05 November 2009

Halloween and Dorodangos

We had a halloween party with our ward the other day. So, as usual, we went to the DI to find our costumes. I found a karate shirt, that was too small, for my ninja outfit and wore sweat pants. Mindy found a scrubs top and some black pants. I think the costumes actually worked out pretty well. Anyway, here are some pics.






Now for the Dorodangos(aka: shining mud balls). We thought these were pretty cool. We saw a mythbusters where they made these balls out of mud, so we thought we would try it. They are a big hit in Japan apparently. Here's what they can look like if done with experience. Can you believe these are only made of mud?!


Here is what ours looked like. Mindy's is the first one and mine is the second one. If you want to try it out you could try this website: http://www.kyokyo-u.ac.jp/youkyou/4/english4.htm? Could be fun for the kids...I guess we're kids too.

4 comments:

Brenda said...

Very cool costumes! and I like the mud balls. how did you find out about these mud balls?

Dan and Bonnie said...

You guys look pretty intense! The Ninja photos look like pictures from an upcoming move while the mudball photos look like some artistic interpretation pictures! We admire your creativeness.

Dawson n' Co. said...

Don't mess with the ninjas stocked with Mud Balls!!! Austin, I noticed yours looks bigger than Mindy's ... ;)

S&J Jones Family said...

You know on mythbusters they made those balls out of dung too!! Pretty cool that you guys actually did it.