Free Chinese Paper Cut Template: Four-Joy Medallion Window Flower SVG + PDF Pack

Every winter, families across northern China paste red cut-paper roundels onto their windows. When sunlight passes through a window flower (chuang hua, 窗花), the room fills with a symmetrical pattern that means luck and joy for the year ahead.

The Four-Joy Medallion (四喜团花) is one of the most-loved designs in that tradition — a circular pattern cut from a single square of paper, using four-fold symmetry and a four-petal bloom at its heart. Below you can grab a free 13-page PDF pack with five variations of this design, ready for a Cricut, a pair of scissors, or a colouring session.

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13 pages · 5 designs + 5 line-art sheets · free, no sign-up

Red Chinese paper cut window flowers on a sunlit window - Four-Joy Medallion design

What’s Inside: 5 Designs in One Pack

Five variations of the Four-Joy Medallion Chinese paper cut template — All five variations — from bold and easy to dense and detailed.

Classic Four-Fold — big rounded shapes, ideal for a first attempt
Six-Fold Fine Ring — a delicate dotted ring for finer blades
Eight-Fold Double Bloom — layered petals, a favourite for weddings
Twelve-Fold Sunray — dense and dramatic, best with a craft knife
Five-Fold Plum Heart — the unusual five-fold variant

Each one ships as a filled pattern (black stays, white is cut away) and a line-art version. The PDF is vector, so it prints at true size on A4 or US Letter — no scaling, no pixelation.

Three Ways to Use It

1. Cut it with a Cricut or Silhouette

Clean closed paths with no overlapping lines — exactly what cutting software wants. Scale to your cardstock and cut from 80 gsm upward; a fine-point blade handles all five designs.

2. Cut it by hand

Print at 100%, staple the sheet to a folded square of red paper, cut through both layers. The Classic Four-Fold takes most people under 30 minutes.

Framed Chinese papercut medallion used as living room wall decor — Framed medallions work as year-round wall art — not just a New Year decoration.

Chinese papercut medallion on a desk with cutting tools — Cut flat on a desk: paper, scissors or craft knife, and the printed pattern.

3. Trace and colour

The line-art pages double as colouring and tracing sheets, which makes the pack a ready-made activity for Lunar New Year classroom units.

Line-art tracing and colouring page version of a Chinese window flower papercut — Print the line-art pages for tracing, colouring or scissor practice (ages 6+).

Materials

Red cardstock or origami paper (80–160 gsm) · scissors or a craft knife · a printer · double-sided tape. Add a Cricut or Silhouette if you’d rather not cut by hand.

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FAQ

Is it really free? Yes — free for personal use, and you may sell up to 200 finished paper pieces per design. Reselling the digital file itself is not allowed.

Can a beginner cut it? Start with the Classic Four-Fold; save the Twelve-Fold Sunray for a second attempt with a craft knife.

What paper size do I need? Any square from 15 cm (6 in) upward. The PDF prints at true size on both A4 and US Letter.