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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 27, 2016 11:46:10 GMT 9
So, every year my International Association holds an international festival. We have a work camp running at the same time, and always get the participants to help out at the festival. Last year they had performances from local groups (and after each a time for kids and other guests to try it out), a 外国語を習ってみよう corner where the work campers taught some of their language, various dishes from the various work camper's countries, a quiz or two...
This year the association has decided to borrow a tent or two at a bigger matsuri happening at the same time, instead of holding the festival all on our own. This decision was made because we have a delegation from our sister city coming just two weeks later, so preparing for both at the same time would be crazy. But that means that a lot of what we've done in the past we can't do. We can't do the performances and probably won't do the cooking. We also are worried about how much space we'll have... the can't get a concrete answer, but we think the tents are about 2x3 meters which isn't huge. We want to rent two if possible, but may only be able to snag one.
I want to make it interactive and fun. I was thinking of doing some sort of event every hour or so - quizzes, 外国語を習ってみよう, maybe some crafts or card games or something. The problem is that we don't have a lot of space and even more than that that we don't know how much space we have. If we have two tents we can squeeze some chairs inside and do an event, but with just one it would be impossible.
Other things that have been suggested include PR for the association and trying to bring in new members (they want to have special deals for new members but the only things they came up with are letters from the work campers (a good idea) and discounted food (impossible if we're not cooking)), introducing the sister city by displaying some pictures and maybe a DVD, and selling stuff from our sister city or just Australia in general.
Based on space concerns we may have to just do the last paragraph worth of stuff, but... honestly that sounds pretty boring to me.
Does anyone do a festival or a booth or something? What kind of stuff do you do? |
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Post by snell_mouse on Jan 27, 2016 11:59:45 GMT 9
We have a booth at the ふれあいフェスタ every year but it's like...shockingly boring? Haha.
One year we set up years and years worth of 記念品 we'd received from sister cities, etc. and then said that if people donated certain amounts of money they could choose certain ones as a thank-you. Which seemed pretty popular actually.
Last year apparently (I wasn't there) they rented a space suit from somewhere and had people try it on? (Our sister city is Houston, which has the space center) So maybe costumes that people can try and on and take pictures would be good.
Other than that I think we just set up a bunch of posters/pamphlets from our sister cities and try and explain the sister cities/youth exchange program and convince people that they're interesting(...with very little success -.-').
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 27, 2016 13:08:11 GMT 9
Oh yeah, I forgot, 民族衣装 was a suggestion. But... some people at least were talking about it as dressing up the work campers in their country's clothing and just having people take pictures with them. And charging 300 yen for it. Which struck me as extremely othering and uncomfortable, and who would pay 300 yen for that? But if we could get costumes that people can try on themselves it would be better...
Our sister city (in Tasmania) seems to be mostly famous for having a ferry to mainland Australia. Like, one of the tourist sites I saw said something like "We know most people only know us as the landing point for the ferry and only see our town as they're driving elsewhere. But look, we have a few nice things too! Stay for a couple hours before you leave!" So, umm, nothing exciting we can show off like spacesuits...
Well, good to know that my expectation of boring-ness is accurate...
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Post by snell_mouse on Jan 27, 2016 13:12:50 GMT 9
Our ふれあいフェスタ is also something that takes place indoors, so I don't know if that makes a difference. It's usually in the atrium of the science museum, so probably not quite the same atmosphere as a big 祭り. There are performances and things but overall it's kind of dinky? (Is my frank unimpressed 4th-year opinion)
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 27, 2016 13:20:52 GMT 9
This is a fairly large festival for the town, but still it's not a big town, so. It's in honor of a local crop, the ~salad onion~
I haven't been, still being a first year here, but. It's run by JA and it seems like a lot of the booths are run by various JA branches or affilates. I don't know how much there is going on along the lines we're thinking of (aka not agriculture). But I think turnout is usually pretty decent...
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Post by thelatter on Aug 29, 2019 10:52:27 GMT 9
Bringing this thread back to life...
Every year my town holds a huge festival and the international association always employs the help of the CIR to open a booth at the festival to do "international" things. The activities done in the booth are planned by the CIR and I get maybe about 2~3-ish men to buy all the stuff needed for it.
Last year, I did a booth introducing my home state (a popular one in Japan) and used the money to buy juice for SHI'IN, but this year I'm kind of blanking on what to do. In his second year, my pred did a MINZOKU ISHOU dress up booth and people came to wear the costumes and take pictures. All free, of course. Pretty sure I can't do that, because it's been too soon.
Anyone have any ideas? Nothing too expensive, but I do have some money to play with, so I'm open to anything. Just can't be food or cooking related.
I was thinking maybe cultural games, a coloring activity...maybe goody bag fishing? TASUKETEEE...DARE KAAA
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Post by sacchan on Aug 29, 2019 11:32:17 GMT 9
thelatterWhat about a quiz rally about your home state? If it's free and there are small prizes at the end I'm sure it will be popular...(for reference, we had a similar thing and our prize was original KANBAJJI) Have the UKETUKE at the booth, place some posters with info around the venue and have people search for them (you could give them hints at the UKETUKE). Once they find one they can come back and answer a small (multiple choice?) quiz and if they get it right they can go search for the next place. Repeat until over. In the end have them choose from a prize. You can record their progress by giving everyone who signs up a card and putting stickers on it if they answer correctly. どう？
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Post by thelatter on Aug 29, 2019 11:37:20 GMT 9
thelatter What about a quiz rally about your home state? If it's free and there are small prizes at the end I'm sure it will be popular...(for reference, we had a similar thing and our prize was original KANBAJJI) Have the UKETUKE at the booth, place some posters with info around the venue and have people search for them (you could give them hints at the UKETUKE). Once they find one they can come back and answer a small (multiple choice?) quiz and if they get it right they can go search for the next place. Repeat until over. In the end have them choose from a prize. You can record their progress by giving everyone who signs up a card and putting stickers on it if they answer correctly. どう？ Unfortunately, the quiz thing is something akin to what I did last year.
