Happy Kids Yoga & Children's Art 儿童瑜伽与艺术心灵成长: May 2012

A couple of weeks ago, we had a fun Devil Mask Origami making. It’s actually a Devil Mask made for celebrating a Japanese festival called Setsubun( 節分; Bean-Throwing Festival or Bean-Throwing Ceremony to cleanse away all the evil of the former year and drive away disease-bringing evil spirits for the new year.)

With the Devil Mask origami idea, I guided the kids to make the mask into a Chinese Opera Mask. And this my little Indian angel has painted out a very authentic Chinese Opera Mask by her own. What a great fusion of cultural art – Japanese Devil Mask in Chinese Opera look painted by an Indian kid !! Cool~ *(^ ‘ ^)v

Other kids did very well too, painted fantastic and yet very unique masks using their creativity and expression individually. After they have finished making, it’s time for having FUN with the masks! Playing with the crafts or toys made by own self, i guess the kids would feel very satisfied and lotsa joys~~

For younger kids at the YOG’Kidz centre which I have art lessons with them weekly, I just let them have fun and enjoyed painting the masks with their own ways. And indeed, the masks were really interesting! Tell u.. they really knew how to play it with their imagination and “wildness”. I can’t describe well how WILD they were. You could only feel it when were are with them ;’D . It was so much fun and happy watching them playing with the masks together.

Hmmmmm~~~ feel so satisfied and happy for myself and for the kids, when I see them enjoy my class so much, with all these awesome art works *(^ ‘ ^)v.

Namaskar~

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上两个周末,我让孩子来个折纸艺术，制作一张独特有趣的面具。原本的折纸点子是取自一个为了庆祝日本的传统节日--節分而做的魔鬼的面具，是用来撒豆子驱魔的。那我将这日式的折纸面具，引导孩子画成中华传统的京剧脸谱。图中这位印度小天使画出了别具一格又带有京剧脸谱的面具，没想到还别有一番风味儿呢！一个印度籍小孩彩出了传统日式魔鬼面具配上中华京剧的脸谱。这真的是一个满棒的文化交融呀~ 酷！！