This week we are visiting Japan!
Here is our ‘This week we are visiting Japan’ sign. We stick ours up in the kitchen/dining room (where we do most of our playing!) so that the boys can keep looking at it...
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Japanese flags!
We made some flags as part of our ‘Japan week’. We made one flag out of card, craft sticks, glue and paint. I made one first, and then drew out the circle for my...
Book for Japan week
A bit of research led me to buy this book for our ‘Japan week’. And I’m so glad I did. It is beautifully written, through the eyes of a seven year old girl living...
Chopsticks for Japan week!
We couldn’t ‘visit’ Japan and not have a go at using chopsticks! We didn’t quite get as far as trying it on Japanese food – my seaweed order failed to turn up from Tesco...
Lady in a kimono craft stick activity
My preschooler really enjoyed reading the book ‘I live in Tokyo’ for ‘Japan week’ – see my post Book for Japan week. Towards the end, there is a section on what a kimono is...
Japanese calligraphy
We learnt about ‘Shodo’ – Japanese calligraphy – as part of Japan week from the ‘I live in Tokyo’ book (see my post on Book for Japan week). My 4yo was desperate to have...
Mount Fuji erupts!
We love making things fizz and erupt using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar – see my post on Bicarbonate of soda and vinegar: the science behind it. And Mt. Fuji is so famous as...
Origami boat and experiment
We couldn’t ‘visit’ Japan without some origami! So I decided to make an origami boat, and teach my eldest how to do so too. We used this tutorial. The joy of these boats is...
Handprint cherry blossom tree
For our ‘visit’ to Japan, I thought we should make an iconic cherry blossom tree. My toddler loves any excuse to paint himself, so I thought we would do a simple handprint artwork. He...
Matcha green tea jelly
For ‘Japan week’, we made some Matcha green tea jelly using this recipe. It was easy to do, and my preschooler was intrigued how this runny solution would turn into jelly. He loved the...
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