Celebrating Koinobori: Exploring Japanese Culture with Roylco’s Japanese Carp Windsocks

Children's Day Koinobori Craft

Koinobori is the way Japan celebrates children! Bring Koinobori into your classroom with this carp windsock activity and free printable.   Every spring, Japan celebrates Koinobori, a traditional holiday that honors children’s growth and strength. This colorful festival is filled with flying carp-shaped windsocks, representing the wish for children to grow up strong and healthy.…

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Let’s Make a Mother’s Day Bouquet!

Age: 6+ Duration: 1 hour, plus drying time. Learning Outcomes: We’re learning how to complete a project made of several different components, and how each of those unique parts is needed to create the final craft. 

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Celebrate Mardi Gras with Gorgeous Color Diffusing Masks

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”, reflecting the practice of the last night of eating rich, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. It always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.   It is a time of great celebration where people throw parades and parties. Today we are going to teach you how to use…

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Flashback Friday: Color Diffusing Crafts!

We have had tons of requests for crafts using our lovely Color Diffusing Paper products! Check out an amazing selection of our fabric-like paper in a variety of different projects. The Color Diffusing Paper is perfect for exploring concepts like diffusion and color mixing! We have assembled 7 of our favorite blog posts and linked them…

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