Objective To translate the Leisure Crafting Scale into simplified Chinese and to test the reliability and validity in nurses. Methods The translation to a simplified Mandarin version was through a forward-backward translation, then expert consultation and pilot study were performed for cultural adaptation.A total of 1,235 nurses were conveniently recruited from four tertiary hospitals in Shandong province and were surveyed to test the reliability and validity. Results The Chinese version of Leisure Crafting Scale consisted of 9 items.The scale content validity/average agreement (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.940.One factor was determined via exploratory factor analysis and the factor loadings were between 0.762 and 0.916, explaining 76.409% of the total variance.The single-factor model fitted well (χ2/df=1.814,NFI=0.909,IFI=0.913,TLI=0.888,CFI=0.913,RMSEA=0.067）.The Cronbach′s α for the Chinese version was 0.953, the Spearman-Brown coefficient was 0.923, and the test-retest reliability was 0.825. Conclusion The simplified Chinese version of Leisure Crafting Scale is reliable and valid for measuring leisure crafting beha-viors of Chinese nurses.