daruma dolls...kind of

last week we were doing a study on japan.

as part of our study, we decided to make our own daruma dolls.

we had this great book on japan that gave us detailed instructions how to make them.

here are the girls covering balloons with homemade paper mache

it was a dirty job, but the girls loved it

the paper mache part is done--

now we have to wait for it to dry

first round of painting has begun

 lia chose purple and red

 

sofie chose pink

2nd round of painting is complete

the traditional way of making daruma dolls

is to paint a type of face on them.  

however, the girls decided to paint them their own way.

so here's the finished product...

maybe we'll try making actual daruma dolls another time...