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21 CNY Decor Ideas to Usher in The Year of the Dragon 2024

Gabriel Choo by Gabriel Choo
February 10, 2025
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Dong dong dong dong qiang – Get ready for the Year of the Dragon! As the Chinese New Year approaches, it’s high time to start decorating your home with lucky plants, CNY banners and dragon-themed merchandise to bring luck for the new year. We’ve curated these CNY decor ideas in Singapore so you can huat up your home!

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CNY decor checklist
CNY decor ideas in Singapore: Home entrance
1. Hang up a 福 sign
2. Put up a CNY wreath on your door
3. Place a festive mat by the door for good luck
4. Decorate your entrance with lucky plants
CNY decor ideas in Singapore: Living room
5. Adorn some lanterns on the ceiling
6. Display some CNY banners
7. Paste some celebratory window stickers
8. Showcase the unique red packets you’ve received
9. Light up the room with this fun CNY decor idea
10. Stay festive with fortune cat statues
11. Change up your pillow cases to fit the CNY mood
12. Cuddle up with dragon plushies
13. Blow up some CNY balloons
14. Boost your fortune with a money tree
CNY decor ideas in Singapore: Dining room
15. Lay out a red table cloth
16. Attract abundance with lucky fish
17. Beautify your table with pretty flowers and vases
18. Huat it up with mandarin oranges
19. Store your treats in a candy tray
20. Serve food on red blossom plates
21. Impress your guests with these mahjong cups
When should you start decorating your home for CNY?
Where can I buy CNY decor in Singapore?
Get creative with your CNY decor ideas!

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CNY Wreath
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CNY decor checklist

Where to Decorate Item Significance
Home Entrance
  • 福 sign
“Good luck arrives”
  • CNY wreath
Attracts good luck
  • Festive mat
Welcomes good fortune
  • Lucky plants
Good health, fortune, luck
Living Room
  • Lanterns
Way forward towards the future
  • CNY banners
Auspicious blessings
  • Celebratory window stickers
Invite good health and fortune
  • Red packets
Prosperity
  • CNY lights
Bright future
  • Fortune cat
Wealth and prosperity to the home or business
  • Decorative pillow cases
Brings a festive mood to the home
  • Dragon plushies
Happiness
  • CNY balloons
Wealth and happiness
  • Money tree
Represents growing fortune
Dining Room
  • Red tablecloth
Represents bountiful meals
  • Lucky fish statue
Abundance in food and wealth
  • CNY flowers and vases
Represents celebration and good luck
  • Fresh mandarin oranges
Gold and fortune
  • Candy tray
Brings forward a sweet new year ahead
  • Red blossom plates
Renewal of life and new beginnings
  • Mahjong cups
Fun and happiness

CNY decor ideas in Singapore: Home entrance

1. Hang up a 福 sign 

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Start your DIY CNY decorations with a 福 Sign (available on Partyforte) to welcome guests at your door. This Chinese New Year door decoration welcomes luck and fortune into the home – perfect for chiming into the Year of the Dragon 2024! Many believe that hanging Fú sign upside down signifies the arrival of good luck, which is a popular CNY decor idea in Singapore.

2. Put up a CNY wreath on your door 

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Putting up a CNY Wreath (available on PYAK Store) on your door is a great way to stay festive and to attract good luck in the coming year. With pretty designs featuring flower garlands and branches, we can see how hanging up one of these CNY wreaths is a popular CNY decor idea in Singapore for 2024! Choose from a variety of designs featuring different auspicious characters, garlands and even blinking lights to give a more festive feel to your home.

3. Place a festive mat by the door for good luck 

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Another great CNY decor idea in Singapore is adorning your home entrance with a festive floor mat. Choose from the best CNY Doormats (available on uunn home.sg) which come in many festive and dragon-themed prints that will add life and personality to any home! This includes designs of a plutus cat, flowers, CNY dragon decor and auspicious phrases.

