Events

Family Fun

Discover fun with our Family Fun programs. These activities and workshops allow the whole family to enjoy and learn Japanese arts and crafts together.

The Morikami offers two types of Family Fun Programs - Activites and Workshops. Family Fun Activities are FREE with paid admission and will generally take place all day in the Museum Lobby. Family Fun Workshops require advance registration  and cost $10 for one parent/guardian and child with paid admission to the museum (each additional child/adult $5). Family Fun Workshops take place in Classroom A from 11:30am and 1:00pm; must register with a parent/guardian and child. No individual registrations. For ages 8 and up. For more information call 561-495-0233 x237.


  FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES
(FREE with paid admission)
  
 FAMILY FUN WORKSHOPS
(advance registration required)
New Year Calendar Making Calligraphy
Dec. 21, 2011–Jan. 6, 2012 December 10, 2011 - Register now
Create a simple New Year calendar
featuring the dragon, the zodiac animal
of 2012. Enjoy the calendar year round.
Learn how to write your name and some Japanese words with ink and a brush, two traditional writing implements.
Mother’s Day Craft Origami
May 13, 2012, 11am - 3pm February 11, 2012 or June 23, 2012
Create an origami-inspired Mother's Day
card for your mother,grandmother, or special someone.
Turn flat pieces of paper into 3D art! Learn the art of Japanese paper folding and have fun creating unique pieces.
Tanabata Japanese Fish Printing
July 6–12, 2012 May 5, 2012 - Register now
Tanabata traces its origins to a legend
about lovers that are allowed to meet just
once a year—on the seventh day of the
seventh month. In Japan, children and adults
write wishes on strips of colored paper known as tanzaku, and hang them on bamboo branches. Mirroring that tradition, visitors can write their own wishes and place them on the Tanabata bamboo in the museum lobby.

 Come and enjoy Children’s Day at the
Morikami, a Japanese holiday celebrated on May 5th. Make traditional prints using real fish! The Japanese used to make prints of fish to document their amazing catch of the day, similar to us taking snapshots with our prize catch.