FREE ALL DAY!

Enjoy a day of family fun with origami activities, workshops, and demonstrations.

Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES:

Going green! Paper folding can be found all around you, sometimes in unexpected places! Make an origami creation using a variety of reused and recycled paper that we’ve found around the museum.

Fold and snip your way to a kirigami* creation.

Make pencils distinctively yours by wrapping them in Japanese washi paper.

Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Make a decorative lantern ornament to display in the perfect spot!

*Kirigami a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper

SCHEDULE:
11 AM - Doors open

11 AM – 4 PM – A special display of Won Park’s amazing money origami

11 AM - 4 PM – Drop in Origami Workshop with the Origami Artists

1:00 PM -- Girligami's Cindy Ng returns to the museum to teach us more of her fun and unique origami

1 PM - 4 PM – Kidding Around the Kitchen will help all our young friends make their own lettuce wraps with delicious filling to make a beautiful folded treat

2 PM – Special Won Park origami workshop (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 10)

3 PM – Special Won Park origami workshop (Class is first come, first serve. Limit 10)

4 PM - Doors close

ABOUT OUR FRIENDS:
Won Park
Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the “money folder”, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill. Bending, twisting, and folding, Won Park creates life-like shapes inspired by objects living and not– both in stunning detail.

For more information about Won Park or to see some of his past work, visit orudorumagi11.deviantart.com.

Origami Artists
We are all members of Origami USA. We attend and teach at various origami conventions and functions, such as the Japanese Garden in Long Beach and Van Nuys, several libraries, Japanese Festivals, County Fairs, and other events.

Girligami by Cindy Ng
Origami is fun. But there’s a limit on how many origami cranes anyone can use in a lifetime. Fortunately, Girligami is here, ready to show cool crafters how to fold outside the box! 20 adorable, all-new designs are perfect for anyone who loves fashion, friends, and folding. Oooh, look! Little shoes! Purses! Clothing! Adorable animals! Valentine hearts! Fortune-tellers! More! More! More! Each project comes with step-by-step directions plus preprinted origami papers to tear out and fold. A separate chapter shows great ways to use the origami crafts, like turning them into earrings and necklaces or adding them to cards and gifts.

For more information about Girligami or Cindy Ng, visit For more information, visit www.girligami.com /.

Kidding Around The Kitchen
It is such a common problem in today's world that families rarely get to eat together anymore.

Kidding Around the Kitchen shows that families can make and eat food together without a lot of fuss or a huge time commitment. The family food demo helps families with tips on smarter shopping, fun recipe ideas, advice on how to incorporate healthier choices when possible and advice on how to delegate tasks in an age-appropriate way. This family food demo is a “how to” get everyone involved in the family meal.

Kidding Around the Kitchen is for families that have full plates in life as well as wanting a full plate of food to enjoy together. It's about time well spent. You'll see your kids get a “we did it attitude!!” This family food demo works on the try it premises all while empowering the kids and family. If we can do it, so can you!!

Kidding Around the Kitchen is an adventure in fun, food and family. We are not only making food, we are making memories.

For more information on Kidding Around The Kitchen, visit: www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com

OTHER FAMILY EVENTS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
January 2: Oshogatsu Family Festival

January 29, 2011: Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop. It’s Winter: Hurry, Let’s Make Some Curry!

March 26, 2011: Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop: Spring Rolls into JANM!

May 28, 2011: Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop: WOK and ROLL Family Cooking Adventure

2011 TARGET FAMILY FREE SATURDAY SCHEDULE
February 12:Candy Land

March 12: Construction Zone

May 14 Wild Things

June 11: Take It to the Street

July 09: Once Upon A Time

October 08: Up in the Air

November 12: Planet Power

December 10: That’s a Wrap