4. Decorate your entrance with lucky plants

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Looking for CNY 2024 decoration ideas for your home? Bringing in lucky plants like Lucky Bamboo (available on Noi Gardens) is a popular CNY decor idea in Singapore. The plant signifies good health and prosperity. So keep these plants in a self-watering pot at the entrance of your home to welcome the new year! We suggest decorating your entrance with some of these CNY Bonsai Tree Pendants (available on goodchoice1.sg) too. You can choose to add red ornaments with designs of dollar signs, firecrackers and lanterns to these bonsai plants for some festive cheer.

CNY decor ideas in Singapore: Living room

5. Adorn some lanterns on the ceiling

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Chinese New Year lanterns are classic DIY CNY decor ideas that were traditionally handmade with red packets. Nowadays, you can find different pre-cut designs available online, which are easier to assemble and put up each year. Simply hang these CNY Red Lanterns (available on Love Home – Love Life) for a quick DIY CNY decoration. Lanterns represent the way forward towards the future so they are sure to usher in good luck in the Year of the Dragon 2024!

6. Display some CNY banners

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Gong xi fa cai! Nothing screams CNY louder than these Chinese New Year Banners (available on theredsunrisesinsky3.sg). They are some of the best CNY decor ideas in Singapore for homes that want a more festive feel. These DIY CNY decoration banners come in different auspicious words, but all in the lucky red colour to huat up your home this 2024! Take it a step further and grab some dragon-themed CNY banners (available on Cozy Cottage SG) to liven up your living room.

7. Paste some celebratory window stickers

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If you want your home to look extra festive without putting in too much effort, these Chinese New Year Window Stickers (available on Cozy Cottage SG) make great DIY CNY decorations. As a great addition to your living room or balcony window, pasting these CNY stickers is a versatile Chinese New Year decoration idea for your home! Paste Year of the Dragon-themed stickers at the entrances of your home to invite good health and fortune this 2024.

8. Showcase the unique red packets you’ve received 

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Ang pao na lai! Who doesn’t look forward to receiving red packets every CNY? A trending CNY decor idea in Singapore for 2024 is presenting red packets to invite prosperity into the home. While red packets are typically stored away, this year’s trend is to proudly display them around the house for good luck. These CNY Red Packets (available on Ossayi Official Store) can be displayed across an empty wall or strung together to become a banner.

9. Light up the room with this fun CNY decor idea

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These CNY LED Festival Lights (available on Storage Basket) make great Chinese New Year decorations that light up the home for a bright future ahead. They also make your home look more festive! There are eight variations of these dazzling Chinese New Year LED lights that you can hang across your hallway or down a wall. Psst, you can reuse them for weddings and birthday celebrations too! 

10. Stay festive with fortune cat statues

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Fortune Cats, otherwise known as Maneki Neko, is a lucky charm that’s popular in Japanese and Chinese cultures. It is believed to attract good luck and fortune for its owners. Choose from the many Lucky Fortune Cat Statues (available on Home electronic healthy life) to spice up your home as a CNY 2024 decor idea. You can even get a fortune cat phone case to bring luck with you wherever you go!

11. Change up your pillow cases to fit the CNY mood

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If you’re looking for more 2024 Chinese New Year decoration ideas for your home, we suggest swapping out standard pillowcases on your living room couch to these CNY Cushion Covers (available on MIHOME). Available in over a dozen designs, the colourful prints and auspicious sayings will truly enhance the festive mood!

12. Cuddle up with dragon plushies

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Usher in the Year of the Dragon with these red and gold Dragon Plush Toys (available on Sthgruybfub.sg). They’re sure to be a hit with kids and kids at heart! Place these plush toys on your living room sofa for a cuddly yet festive feel. We bet they’ll definitely bring happiness to the new year as a great CNY decor idea for 2024!

13. Blow up some CNY balloons

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Chinese New Year balloons are some of the best CNY decor ideas in Singapore for those looking to add a festive feel to their homes without the hassle. Amp up your living room with CNY Balloons (available on youcairich.sg) where you and your guests can take Insta-worthy photographs together. Pose with your very own God of Wealth and gold ingots – they’re simply irresistible! 

