Lunar New Year Edition Monopoly, Lego & Other Collectibles To Get Your Home Ready For CNY 

Done spring cleaning (and donating your pre-loved items), and want to get your home Lunar New Year ready? If you're looking for different ways to liven up your home during LNY, whether it’s home décor or ways to entertain guests, we’ve got your back. Sure, you can buy the usual pussy willow or bright red and gold decorations, or take out the mahjong table for those overnight sessions. But if you’re looking for something unexpected, quirky and different to usher in the Year of the Dragon, here are a few huat things to buy. 

#1: Lunar New Year Lego sets that double up as décor

From cherry blossoms that won’t die on you to huat-tastic Chinese New Year displays, these Lego sets are the way to go. It’s up to you whether you want to gather the whole clan to assemble them together and make this a family bonding activity, or to fly solo. Either way, it’s just as therapeutic and satisfying when you see it all come together.

#2: Stock up on CNY edition games 

Not everyone is into mahjong or card gambling games — or gambling away their (real) angpow money, for that matter. Now that’s where these two extra huat versions of Monopoly will come in handy. The Monopoly Lunar New Year Celebration Edition (Dragon) even comes with a zodiac wheel spinner in the centre of the board instead of the usual decks of cards, and intricate jade-like tokens (including a mini dragon and lion dance head). Prefer something that’s just as huat but not zodiac-specific? The Monopoly Lunar New Year Edition is a super bling affair with a gold board, gold player tokens (including an ingot and firecrackers), and comes with red envelopes to store money, cards or dice. 

#3: Bling it up with Sanrio LNY collectibles

Gold decorations are popular during Lunar New Year for the prosperity they signify. Huat about taking that up a notch by getting something bling that is actually a collector’s item? Enter Raffles Mint, a subsidiary of Singapore Mint, which has doled out a Lunar New Year collection which features a bevy of adorable Sanrio characters in gold medallions, ingots, gold frames and even charm bags — perfect as a gift or as part of your shelfie of prized possessions this CNY.

The pièce de resistance is a 12-piece Hello Kitty zodiac 24K gold-plated colour medallion gift set, each one emblazoned with everyone’s fave feline gets dressed up in all 12 zodiac signs. The full12-piece Hello Kitty Zodiac 24K Gold-Plated Medallion Gift Set is $288 (available here or here). Individual pieces are $26 each (available here and here).

For something that’s just as huat but not CNY-specific, go for the Sanrio characters Showa Collection where characters like Hello Kitty and My Melody, decked out in kimonos, are encased in 24K gold foil display frames. Sanrio Hello Kitty Showa Collection 24K Gold Foil in Frame, $40 (available here and here); Sanrio My Melody Showa Collection 24K Gold Foil in Frame (buy it here or here). Shop the full Raffles Mint Sanrio collection here or here.

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