🎃⛄ Halloween & Christmas "Hyotan (Gourd)" Crafting 🌟🎅

★ What's fun? ★

Have you ever crafted a jack-o-lantern or snowman of a gourd? If not, this could be your very good chance to give it a try! A gourd (hyotan in Japanese) is so fun to make a craft with!

What we will do is as simple as ABC. First, draw a pattern and then keep making holes with a woodworking gimlet（木工錐）and/or a soldering iron (はんだごて). The link below shows how to do the work:

http://www.gourddepot.com/gourd_lamp/

And then, paint hyotan with a brush. It is totally up to you whether you make it for Halloween or Christmas, or both.

In this spring we, as members of a non-profit organization, opened a renovated guesthouse in Shiso city, Hyogo, which used to be a closed elementary school. The guesthouse is now decorated it with many hyotan lamps. Hyotan is a symbol of prosperity and good-luck. The name of our village, "Hanse (繁盛 in kanji)", means prosperity. So, we need many more hyotan goods for calling forth even more good fortunes.

The crafting itself is quite easy. You can do whatever design you like unless it seems to be "inappropriate" for school decoration. We would love to rely upon the creativities and playful minds of such good hearted people as you all.

< Make Two, Keep One Free >

EVERY TWO hyotan crafts you make, you can keep ONE. This is a FREE event with everything necessary prepared. More importantly hyotan crafting is very interesting. So, let us find out "boring" is actually nothing but fun!

★ Where to meet ★

(Location) Kobe Shogai Gakushu Shien Center / 神戸市生涯支援学習センター

The nearby stations are JR Sannomiya, Hankyu Sannomiya and Hanshin Sannomiya. The meeting point is within 10 minutes walk radius from each.

★ What to bring ★

Other than face mask, there is nothing needed except for what you think is necessary for yourself.

Please keep in mind your clothing might get some dust. Long sleeves and long pants are recommended in order to cover skin.

★ Schedule ★

13:00 Hello, everyone! Thank you for coming.

13:30 Let's let the fun begin.

16:30 Time to clean up the mess.

17:00 Thank you for your help! We shall meet again!

★ Event fee ★

FREE!! (Make Two, Keep One policy applied)

Of course, if you donate two, you can keep two! You wanna do many more? Please do as many as your heart wills!

★ Disclaimer ★

Please read carefully this agreement linked below.

https://www.meetup.com/Himeji-Explorers/pages/30989394/Disclaimer_and_Release_of_Liability/

★ Misc. ★

Please make sure you keep your face mask on inside the building.

Further information will be added when deemed necessary.