Learning about JAPAN- kimono

Today D. was at co-op all day and wasn't up to anything serious after. So we learned a little about kimono. 
Tons of information can be found here. We looked at several styles and discussed how it is a traditional dress in Japan. We talked how kimono is a work of art and did a little project:

First we drew an outline of the kimono : a rectangle, two squares to represent sleeves and couple of triangles. Then we traced the outline with blue crayon (D. decided it will be of blue silk) and added a collar in gold crayon.
D. drew a "scenery" all over the kimono and we colored it with watercolors. After design dried a little bit he painted the rest of the kimono blue (for that occasion I broke my favorite metallic watercolors to give it silkier look).

Finally we added purple background, cut kimono out and pasted it over black construction paper sheet.

Lots of fun.