Reported by:
Boey Kaylee Jr1Z(1)

Photography by:
Team Photography Newsletter Club

              To enhance students’ creativity and letting them learn more about famous ‘God of Wealth’ and ‘Fortune Bag’ of Chinese New Year, the Chinese and Western Paintings Group and the Creative Design Group jointly organised a fun and exciting activity for the Junior One Students titled: “Handmade Fun for the Year of the Horse in the New Spring,” on the 28 of February 2026.

              Before the activity began, all the students took out two pieces of red A4 paper, glue, scissors and a ruler prepared beforehand to make the “God of Wealth” and “Fortune Bag”.

              Participating students began with cutting the A4 paper into 2 individual 10 cm squares. They then folded the paper while following the instruction video step by step. The members of the Creative Design Club walked around helping students that were having trouble with understanding the steps. To enhance the appearance of the “God of Wealth”, they drew faces on the head, cute faces, funny faces everything was seen on the head of the “God of Wealth”. Finally, it was time to move on to the body of the “God of Wealth”, the body of the “God of Wealth” was much easier than the head so most of the students caught up quickly.

(Photo: Students delighting in vibrant red paper artwork)

              The next craft, “Fortune Bag” started easy but soon most of the students were having trouble with the complex steps. The members of the Creative Design Club were all over the place, going from table to table. Through this, the students learned the importance of patience and teamwork as sometimes you have to wait patiently for someone to do the step or even help one another while facing difficulties. At last, the “Fortune Bag” was complete.

              The students were very satisfied with their work as they were surprised by the capability of their hands towards origami. The activity not only taught the students how to fold an origami “God of Wealth” and “Fortune Bag” as a festive Chinese New Year decoration but also taught them to be more confident and never to underestimate themselves before they have even tried.