2010 - January 9, Arts and Crafts
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Event Captains
2010: Ginger and Angela W.
Location and Time
2010: Baker Dining Jan 9th, 2010 1-3pm
Event Description
The Arts and Crafts event is set up to have multiple booths where people can come in during any time of the event and make their own crafts to take home. Drinks and snacks are provided for the thirsty and the hungry :]
In 2010, the booths included:
- Origami: Chsueh
- Hongbao Lanterns: Alex
- Paper Arts: Yiwen
- Brush Painting; Angela C.
- Chinese Knots: Angela W.
- Hongbao Painting: Noone (self-explanatory)
- Chinese Instruments: MITCE
- Chinese Yo Yo: Wei+Co.
Shopping List
Most art supplies were bought in the Asian Arts and Crafts (I’ll just say AAC from now on) store in Chinatown though some were bought at Pearl (which is unfortunately closing so in the future, maybe the Artist Supply store across the street). Snacks and drinks were bought at Cmart.
Origami: 6 packs in total of origami paper from AAC, 4 packs with smaller paper and 2 with bigger paper. I also bought 3 packs of star folding paper from AAC for people who wanted variety. 6 packs was probably too much origami paper as there were leftovers.
Hongbao Lanterns: I bought 12 packs with 6 each from AAC and also used some that Jet had obtained earlier (~10 packs) in China. However, hongbao is REALLY expensive (each pack is around 2 dollars) so maybe in the future find an alternative option: red construction paper? (or ask for free hongbao from Chinese banks). This year we used tape to hold together the hongbao but a more cost efficient option would be to use staplers. The hongbao were used up pretty quickly so definitely find a more cost efficient option in the future.
Paper Arts: While origami paper could be used for this booth, I found a bunch of tissue paper in storage (maybe around 4-5 packs) and we used those to cut HUMONGOUS paper cutouts. I think either option works. Tissue paper would probably be cheaper. (There is also still quite a bit left over in storage)
Brush Painting: There were a lot of ink bars and brushes in storage. For safe measure, I bought an extra ink bar. However, there’s definitely enough in there for future use. For calligraphy paper, I bought four packs with squares for people to write on and one regular one for drawing. There were still a few packs left in storage. In the future, there’s no need to buy so much paper mainly because people feel like they need practice and just write on the printing paper anyways. There’s also a lot of good instructional books in storage.
Chinese Knots: This was the one that gave the most trouble. I wasn’t able to find Chinese knot string in the Asian crafts store and Pearl ran out of yarn so I had to improvise and buy these window tassel string, which turned out to be too thin and sort of flimsy. They were also rather expensive. I bought around 20 of them. There’s still maybe around half left over that could be used later.
Hongbao Painting: This was a last minute booth and everything (Hongbao, paint, brushes) were all found in storage. There is still a good amount of paint left but all the hongbao were used up. Like the hongbao making booth, this was a popular activity. I saw hongbao at AAC but again, not a cheap investment.
Food and Drinks: I spent around $27 on this with three drinks (2 aloe and 1 milk tea) and five different snacks. The amount seemed about right.
Misc: I bought 2 elmer’s glue and 2 packs of scotch tape. Elmer’s glue wasn’t the most helpful and wasn’t used but the tape ran out pretty quickly. Also, borrowed scissors from exec+friends. Maybe exec could invest in own pairs? (I did see one pair in storage)
Attendance
2010: There were maybe around 30 people total that went to the event. Some parents brought their little kids to the event so maybe prepare more family friendly events.
Notes
2010:
- Handouts were definitely a good idea. Each booth having its own instructional handout with visuals were very helpful.
- It's a good idea to have the booth leaders make an example work.
- Handouts explaining the cultural and historical aspect of each activity were mostly ignored however L So maybe next year we could do something else? A mini powerpoint going on in the background?
- Nobody paid a lot of attention to Chinese Instruments L mainly because there was no performance. So I suggest that next year we either don’t have it (to save them time) or we give them a performance.
- Yo Yo however was more interactive and a lot of people tried to pick it up.
- Some people complained to me that the background music playing was too loud so maybe we should make this event a quieter one and just not have music (especially since some of the people brought their kids.)
