Chubby*Hobby

Had a very relaxing Sunday today – had no plans, but felt the urge to visit some museums when I got out of bed close to noon

There’s this Paper Museum near my place that I’ve been wanting to visit for some time~ I rushed out of bed as I knew that in weekends at 1pm, they offer postcard making classes for free! (as in included in entry fee of course)

I got there just in time! One of the staffs was explaining the process of recycling milk cartons to make paper! Not that I can understand all the Japanese that he was saying haha~

Apparently you need two days to prepare the pulp, so it was already prepared for us!

We all get to pick a mold (or do you call it a screen?) for our own postcard, and my pick is this one with the Paper Museum’s logo on it. The logo is the word paper (紙) in Chinese, which I think is perfect for a memorable handmade postcard! I also chose a red maple leaf and a origami crane shaped piece for decoration.

So here is how it goes..
Step 1: Pour sufficient amount of pulp water into the mold and then place the decorations (as in the maple leaf etc.) wherever you like, just push it slightly into the pulp.
Step 2: Drain.
Step 3: SQUEEZE water out of the “paper” with the help of a simple machine.
Step 4: Iron it dry and TA-DA handmade postcard completed!

Here is my handmade postcard!! Lovely! ^^

After the class, I took a look around the museum. I was amazed by all the different cardboard stools & chairs there!! Very thoughtful!

Well worth the 300 Yen entry fee I’d say!

But I didn’t actually paid the 300 yen, instead I used this Grutt Pass Booklet which costs 2000 yen. It gives you access to 70 facilities in the Tokyo area! Pretty good value!

I first used this Grutt Pass when I visited Tokyo Sea Life Park (photo above). The Pass expires 2 months after first use though.

Tomorrow is public holiday (Respect Elders Day) in Japan, and I already have plans to visit more museums with a friend!

Hope you all had an awesome weekend!~