Lunar New Year printables: red envelope, door couplets and paper lantern in three styles

Lunar New Year's paper: a red-envelope template with a gold zodiac animal, a pair of couplet strips for the doorframe, a paper lantern to fold, a greeting card with a blank panel. Symmetric, gold on vermilion — drawn in a papercut motif, a gilt line style, or clean modern. Ask for the year's specific animal, or a pink-and-gold palette, and it redraws.

• a red envelope for gifting money
• door couplets for the doorframe
• a paper lantern to fold and hang
• a greeting card for the new year

Frequently asked questions

Do I fold the lantern myself?

Yes — the lantern prints flat with fold lines marked; folding and gluing it into shape is the DIY step.

Is the zodiac animal specific to the year?

Ask for a specific animal — like 'with a rabbit instead' — in the direction field and the hero motif changes to match.

Are the couplets real, readable text?

The couplet strips are drawn as a decorative border design; any characters shown are for visual effect, not composed text, so verify wording separately before using them formally.

Is there a version for a school craft project?

Yes — type 'for a school craft' in the direction field and a simpler, easier-to-cut version is drawn.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.