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Sunday, September 15 and Monday, September 16, 2002
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Fall Demeter Kid's Club
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On Sunday, September 15 and Monday, September 16, many families came to Demeter. In the Demeter Kid's Club corner in the Interzone, many tools and materials were prepared for kids to choose from to make things. For two days, more than sixty children made crafts and drew on worksheets.

Surrounding the stable area of the Obihiro Horserace Field, there are oak tree forests and there are many acorns on the ground. We used these acorns to make balancing toys, ponies, and necklaces. Mothers used wires to make ponies. A girl said, "I didn't know that we could make toys with acorns. I want to make more at home."

They also made "face reliefs" with paper plates and made eight-page picture books from one sheet of paper. In the exhibition corner, their worksheets and craft works were shown. The children were pointing out the works that they had made to their parents.

We planned the Demeter Kid's Club to be just like children's museums, which are popular abroad. Children could freely choose art and crafts they wanted to make and exhibit in the space. The children came to know one another and parents and children talked about the exhibited artworks through worksheets. Demeter was filled with the laughter of children this fall.

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