苔庭 Moss Garden

折り紙と　トイレットペーパーの芯で　なんでも作れる
テープでくっつけた　バラバラの　折り紙　　
真ん中は　かたいほうが　カメラっぽい
完全には　くっついていないけど　カメラでしょ　

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Paper Camera

The camera is made by cutting origami paper and pasting it together with schotch tape.
The camera lens is a toilet paper tube.
My daughter made her own camera, probably because she sees me taking pictures a lot.

持っていないから　作ったよ
丸と長四角に切ったら　すぐできる
何本もあるよ　ちょっとずつ違ってて　選べます

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Paper Watch

This is one of the many paper watches that my daughter made.
People who were bigger than her were wearing watches, and I guess she thought it was kind of cool.

いつもの箱に　縦と横を交差して
仕切りを作った

大きいものが入る箱は　小さいものも入る
仕切りがあれば　小さいものでも　すぐ見つかる　

かくれんぼは　壁があると　見つからないのに
箱は　仕切りがあると見つかるって　不思議

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Origami Box with Dividers

I changed the color by separating the folds of the origami.
It looked like stained glass.
Inside the box, there was another divider.

エビフライの表か裏か　どっちを描こうと見ていたら
どちらも魅力的　どっちも描きました
折り紙を貼り付けたのに　本物みたい

リスの　松ぼっくりの食べ跡も　エビフライみたい
カリカリしていて　おいしそうに見えた

エビフライらしきもの　本物みたいに見える
エビフライ　相当魅力的みたい

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Fried Shrimp

Front and back sides of fried shrimp made from Origami paper.

ゆらゆらゆれて　ねむくなる
もくばのしたに　あるのはなあに
もくばのおもちゃ？　もくばのまくら？

もくばにゆられて　かんがえるうち
だんだんだんだん　ねむくなる

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Rocking Horse

The origami horse that my daughter folded.

七夕祭り　かんむりかぶって　みんなで踊った
そのとき　なぜか　バナナをつけた

運動会で　かんむりかぶって　みんなで踊った
このとき　ダンスの唄が　パイナップル

楽しけりゃ　変身するもの　なんでもいいわね

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Paper crown made by teachers

A paper crown made by a nursery school teacher.
The banana crown was worn when dancing at the Tanabata Festival.
My daughter wore the pineapple crown at her sports day dance.

The Tanabata Festival is usually held around July 7th or August 7th every year in Japan.
On this day, people hang colorful papers where their wishes are written on bamboo branches. 
It’s based on the legend of Orihime and Hikoboshi and represents two stars, Vega and Altair.

あしがたくさんある　たこさん
あしをたくさん　つくるうちに
きづいたら　いっぽん　どこか　わからない
それでも　はなれてみてみたら
たこさんは　たこさん
たこさんは　たこさん　

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Octopus made from toilet paper tube

While my daughter was making a lot of legs, she accidentally cut off part of the legs she had made.
Despite some troubles, she liked this octopus.

織姫と彦星
たぶんこのかんむり　左が彦星　右が織姫
いやちがうかも　織姫が左　彦星が右
きっとどっちであっても　どっちでもいい

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The Tanabata Festival crown

This paper crown is Hikoboshi and Orihime.
The Tanabata Festival is usually held around July 7th or August 7th every year in Japan.

This is an annual event that celebrates the stars, which is based on the story that Hikoboshi and Orihime, who are separated on both sides of the Milky Way, reunite once a year on the night of Tanabata.