14. Boost your fortune with a money tree

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Calling all plant owners! Chinese New Year is a great time to expand your plant collection with a fortune-bearing Money Tree (available on The Garden Boutique). Known to boost your fortune, having a lucky money plant like a pothos or a rubber plant is one of the best CNY decor ideas in Singapore as it is a valuable feng shui tip. And don’t worry, you won’t need a green thumb to keep these plants as they require little maintenance!

CNY decor ideas in Singapore: Dining room

15. Lay out a red table cloth

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You may already own the best dining tables, but we suggest going one step further to lay out one of these festive Chinese New Year Table Cloths (available on F.Blog) that will spice up the CNY 2024 decor in your dining room. We love how this is a CNY decoration idea for your home that transports your guests straight into a lucky paradise!

16. Attract abundance with lucky fish

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A traditional CNY decor idea in Singapore is to have lucky fish at the dinner table. Fish symbolises abundance in food and wealth in Chinese culture. While some homes prefer cooking a whole fish or displaying fish gelatin on their tables, others prefer displaying lucky fish statues like this Arrowana Fish Sculpture (available on Toronto2).

17. Beautify your table with pretty flowers and vases

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This lucky CNY Artificial Fortune Tree (available on Storage Basket) caught our eye with its elegant aesthetics. It is a great Chinese New Year decoration for CNY 2024, symbolising celebration and good luck for the new year. With many different flower and vase designs, your dining table will never look boring again!

18. Huat it up with mandarin oranges 

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As a gesture of wishing prosperity to the recipient, the exchanging of mandarin oranges during Chinese New Year is a tradition many follow. Hence, placing a basket of Mandarin Oranges (available on sm.sg) on your dining table is a popular CNY decor idea in Singapore. Not only does it add to the festive atmosphere, the oranges will always be within reach too!

19. Store your treats in a candy tray

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If your young ones at home have a sweet tooth, you’d want to store those Chinese New Year snacks in this adorable CNY Candy Tray (available on Tidy House SG) that’ll double as a festive centrepiece on your dining table. It’s a great CNY decoration idea for 2024, especially as we start having family gatherings and celebrations at home!

20. Serve food on red blossom plates 

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After following the best pen cai recipes and abalone recipes, serve them to your guests on these pretty CNY Red Blossom Porcelain Plates (available on vincentyi1.sg). Signifying the renewal of life and new beginnings, the red blossoms on these CNY plates add a touch of luck to this trending CNY decor idea in Singapore!

21. Impress your guests with these mahjong cups

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Pong pong hu! Nothing sounds more like Chinese New Year than the midnight shuffling of mahjong tiles. If you’re addicted to the game like us, then these CNY Mahjong Cups (available on That Home Store) would be a great CNY decoration idea to impress your guests with. Check out these quirky mahjong gifts for even more huat!

When should you start decorating your home for CNY?

When should you start decorating your home for CNY?
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While there is no hard rule as to when you should start decorating your home for CNY, a good guideline is to start decorating after Christmas or towards the end of December. A lot of the traditional Chinese New Year decorations are meant to welcome the new year, so you’ll definitely want to start putting them up before January. Ensure that your DIY Chinese New Year decorations are red as it symbolises ushering in good luck for the new year! 

Where can I buy CNY decor in Singapore?

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Getting the best CNY decor ideas in Singapore is thankfully simple. You can take a walk around the Chinatown Street Market to get an idea of what people are preparing for CNY 2024 or you can also find 2024 CNY decor online where you can browse through several different decor ideas without having to wade through the crowds! 

Get creative with your CNY decor ideas!

We hope this curated list of DIY Chinese New Year decoration ideas has given you some inspiration on how to adorn your home for the festive season. Once the decor is done, it’s time to think about the feasting! Start by indulging in yummy snacks like the best pineapple tarts in Singapore, best love letters and best bak kwa that are oh-so-satisfying. Afterwards, prep for a more filling meal with the best abalones and best pen cai that will wow your guests! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Remember to shop during our CNY Sale to enjoy amazing festive discounts!

This article was updated on 10 January 2024. Additional research done by Janica Ng.

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