Japanese bowing flower
Lovely thing. Not really a trick but I’ve put the flower into an old earthenware jug. It took a long time to drill the hole in the bottom, but flowers love to be in a pot. The base conceals another little mystery, but this needs a little special tlc. The button on the side used to say (yes, out loud) ‘Konichiwa’, Japanese for hello. It worked from one of those miniature recorders you receive in speaking greetings cards. It may just need new batteries or if you need a new mechanism - do an Ebay search ‘30s Greeting Card Recordable Voice Chip Music Box Sound Module DIY Musical Board’
Great way to start to practice making your own props.
I built it all up as a long routine, first introducing the Japanese bowing flower (VERY rare) then teaching the audience (usually only one or two children) how to stand in proper Japanese style and bow from the waist with their hands by their sides, or finger tips together, saying ‘Konichiwa”. We would then go into the performance. Press the button, and after a suitable pause (record a pause on the chip before you record the word) the flower will bow and the little base says it. They then must do the same. Such fun.
Lovely thing. Not really a trick but I’ve put the flower into an old earthenware jug. It took a long time to drill the hole in the bottom, but flowers love to be in a pot. The base conceals another little mystery, but this needs a little special tlc. The button on the side used to say (yes, out loud) ‘Konichiwa’, Japanese for hello. It worked from one of those miniature recorders you receive in speaking greetings cards. It may just need new batteries or if you need a new mechanism - do an Ebay search ‘30s Greeting Card Recordable Voice Chip Music Box Sound Module DIY Musical Board’
Great way to start to practice making your own props.
I built it all up as a long routine, first introducing the Japanese bowing flower (VERY rare) then teaching the audience (usually only one or two children) how to stand in proper Japanese style and bow from the waist with their hands by their sides, or finger tips together, saying ‘Konichiwa”. We would then go into the performance. Press the button, and after a suitable pause (record a pause on the chip before you record the word) the flower will bow and the little base says it. They then must do the same. Such fun.
Lovely thing. Not really a trick but I’ve put the flower into an old earthenware jug. It took a long time to drill the hole in the bottom, but flowers love to be in a pot. The base conceals another little mystery, but this needs a little special tlc. The button on the side used to say (yes, out loud) ‘Konichiwa’, Japanese for hello. It worked from one of those miniature recorders you receive in speaking greetings cards. It may just need new batteries or if you need a new mechanism - do an Ebay search ‘30s Greeting Card Recordable Voice Chip Music Box Sound Module DIY Musical Board’
Great way to start to practice making your own props.
I built it all up as a long routine, first introducing the Japanese bowing flower (VERY rare) then teaching the audience (usually only one or two children) how to stand in proper Japanese style and bow from the waist with their hands by their sides, or finger tips together, saying ‘Konichiwa”. We would then go into the performance. Press the button, and after a suitable pause (record a pause on the chip before you record the word) the flower will bow and the little base says it. They then must do the same. Such fun.