This weekend is the big Chinese New Year celebrations in London, and elsewhere of course. London's big doodaa wotsit is on in Leicester Square, but I don't think we can afford it this year, but there'll be plenty of others. Anyways, I was chatting about it with my Mum, and I thought I'd share some of her suggestions of inexpensive ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year:

• Make Paper dragons, or dogs, or Chinese lanterns, or fans


• Try Chinese writing with paintbrushes - Hmm, have a book on Chinese characters somewhere...


• Chinese cooking (yum!)


• Fortune cookies


• Eat your dinner with chopsticks (good for dieting if you're like me!)

Well, do have a good weekend all! See you all in the Year of the Dog!