Chinese New Year offers a wonderful opportunity to teach children about cultural customs through practical projects. This Chinese New Year Horse Agamograph printable makes learning enjoyable. Kindergartners and older children can color, cut, and put together an exciting optical illusion craft that shifts as it is viewed from various angles.
Designed for the Year of the Horse celebration, this printable Chinese New Year project works wonderfully in classrooms, homeschool activities, or family crafting sessions.
As they work, children strengthen their fine motor abilities while discovering Lunar New Year symbols and customs.
Whether you are a teacher preparing a holiday-themed lesson or a parent searching for a simple seasonal activity, this agamograph is a cheerful option.
What is an agamograph?
An agamograph is a fascinating form of artwork that merges two pictures into one, with each image appearing as you look at it from a different direction. Here, one side shows a horse, while the opposite side displays the words “Chinese New Year”.
This type of artwork takes its name from Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, who is recognized as its creator.
Through clever designs, his agamographs bring several images together in one artwork that transforms according to the viewer’s position. Agam’s creations have had a lasting influence on the art world and have also become popular in crafting.
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Chinese New Year Horse Agamograph
The printable horse decoration comes with two template options:
Option 2 – place the strips according to their numbers.
Option 1 – position the strips in alphabetical sequence.
Materials:
Step-by-step instructions
First, print the page containing both pictures, then color each one.
Trim out both pictures, leaving the letters/numbers along the bottom.
Separate the strips, taking care to leave the letters/numbers printed at their bottoms.
Attach the strips to the empty frame in sequence, aligning the letters/numbers at each strip’s bottom with those printed at the bottom of the blank frame.
Remove the frame’s white edge, along with the letters/numbers.
Create accordion folds in the agamograph along the lines separating the pictures.
