Lunar New Year 3D Prints

Lunar New Year is a decorating holiday with a built-in theme that changes every year: the zodiac animal. Whether it's celebrated as the Chinese Spring Festival, Korean Seollal or Vietnamese Tết, the printable categories are the same — zodiac figures, glowing lanterns, red-envelope (hongbao) holders and door couplets — and the zodiac swap is exactly why these models trend fresh each January or February.

The visual language is red and gold, which is a gift to a 3D printer: red and silk-gold filament do all the finishing for you. Print the year's animal as the centerpiece, hang a row of matching lantern frames, and the whole set comes off the bed already in-theme with no paint.

Zodiac animals & figures

This year's zodiac centerpiece and figurines — aggregated from Printables and MakerWorld, refreshed hourly.

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Red envelopes & decor

Hongbao holders, coin stacks, 'fu' plaques and door couplets.

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Printing tips for lunar new year 3d prints

Print this year's zodiac animal, not last year's

The zodiac rotates through twelve animals, so a model that trended last year reads as out of date. Search the current animal specifically — the figure is the centerpiece of the table and the one print everyone notices.

Lanterns want thin, light-passing walls

Lantern frames and shades glow best at 0.8–1.2mm walls in red or translucent PLA over a tealight or LED string. Print the frame and the panels separately if the model splits them — it makes the light read cleaner than a solid shell.

Red-and-gold filament beats painting

A spool of red PLA and a spool of silk-gold cover the entire palette of the holiday. Zodiac figures, coin stacks and 'fu' character plaques print straight to final-look — keep the gold for accents so it pops against the red.

Red-envelope holders are the easy crowd-pleaser

Hongbao/sebaetdon holders and trays print flat and fast, and they're the gift everyone actually uses on the day. Batch a plate of them — they're small, supportless and make practical presents for the whole family.

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