Summer Fun Craft Extravaganza, Saturday 2 July @ Jacaranda Tree Montessori

Hello,

I’m collaborating with Simone from Jacaranda Tree for Summer Fun Craft Extravaganza. This year we don’t have the Tanabatakai but you’ll have summer fun with your little one, just like last summer.

We’ll be making;

Wind Chimes/Kyoko Kinder Kunst Klas

Paper Fans/Hiyoko Imai

Paper Sculptures/Flatto81

Play Dough Making/Jacaranda Tree Montessori

also some Japanese refreshments and Japanese goodies;

Roppongi

Kyoko Kimono

Please note:
* One of us will be at each station to help you, but parents should be prepared to participate with your child too.
* Bring an apron or old shirt! You may get dirty.
* All ages are welcome. Older children will be able to work on the crafts more independently; younger children will need more assistance from their parents. Even little ones will enjoy absorbing all the impressions and the parents will get to enjoy the craft projects (also fun!).

Date: Saturday 2 July 2016
Address: Veerstraat 48, top floor

To sign up for the 10:30 – 12:00 session, click here: http://www.jacarandatreemontessori.nl/shop/summer-fun-craft-extravaganza-morning/

To sign up for the 14:30 – 16:00 session, click here:
http://www.jacarandatreemontessori.nl/shop/summer-fun-craft-extravaganza-afternoon/

There is space for 28 children in each session. This event always sells out, so be quick! You are welcome to invite your friends to sign up too.

 

 

Visual Report Festive Craft Extravaganza 2015

 

Make a reindeer table by KKKK

simple material

kids at work

cardboard

Make a xmas tree table by KKKK

kids at work

simple ingredients

easy for the kids

trees from the kids

home made playdough with green tea

xmas tree kit

team festive craft extravaganza

Easy! Uncooked Play Dough Receip

You can find those ingredients in most Dutch major supermarkets except green tea powder (you can use food coloring instead). I use 200ml measuring cup.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 and 1/4 cup plain flour
• 3 tbs lemon juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbs oil
• (1/2 tsp green tea powder)
• Food coloring

Method

1. Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.
2. Add 1/4 cup of boiling water, lemmon juice and oil.
3. Stair until dough becomes smooth.
4. Mix food coloring.

Notes

This makes 2 play-doh® sized lumps. I usually make two colored lumps and keep each in a play-doh® container.

 

 

 

 

Ready for the workshop

Hope to see you at the workshop!

Kyoko

xmas tree kit

home made playdough with green tea

cardboard

 

Festive Craft Extravaganza, Saturday 12 December

Come join us in our latest creative collaboration; a festive craft extravaganza for kids.

Simone of Jacaranda Tree Montessori has organized this holiday season craft event for many years. This year Flatto81 and I will join Simone!

I’m working on some fun Christmas crafts. There will also be cookie baking, wrapping paper making, singing festive songs and more!

Please note:
* One of us will be at each station to help you, but parents should be prepared to participate with your child too.
* Bring an apron or old shirt! You may get dirty.

To sign up for the 10:30 – 12:00 session, click here: http://www.jacarandatreemontessori.nl/shop/festive-craft-extravaganza-morning/

To sign up for the 14:30 – 16:00 session, click here: http://www.jacarandatreemontessori.nl/shop/festive-craft-extravaganza-afternoon/

There is space for 35 children in each session. This event always sells out, so be quick! You are welcome to invite your friends to sign up too.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

design: Hiyoko Imai

Craft workshop in Dutch school

When my son was in group 2 at his Dutch Montessori school I was asked by his teacher to give a craft workshop. There is a craft event once a year in his school which is organized by parents. That time the event was combined with a charity event. So the children were to make art works and sell them at school to raise donation money. In Montessori schools typically classes are mixed with different ages. So my group was a mixture of group 3~6. This was my first workshop to older Dutch children. Therefore I chose the theme carefully under these points:

1. fun for both boys and girls
2. technically not too easy not too difficult
3. leaving a lot of freedom to put their own ideas
4. the work should look like finished art work

Here are some pics of the results. These young artists made such beautiful art works 🙂

Theme: ” Making your own tree and insect ”

Material: modeling clay, acid free paper, fresh herbs, dried beans, tempera, wires, etc.

Tools: hammer, scissors, straw, glue, etc.

Time: 2 hours with 15min break in between

First half time: we blew some brown paint with a straw. While the painted paper was being dried we made leaves by hammering fresh leaves in between papers.

Second half: First I showed some pictures of insects to explain their body structures. The children chose their favorite insects to make.

With a case and frame the works looked more finished.

