The situation last Friday night was this: Shaula had no idea, after having six weeks to think about her Grade 6 Social Studies assignment, how she was going to build a model of her chosen city, Tokyo. What she did know was the due date--Tuesday.
She toyed with the idea of a Japanese shopping mall, but left it at that.
I suggested doing a model of Ginza. We ran with that.
Had anyone called me anytime Saturday, he would've been treated to the background din of Michael's, Daiso, and Staples. Fortuitously, Michael's had a sale on acrylic paints, foam board, and sponge brushes.
Sunday was a gruelling twelve-hour family craftathon that left me sore for the next two days. My upper legs ached from being on all fours on the kitchen floor cutting foam board with a utility knife.
The result by the end of that day was a whole square block of Tokyo!, sans lamp posts and LED lighting. We installed these two items late Monday.
NOTE: the foam board warped, making it look like there’s a lot of lens distortion in the following pics.
Fizz Soda Billboard
Looking down Soya Road
Looking up Soya Road
Headquarters of a great company (red LEDs lighting up the windows)
