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Kids Craft: KOINOBORI for Children's Day May 5th
In Japan, we celebrate Children's Day on the 5th of May each year, and people display carp streamers "Koinobori" outside. This is the small paper version you can easily make with your kids. Koinobori displayed at a park near my hometown in Shizuoka. Photo by Megumi Watanabe KOINOBORI is carp streamers displayed outdoors around children's day on May 5th every year. Children's day was created in 1948 to "respect the individuality of children, strive for their happiness, and exp
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Automatic Drawing for Inspiration
An intuitive drawing process made famous by the Surrealists, and how it can be used as an exercise. This process of drawing, or maybe a...
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Easy Dragon Craft with Gelatin Printing
2024 is the Year of the Dragon. Here is the kids' craft activity I did for a local library. Almost every school holidays, I provide kids'...
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