Tractatie ideas

In my country kids may not bring treats in school, even if its for your birthday. When I was little I had a birthday dinner with my family. I didn’t have parties with friends till I got much older. When I became a mother in the Netherlands I realized a big difference between Japan and Netherlands in celebrating own birthday. Good thing here is that you can enjoy your birthday many times. Dutch kids would celebrate their birthday with the family, bring some treats (tractatie in Dutch) to school to celebrate with your classmates and organize a party and invite some close friends. It’s a lot of treats and cakes to prepare for the parents but you can have fun with it if you have good ideas.

Here are some examples of fun ‘tractatie’.

A pin wheel on a pencil.

For young kids. They can make own necklace with the beads.

A pin wheel on a pencil. A house is a wrapped raisin box.

For a house party. Kids can cut out compartments filled with dry fruits.

Post it tractatie.

‘Glow your own Tunker’ set

Using my daughters drawing…

…Barba Papa treats.

Vegitable fishing

CUP cakes with pin wheels and fruits and candles.

Batman cake

Smily sushi

Minecraft tractatie

Don’t forget to share the fun with your kids!

２０１５年七夕会リポート／2015 Tanabata-kai report

会場のオーナーが代わるため、この素敵なJacaranda Treeの空間で行われる七夕会は今年で最後となりました。第４回七夕会も４０人の子ども達とその家族で賑わいました。美しい七夕を一緒に楽しく過ごせたのもご来場の皆様、コラボレーターのFlatto81、Yumikaさん、Wonder-kids、スナさんのおかげです。そしてオリジナルな商品、日本の食品を販売してくれたRoppongi、Yukinohana、福島の子ども達の声をオランダの子ども達に届ける会、Hanato Moritoの皆さん、本当にありがとうございました！この楽しく美しい日本の文化とそのクリエイティブなアプローチの提供を続けたいと思いますので、もし七夕会が続けられるチャンスがありましたらお教えください。ではフォトギャラリーで七夕会場をご案内します。FBやFlatto81のサイトでも七夕会の写真をご覧いただけます。

It was the last Tanabata-kai at the most beautiful space in Amsterdam “Jacaranda Tree” because the Jacaranda Tree is moving to a new space. The 4th and last edition of Tanabata-kai @ Jacaranda Tree was crowded with 40 children and their parents. We had a great time again this year thanks to all the participants and their parents, Flatto81, Yumika, Wonder-kids and Soona. Thank also to Roppongi, Yukinohana, Fukushima’s Voice and Hanato Morito for collaborating with us. We hope to continue this beautiful Japanese tradition and our creative approaches in the Netherlands. If you know any opportunities we could do this again, please let us know. Here with the pictures below I want to show you around the festival. You can also see more images at FB and a site of Flatto81.

Images by Masaya, Emi, Yuko and Soona
Music by Kumiko

短冊と星形ポストイットで会場が飾られました

彦星（男の子）が牛を追う道具をこれらの材料でつくります

好きな材料を選んで自由に作ります

道具が完成！柔らかい素材なので遊んでも安全です

織姫（女の子）は織姫の髪型をしたカチューシャを飾ります

面白い形の飾りや菊など自由に選びます

華やかな飾りが完成！

Yumikaさんの羽衣／ベルト作りブース。中に入れるものもとっても奇麗！

子ども達が材料を選んで自分で入れます

Flatto81の笹飾りコーナー

Flatto81のコーナーはいつも色が奇麗です

Flatto81の夏の夜の星座作りブース

自分で考えた星座を窓に貼付けます

いつも賑やか金魚すくいコーナー。今年は恐竜もすくえました。

七夕会オリジナルぬりえ

いい写真いっぱい撮れたかな？

Wonder-Kidsの子ども達が参加してかわいい寸劇をみせてくれました

イベントに欠かせない日本のお菓子や飲み物を提供してくれたRoppongi

Yukinohana、福島の子ども達の声をオランダの子ども達に届ける会による麦茶や小物販売

Hanato Moritoによるどうぶつひらがなポスタ−

Preparing for the Tanabata-kai

今年はフォトブースもあります！We are setting a photo booth this year!

何でも七夕会の工作に使えます／Anything can be used for the craft at Tanabata-kai

抽象的な形の飾りを使います／I prepared abstract forms for decorating Orihime hair

 

七夕会の申し込みを締め切ります／ Tanabata-kai entry is closed

定員になりましたので２０１５年度の七夕会の申し込みを締め切らせていただきます。たくさんのお申し込みありがとうございました。なお、キャンセル が出る可能性が少しありますので、５名の方をウェイティングリストに載せさせていただきます。参加申し込みされた方でご都合が悪くなった方は席をお譲りしたいと思いますので、お早めにお知 らせください。どうぞよろしくお願いします。

Tanabata-kai 2015 is fully booked now. Thank you for your registrations. We have a little chance to have cancellations so we can still put 5 children for a wait list. If you, the registered participants, know you can’t make to the Tanabata-kai, please let me know. I’d like to give the spot to children in the wait list. Thank you in advance!