Honolulu Academy of Arts
An oversized Monopoly board, Hawaiian style, made
by students at Mid-Pacific Institute, is among toys headed
for Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Schoolkids from throughout Oahu built larger-than-life toys to decorate the academy's lawn for the holidays. Their creations include a huge palaka teddy bear, a rubber ducky, an alien in a sandbox, a rocking horse and even a giant Hawaiian Monopoly gameboard.
"Holiday Gifts From Hawaii's Young Artists" will be on display Sunday through Jan. 17.
Nearly 30 schools participated in the project.
Students built forms, stuffed them with newspaper and coated them with papier mache.
The academy provided plaster gauze wrapping, similar to that used in body casts, as well as wallpaper paste that doesn't attract bugs and waterproof varnish.
"Holiday Gifts" dovetails with a display of vintage toys from the private collection of Rick Ralston, owner of Crazy Shirts. That display opens Nov. 19.
