CELEBRATE GIRLS DAY IN SHELBURNE FALLS
at the Children’s Art Museum

Hilltown Families and CAM present a special Mother/Daughter Tea this Friday, February 29th at 4pm, just prior to Japan’s National Girls Day at the Children’s Art Museum in Shelburne Falls, MA (same building as the Trolley Museum).

This Mother/Daughter Tea is a community celebration to honor happiness and health of our girls. Peach Blossom tea and symbolic snacks will be served. Participants are encouraged to dress festively and to bring a snack to share, especially snacks that are pink (implies peach flowers), white (implies snow), and green (implies new growth) foods, fruit, sweet rice cakes, and vegetable sushi.

Collectively, participants can create a display to honor girls with small objects, pictures or poems brought from home. All are welcome to add to the display and to offer a word or two about their contribution.

Japan’s National Girls Day is also know as the Japanese Doll Festival, or Hinamatsuri. Girls are welcomed to bring along their favorite doll. Our craft will be Kokeshi Dolls, traditional wooden Japanese dolls (pictured above). All ages are welcomed. Pre-registration is required ($). Click here reserve your spot, or call 413.625.2030.

Suggested Titles:

• Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns And Stars!
  by Betty Reynolds
• Tea Ceremony: Asian arts & crafts for creative kids
  by Shozo Sato, Alice Ogura Sato, Masturah Jeffrey (Illustrator)
• Best-Loved Children’s Songs from Japan
  by Yoko Imoto
• Girl’s Day in Hawaii with Yuki-chan
  by Tokie Ikeda Ching, Sets Arai (Illustrator)