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Post by ♦EarlBergamot♦ on Jul 11, 2018 14:25:20 GMT 9
So it seems that every year my organisation will do something for international students on Nov 3rd, which is 文化の日. But even so they very graciously did not give us a budget which makes it hard to come up with interesting activities. Anyway, I was hoping some very creative people here would have some suggestions  The entire event is a 2 hours 30 minutes, consisting of a talk (30 min), activity (60 min), and museum tour (60 min). Here's the conditions that must be met: 1) No or very low budget (in the event that the CIRs here have to fork out dosh) 2) something related to Japanese history 3) A very short activity under 60 minutes. (60 minutes is short to me because all my crafts take more than that lolol unless you make simple origami) By the way, last year we made small onigawara and bronze mirror replicas using leftover material from other departments' activities. If all else fails (if we can't come up with anything else) we probably would go back to the same activity... but really it's boring, it's just mixing some plaster with water. even then some participants couldnt get it right and ended up not bringing home any oh well |
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Post by shanshan310 on Jul 12, 2018 10:13:39 GMT 9
I was going to suggest origami ><
No budget is tough. You could try making washi but I feel like the cost of the materials would add up a bit :/
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Post by ♦EarlBergamot♦ on Jul 12, 2018 11:06:48 GMT 9
shanshan310 yeahhhh origami sounds good, plus i wanted to do something eco-hulemdoly with all the paper...
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Post by frooperyfroop on Jul 12, 2018 13:11:16 GMT 9
How about papier mache? You could use it to make bowls and paint them? That way you have a good excuse to use up all the recycled paper!
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Post by ♦EarlBergamot♦ on Jul 12, 2018 14:24:13 GMT 9
frooperyfroop ohh i wish we could do that! but it takes ages to dry... although you gave me a great idea! maybe we can prep the papier mache on our side, and then get them to paint it similar to the exhibited pottery! ;D
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Post by ❄icepath❄ on Jul 13, 2018 11:48:00 GMT 9
the problem with origami is that they already do origami in the activities room on the first floor... I would know coz my hulemdos and I actually spent an hour or so there folding origami...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2024 10:12:50 GMT 9
Hello hello tl;dr I need low af budget event ideas pls.
Longer version:
Yesterday, I confirmed with soup our yearly CIR budget is 15,000 yennies. While I am grateful for even having any budget, coming up with no-cost event ideas sounds as likely as seeing a unicorn, let alone planning low-cost event ideas.
I saw some CIRs did certain things like Trivia Game Night, Bingo (apparently attendees loved how they handled it), etc. I may consider these since the Eikaiwa students loooove the game night-type meetups.
However, I have confirmed I am not allowed to do the following:
- Movie nights (not even public domain, kacho said he doesn’t want to deal with any potential copyright infringement)
- 文化講座s (not even for kids, kacho says turnout will likely be too low since no one here is familiar with them)
- School visits for cultural presentations (teachers have to request it. They want me back, but they have to fill out forms to 回覧 for each individual visit and the teachers are way too busy since they are understaffed)
- Cooking that requires ovens or microwaves
- English 読み聞かせ standalone events (because I now join the library’s)
- Outdoor events on school grounds (think like an Easter egg hunt)
After reading through multiple posts here and writing down a few ideas for inspiration… What remaining options do y’all think I have for low-budget events just broadly speaking? I am open to doing anything with young kids, school students, adults, etc. XD
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Post by Dee on Apr 18, 2024 14:39:16 GMT 9
Dang, even with evil soup gone you're still being severely limited on what you can do.
I think you're kacho is dumb to refuse 文化講座. Why not try it at least once and see what kind of turnout you get??
Even so, I would still recommend cooking classes. I know the ingredients cost money, but I think it's reasonable to require paid participation. I always charged 500 yen per person for my cooking classes. I did something simple like grilled cheese and tomato soup and everyone loved it.
Card-making is pretty cheap. Colored paper and some markers. And you can do this for a variety of things like Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mothers/Fathers/Grandparents Day, etc.
I'm a big fan of board game nights, especially if you already have some games on hand.
Powerpoint games like Jeopardy are good too.
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Post by Springjay on Apr 19, 2024 9:07:39 GMT 9
What's the point of having a CIR but not allow them to do cultural events?
Can you do English language related 講座? like even for adults? I did a murder mystery Eikaiwa game (online due to Covid, so free aside from the materials I needed to print in my office) and then last year did that book club event (it wasn't free for participants)
I'm stumped because the cheapest events are literally 文化講座, where you just rent a room and projector and do a PowerPoint on your country and throw in some quizzes and prizes
We also do events for foreign residents to experience Japanese culture, so taking them for a one off class for things like ikebana, tea ceremony, indigo dyeing, stuff like that. Participants also have to pay for the class (and we cover 礼金 for the teacher / recreational insurance for all members). Or will that count as 文化講座...?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2024 11:26:25 GMT 9
Yeh to answer both of you, it’s ridiculous. Tbf, some of the lack of exposure to 文化講座s for residents is probably because I’m the second CIR this town has had (my predecessor was the first). While my pred shot her ideas for them, the only event she got through while being a CIR for almost 3 years was a double dutch gym event for kids, and that was because a teacher she worked with during her 学校訪問 basically forced the event proposal through 回覧 and got it OKed. XDD But anywho
So far, I pitched a monthly 英会話カフェ where we can just brew some coffee or tea once a month and just chat to each other in English about whatever the students want to. It would be different from Eikaiwa because students don’t have as much input about what to discuss as teachers often choose the lesson topics or activities in advance. P:
I’ll pitch the paper craft and cardmaking workshops since I have a bunch of paper and colored markers in my desk that need to be used up. I’m also willing to just buy whatever else we need and just “寄贈” it to the town hall if I have to lmao
I’m partially convinced the only reason they wanted a CIR here was to help substitute for the ALTs when they take vacay and because they wanted English-language support for tourists visiting a popular scenic area in my town in the fall. XDD
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