction page on how to decorate binders using the pictures.
• Educpics - Has a highly detailed picture of a dragon that you can print in three different sizes:
  • Small image - 99x140
  • Medium image - 354x500
  • Large image - 620x875
• First School Preschool Activities and Crafts- Provides the template and instructions for a printable Chinese paper lantern decorated with dragons. Once printed, the dragons can be colored and decorated before it is assembled into the lantern.
• PBS Kids Sprout Online- Provides a coloring page to print of a Chinese dragon’s head. This is a fun coloring activity to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
• Print out this Chinese dragon banner from Scissor Crafts for Children in sections. - The more body sections you print the longer you can make the dragon’s body. Follow the instruction to make a banner or a dragon the kids can play with.

Craft projects are fun for all ages. There are many crafts you can make using printable clip art of Chinese dragons, dragon pictures or templates.

• Make a set of beautiful coasters with Asian flair. Print colorful Chinese dragons and follow the instruction on making CD coasters on Kaboose. Use the printed dragon pictures instead of making the drawings.
• Another great craft idea from Kaboose is picture placemats. Print colorful pictures of Chinese dragons or use printable coloring pages and have your children color them. Then follow the directions for making these decorative home accent pieces, replacing the photograph in the instructions with the dragon pictures.
• Print vector clip art of Chinese dragons to use to decorate tee shirts, make stencils or use as tattoos.

From mythical dragon drawings to yin yang dragons, the Internet offers many exquisite pictures of Chinese dragons to print and frame. Using dragon pictures in your home is an excellent way to attract positive chi into you space. The following websites are a sampling of those offering beautiful Chinese dragons that you can print.

• Dragon Picture
• Web Weaver
• Draconian
• Christmas Graphics Plus

• Dragons Must Be Here
• Tattoo 4 U
• Coloring provides ten printable dragon coloring pages.

From simple dragons for a child to color to exquisite dragons to decorate your home, printable Chinese dragons are as intriguing as the mystical creatures they represent.

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