Chinese New Year Decoration

Well, with the economy downturn, our company did not spend anything to decorate for the Chinese New Year (CNY) this year. However, the company received a lot of red packets given out by CITIBank.

After distributing those red packets around, there were still plenty leftovers, so I made some "fishes" to hang to the airconds around the office for decoration.

Fish has an auspicious meaning for CNY, it shares similar pronunciation as "abundance" in Mandarin. People used to wish each other to have heaps of money, or prosperity for the coming year.

So, here is a simple guide on how to make a "fish" out of a red packet, brought to you by Vinegar. ^_^

Step 1: Take out a red packet.

Step two: Fold a triangle from the bottom of the red packet, as shown in the figure above.

Step 3: Cut out the rectangular portion.

Step 4: While remain folded, cut the triangle into a pattern shown in the figure above.

Step 5: Unfold the triangle, you shall have a shape as shown above, much like a stingray.

Step 6: Make a slit starts from the end of the "tail", ends at centre of the folded line, as shown in the figure above.

Step 7: Open up the red packet.

Step 8: Cross the two "tails" that you have made in step 6. Both front and back.

Step 9: Make sure the crossed tail in step 8 are aligned front and back. Then staple them together.

Step 10: You can insert a pen into the "fish" and make the "belly" bulge out better.

That's it, you have made a fish! ^_^

You can string up three of them at the "fin", and hang up anywhere you like. :D

Happy Chinese New Year! And wishing you an opulence year ahead.