Free Activities for the family

Lantern Decorating is a fun, hands-on activity where children and families receive a pre-made lantern and personalize it using colorful stickers, flowers, and a variety of decorative materials. This creative experience invites participants to express their imagination while learning about the cultural tradition of lanterns as symbols of light, hope, and good fortune for the new year. - Sponsored by San Diego Community Power 

Each red envelope holds a small blessing for the year ahead — whether in the form of a treat, coins, or cash. Every envelope carries a genuine wish for your year to be filled with luck and good fortune - Sponsored by Sycuan Casino & Resort

The Make Your Own Bánh Tét activity invites families and children to experience a beloved Lunar New Year tradition by learning how to wrap and prepare this classic Vietnamese rice cake. Participants will use traditional ingredients and leaves to create their own Bánh Tét while discovering the cultural meaning behind the dish as a symbol of family, gratitude, and celebration passed down through generations. Sponsored by Vien Dong Supermarket and World Foods Supermarket

Write a New Year wish and hang it on the cherry blossom tree, then pick a bit of Phúc to bring home for the year ahead. 

The Cybertruck Demo Drive Experience offers festival guests the opportunity to view and participate in a supervised vehicle demonstration featuring Tesla’s innovative electric truck. This activity allows participants to explore cutting-edge design and technology while learning about sustainable transportation in a safe and guided environment.

Pick up a blessing message to discover what the God of Longevity has in store for you.

Discover the hidden truth about yourself.

Pick up a slip to find out!

First make a wish or ask Guan Yin for something in your heart, then spin the wheel two times to get a slip number, pick out a red envelope according to your number to reveal your message.

Get a bad read on your New Year oracle, pick up a free windmill to blow your bad lucks away!

Try bouncing on all available bounce houses

Try the Inflatable Rainbow Land Roller

Enjoy the flowing streams as you twirl it overhead for an amazing tornado effect or from your kid side to simulate a roller coaster ride. 

choose a design or create your own BE KIND design

Someone once said "a wish without a plan is just a dream" so write down your wishes, hang it on the wishing tree, announce it to the world, make your commitment, and turn it into reality.

Hosted by Hoover High School, the mural painting station invites children to add their own colors and creativity to a shared canvas.
 

Join the City Heights Library Art & Craft Station, where children can create festive hats and explore hands-on cultural crafts. A fun, creative space for kids to learn, imagine, and celebrate together.