Usually, during the lunar new year, parents and families will give children angpao (red pocket containing money). But instead of giving money, you can also give gifts toys to them.
Here are toys with Chinese New Year theme that you can get online. Some items are very rare and not sold in local stores. So, my advice is that you buy them online before the Chinese New Year celebration starts.
LEGO Story of Nian
This LEGO Story of Nian set makes a cool Lunar New Year gift toy for kids that everyone will talk about. It’s great for solo building and plays or enjoying with family and friends
Let kids learn the Story of Nian and celebrate a Lunar New Year ritual with this LEGO Story of Nian.
What I like about this version of Lego is the type of house building in Northern China in a snowy scene and some Nian villagers. Comes with an ox costume and a snowman figure.
YEECHAO Brick Chinese Architecture of Suzhou Garden
This Brick Set Suzhou Garden Brick toy from YEECHAO price is cheaper than LEGO even though this block set is much more comprehensive, more complicated, and better.
For your information, Chinese classical Suzhou gardens are located in China, which are very beautiful ancient Chinese ceremonial buildings. You can also learn a lot of architectural history from the National Geographic brochure during the assembly process.
This is a good gift for adults and teenagers. I would not recommend it to young kids because it is so complicated to build. The Suzhou Garden brick set is very suitable for art collections, desktop decorations, school projects, birthday gifts, or gifts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays including the lunar new year.
Barbie Signature Lunar New Year Doll
Barbie Lunar New Year edition is one of the variants of Barbie that is quite rare and only appears during the Chinese New Year.
The price may be a little more expensive than the usual barbie, but the price is worth what you will get. This Barbie has the typical shape of Asian women, especially Chinese with slanted eyes, snow-white skin, and long straight black hair.
Lunar New Year edition barbie dolls use cheongsam or traditional Chinese clothes that are very nice and classy. The Barbie doll’s red satin cheongsam features a peony print symbolizing prosperity and good fortune.
Barbie Lunar New Year makes an ideal gift for collectors and kids ages 6 years old and up. May she become a treasured part of your celebration for years to come.
LEGO Lunar New Year Traditions
Through LEGO Lunar New Year Traditions, kids can learn about Chinese New Year family traditions. You will get 12 LEGO Minifigures bring each scene to life: the God of Wealth, a stallholder, a couple, a man, a girl, and a family of 6: dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, a girl, and a boy.
This LEGO Lunar New Year Traditions makes a fun gift for kids and anyone interested in Asian culture. This LEGO is a little bit pricey but since it’s rare to find I think it’s worth buying for collectors.
LEGO Lunar New Year Ice Festival
This LEGO Lunar New Year Ice Festival may be hard to find anywhere because it is rare. Many enthusiasts want this toy to be a lunar new year gift for their children, nieces, and nephews.
Your kids can recreate the traditional family fun of a Chinese New Year Ice Festival with this LEGO set. 13 LEGO mini figures with lots of accessories – Includes a person in a tiger outfit to mark the Year of the Tiger, sweet-potato vendor, ice sculptor, mom, dad, and children, plus a penguin figure.
You will be encouraged to create a winter wonderland with a frozen lake complete with the penguin-shaped sled, ski slope, Chun ice sculpture, equipment rental shop, photo booth, vending machine, sweet potato vendor’s cart, and more.
From this LEGO Lunar New Year Ice Festival set, your child can learn about winter Chinese New Year activities such as sledding on the lake, carving ice sculptures, and ice fishing.
LEGO Spring Lantern Festival
Recreate the decorative splendor of the Spring Lantern Festival and celebrate Lunar New Year with this LEGO toy playset for kids.
This LEGO Spring Lantern Festival includes 7 civilian mini figures, a Minifigure-shaped lantern accessory elements such as a rabbit lantern, camera, rice ball, bowl, spoon, mobile phone, and selfie stick, plus a buildable bubble tea.
Not only that, but the garden also has moon gates, pavilion, bridge and pond with frog and koi fish figures, buildable bamboo trees, ox lantern with LEGO light brick, buildable lanterns, and traditional Chun Lian banners.
LEGO Spring Lantern Festival is a lunar new year themed lego that is quite expensive but worth the price, so it is suitable to be given as a gift to a very accomplished child as an appreciation for his hard work so far.
LEGO Chinese New Year Dragon Dance
I don’t know what makes the LEGO Chinese New Year Dragon Dance so expensive, even though it’s quite easy to assemble and doesn’t require high precision. Maybe it’s because there are special features such as a buildable dragon with an opening mouth, posable tail, and dancing function, plus a rotating dragon that can dance that make it unique and finally worth the price above $200.
You can turn the handle to make the dragon and dragon dancers dance and the dragon ball spin. This colorful construction toy for play and display includes 5 dragon dancer mini figures, including the lead dancer in a pig costume holding the dragon ball. LEGO Chinese New Year Dragon Dance also includes 5 Minifigures: a dancer in a pig costume and 4 dragon dancers.
LEGO Chinese New Year Temple Fair
Another expensive lunar new year-themed lego set that is worth the money. LEGO Chinese New Year Temple Fair is a retired product that you cannot buy at retail stores or online any longer. Lego prices appreciate in value when sets are retired.
This set is so detailed and beautiful when completed. It wasn’t too hard to assemble. There are lots of different little booths to play with, and the baby with its own stroller is so cute. There are lots of different little booths to play with, and the baby with its own stroller is so cute.
If you have children or nieces and nephews who collect Chinese New Year-themed legos, then it’s not wrong to give this LEGO Chinese New Year Temple Fair as one of the must-have items (even though it’s expensive).
LEGO Chinese New Year Eve Dinner
LEGO Chinese New Year Eve Dinner includes 6 Minifigures: mum, dad, grandma, grandpa, girl, and boy complete with traditional Chinese home accessories such as front door with Fu symbol dan red curtain.
Create your own festive family reunion stories with this LEGO Chinese New Year Eve Dinner set. You will be invited to build a traditional house in China. From this toy, we can learn how big families in China get together in the lunar new year by eating together. The decoration inside the traditional Chinese house is very nice and unique.
LEGO Chinese Dragon Boat Race
Some people may not know that the Dragon Boat Festival, popularly known as the Duanwu Festival, is a cultural festival originating in China and occurring close to the summer solstice, around the end of May to mid-June. It commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan (Chu Yuan).
LEGO Chinese Dragon Boat Race set comes with 15 Minifigures which are made up of two dragon boat helmsmen, six paddlers, two drummers, two spectators, a judge, a young boy, and a stallkeeper.
This LEGO Chinese Dragon Boat Race isn’t expensive so you definitely need to buy it. Apart from being unique and rare, we can also learn about Chinese culture that only exists in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.