Introducing Food Ninjas!, a series of workshops and fun activities held throughout three August weekends by the Thumpers in the PPR, all promoting and introducing the importance of a healthy diet and lifestyle. The first engagement will be on this Saturday and to recruit some kids and get the message out there, we did a soft launch last Sunday at the PPR.
The soft launch consisted of giving out promotional materials, an interactive banner-painting session as well as a series of fun and games.
The soft launch consisted of giving out promotional materials, an interactive banner-painting session as well as a series of fun and games.
As part of the soft launch, we put up promotional posters at strategic areas like the lifts, the bulletin boards as well as the playground, and gave out flyers to the residents and kids. There was also an interactive banner-painting session held at the playground where kids came by and put their stamp on the Food Ninjas banner by painting on their favourite food on the banner. Colourful acrylic paint and brushes were provided and the kids had a swell time, despite the scorching hot weather that day.
After lunch break, we headed back just in time for game time! We gathered with the children who stayed back for the game session in the community hall and played a series of three fun games, conducted by our international interns with Charmaine who was the translator for the day.
Game numero uno was Animal Musical Statues, which was a revamped and remixed version of the classic musical statues. When the music starts, the kids had the dance around and strike an animal pose once the music stops. Amy led the game with the help of a nicely-sketched instruction board by Jinn from Friends of Kota Damansara.
Game numero uno was Animal Musical Statues, which was a revamped and remixed version of the classic musical statues. When the music starts, the kids had the dance around and strike an animal pose once the music stops. Amy led the game with the help of a nicely-sketched instruction board by Jinn from Friends of Kota Damansara.
Conducted by Kharisma, the second game we played was 'Fire in the Mountain, Run, Run, Run!' where the kids had to run around, shouting to the same chant until Kharisma shouts out a number in which they had to group themselves accordingly. It was funny to see how once Kharisma shouts out the number, everybody goes into panic mode and hurried around slamming themselves into a group.
The last game we played was an English game called 'Toaster, Mixer, Elephant', conducted by Will. This game required all kids to stand in a circle and pay great attention to the person pointing in the middle. If the middle person points to you and shouts out either 'Toaster, Mixer or Elephant', you'd have to do a series of movements together with the people beside you.
At the end of the day, all of the children had a lot of fun and went home with a banana as a healthy snack to bring home. It was a very fun and successful soft launch which hopefully got the kids interested in what we were going to be doing for the next few weekends.
At the end of the day, all of the children had a lot of fun and went home with a banana as a healthy snack to bring home. It was a very fun and successful soft launch which hopefully got the kids interested in what we were going to be doing for the next few weekends.