Happy Girl’s Day!!
Today, March 3rd is known as Hinamatsuri, Momonosekku (Peach Festival) or Girl’s Day in Japan. It is a special day set aside for girls to celebrate the happiness and health of girls. Special dolls are bought by grandparents (custom is usually the father’s side) when a baby girl is born and are set up each year.
Below are some clips for the explanation of Girl’s Day for you to look at, if you are interested.
Here is the Hinamatsuri Song, Ureshii Hinamatsuri:
Here is a craft you can do for Girl’s Day.
Hina Dolls
Materials :
- 2 pieces of white paper (cut into a circle) or 2 paper plates
- 2 smaller circles for the head/face (white or peach color ~ can be colored)
- Black paper for hair (both) and odairi-sama’s kanmuri (emperor’s hat/crown)
- Gold for ohina-sama’s crown (empress)
- Light color (tan) for odairi-sama’s shaku (a flat ritual baton) and ohina-sama’s ohgi (fan)
- Crayons or something to color with and/or patterned paper to paste
Fold the paper circle or paper plate in half and decorate like a kimono like the picture above. You will need to make one for the emperor (prince)/odairi-sama and one for the empress (princess)/ohina-sama.
Have fun and Happy Girl’s Day!! Please note that boys can join in the fun, too!
Ms. Salllie