As for scavenger hunt quizzes, the festival venue is HUGE. A whole park and a separate building, so I don't think I can swing any scavenger hunt stuff where people have to walk around a lot.
Edit: I did some research and maybe I can do some fall festival activities? Like coloring your own pumpkin, bean toss, ring toss, stuff like that?
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Post by Dee on Aug 29, 2019 13:40:47 GMT 9
Traditional fall festival activities sounds like fun to me. Is there any kind of craft you can introduce?
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Post by thelatter on Aug 29, 2019 13:42:46 GMT 9
Traditional fall festival activities sounds like fun to me. Is there any kind of craft you can introduce? I'm sure as long as the budget allows for it, I can do anything craft related as long as it doesn't involve food.
Have any fall crafts that have been a hit?
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Post by Dee on Aug 29, 2019 13:59:28 GMT 9
Traditional fall festival activities sounds like fun to me. Is there any kind of craft you can introduce? I'm sure as long as the budget allows for it, I can do anything craft related as long as it doesn't involve food.
Have any fall crafts that have been a hit?
Felt Halloween or fall decorations. Have the shapes cut out in felt then let the participants use colored thread/floss to sew decorative lines/faces/etc. I did more Halloween decor like jack-o-lanters, ghosts, and skulls, but you could also do like regular pumpkins, fall colored leaves, etc. |
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Post by thelatter on Aug 29, 2019 14:01:22 GMT 9
I'm sure as long as the budget allows for it, I can do anything craft related as long as it doesn't involve food.
Have any fall crafts that have been a hit?
Felt Halloween or fall decorations. Have the shapes cut out in felt then let the participants use colored thread/floss to sew decorative lines/faces/etc. I did more Halloween decor like jack-o-lanters, ghosts, and skulls, but you could also do like regular pumpkins, fall colored leaves, etc. This sounds super interesting, but I know nothing about sewing...how would I get this done and would I need in terms of supplies? |
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Post by Dee on Aug 29, 2019 14:15:05 GMT 9
Felt Halloween or fall decorations. Have the shapes cut out in felt then let the participants use colored thread/floss to sew decorative lines/faces/etc. I did more Halloween decor like jack-o-lanters, ghosts, and skulls, but you could also do like regular pumpkins, fall colored leaves, etc. This sounds super interesting, but I know nothing about sewing...how would I get this done and would I need in terms of supplies? You can get colored felt, colored floss (thread), and sewing needles at a 100 yen shop like Daiso. Depending on how much prep you want to do, you could make a stencil and outline the shapes on squares of felt and have participants cut out the shape as well. Maybe a hole punch and some ribbon to you can loop it thru the top to create an ornament? Just google "felt fall decorations/ornaments" for ideas. Felt Color floss sewing needles scissors stencil (firm paper) hole punch ribbon |
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Post by thelatter on Aug 29, 2019 14:38:55 GMT 9
This sounds super interesting, but I know nothing about sewing...how would I get this done and would I need in terms of supplies? You can get colored felt, colored floss (thread), and sewing needles at a 100 yen shop like Daiso. Depending on how much prep you want to do, you could make a stencil and outline the shapes on squares of felt and have participants cut out the shape as well. Maybe a hole punch and some ribbon to you can loop it thru the top to create an ornament? Just google "felt fall decorations/ornaments" for ideas. Felt Color floss sewing needles scissors stencil (firm paper) hole punch ribbon I think the sewing would be a little too much for the kids to handle. I myself have no idea how to sew. A coworker of mine said the fall stuff would be a little too late for Japanese children, so maybe a Christmas ornament craft? There seems to be tons of those online. |
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Post by Dee on Aug 29, 2019 14:44:21 GMT 9
You can get colored felt, colored floss (thread), and sewing needles at a 100 yen shop like Daiso. Depending on how much prep you want to do, you could make a stencil and outline the shapes on squares of felt and have participants cut out the shape as well. Maybe a hole punch and some ribbon to you can loop it thru the top to create an ornament? Just google "felt fall decorations/ornaments" for ideas. Felt Color floss sewing needles scissors stencil (firm paper) hole punch ribbon I think the sewing would be a little too much for the kids to handle. I myself have no idea how to sew. A coworker of mine said the fall stuff would be a little too late for Japanese children, so maybe a Christmas ornament craft? There seems to be tons of those online. If you're looking for more kid hulemdoly stuff, you could have everything cut out and let them glue everything together? Some Christmas stuff we've done for our town Christmas parties: Decorate a Christmas card Color pages that get turned into a paper ornament Making paper Christmas stockings (this one was a big hit! I can send you the one we used if you want) |
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Post by thelatter on Aug 29, 2019 14:52:09 GMT 9
I think the sewing would be a little too much for the kids to handle. I myself have no idea how to sew. A coworker of mine said the fall stuff would be a little too late for Japanese children, so maybe a Christmas ornament craft? There seems to be tons of those online. If you're looking for more kid hulemdoly stuff, you could have everything cut out and let them glue everything together? Some Christmas stuff we've done for our town Christmas parties: Decorate a Christmas card Color pages that get turned into a paper ornament Making paper Christmas stockings (this one was a big hit! I can send you the one we used if you want)Oooh that one sounds good. Anything that worked I'll take! |
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Post by Dee on Aug 29, 2019 15:09:48 GMT 9
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