Viva La Gong

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Sydney doing origami.

Painting their lanterns

 We went to Viva La Gong today.  It was a festival held at a park in town walking distance from our apartment.  It was fun.  They had crafts for the kids, food, music, and a variety of different performers.  We started in the craft areas.  Sydney and Dagan had their names written in Chinese.  Then Sydney learned to make an origami lotus flower.  Both painted Chinese lanterns and tried to win the big prize at a game station. 

On the far end of the park, they learned how to make a felt ball.  They had to get the felt wet in soapy water and work it into a ball.  Then they bounced it on a board to get it to harden a little. 

The wishing tree

There was also a tent that had a variety of circus toys to try out.  The kids had fun with these.  The kids would like to get some of the toys.  Sydney has been practicing with them because her sport this term is circus activities.  Can you imagine having that as a gym class in Wisconsin?

View of the festival from one end of the park

We tried the mini pancakes, corn on the cob, and lemon sugar cane juice.  The juice was super sweet and not our favorite.  We listened to a few bands and watched some dancers before we decided to head home.