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My dd's Girl Scout troop (ages 6 - 10) is learning about Korea. I have a lot of info about the country (dd's godparents live there) but would love to have a simple craft project for the girls...and a recipe to take home that isn't kimbap (sushi roll) or kimchi (fermented cabbage). All help appreciated!
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How about bul gogi?
Thinly sliced beef (steak cuts are best)
Marinate in soy sauce, a bit of sugar, garlic, green onions, sesame oil. A bit of black pepper and minced ginger if you like. Broil beef IN marinade 10-15 minutes or just until beef is done. If you have a tabletop grill this is a fun family cooking activity too.
Here's another one
and another here
Craft suggestions
here
here
and here
there's also a "korean drum" in the book Around the World Art and Activities. i can type up the instructions here if you want. can't scan it b/c my pc that has the scanning software crashed a few weeks ago. but i think it's pretty simple that you won't need a visual.
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I think that 2007 will be the Year of the Golden Pig in Korea which only comes around every 60 years.
Could you do a pig craft in gold?
I second the bulgogi by the way, delicious! But it wouldn't taste the same with out some good kimchee.
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 I had to laugh after I read this...Don and I just got back from a Korean restaurant where the owner sent us over a wonderful salad of raw fish and kimchee. It was heavenly, but definitely not "take home" food. 
Let me see...the kids are always playing this little game with funny weighted objects that resembles our game of jacks. It's called gong-ee (not sure of the English spelling, but that's how the kids say it), and' I'm not sure where you might find it (except in Bayside, NY!).
Dover has a book of Korean Paper dolls.
Have the girls read A Single Shard? It might be a good read-aloud for this age group (one mention of historical suicide might be omitted as you read). My kids loved it, and wanted to try their hands at ceramics when we finished. Not sure how much time you might have  .
Our Korean friends frequently give us gifts made of paper. While it is time-consuming to make real Korean paper art items, Korean paper boxes are easy to imitate with Korean wrapping paper, plain cardboard boxes from a craft store, and decoupage glue. Use Hanji paper for an authentic look.
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Ah! Found Morning Glory store online--a mega-store with more Korean kids' stuff than anywhere on earth.
They have gong-ee (Kongki). YouTube has a video of someone playing the game.
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Nancy,
Let me try to get back to you. I'm Korean, but having grown up in America I don't have any craft ideas. Well, that's probably just an excuse, but one of the things we used to do was make kites. Did you want some vegetable dish? Meat dish? What were you thinking? There's so much, but I'm trying to narrow it down to something manageable. Bulgogi is a good idea--don't really have a recipe though. My mother just sort of puts things together. Let me think about it some more. When will you be doing this?
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Wow!
You ladies are incredible!
We are making jaegi on Wednesday; instead of tissue paper and quarters, we're using fringed fabric squares and a small handful of rice for the stuffing (I have seen this craft done this way before). We're taking home chocolate covered sunflower seeds as a snack; dd's Korean-American friend brought her some from a trip to Korea, and they are yummy!
The second part of this will be done on 1/17; Thinking Day is in Feb. I don't think it will take long for the girls to create their display, so I wanted another craft idea to do as well. I like the idea of ceramics (we probably don't have time to read A Single Shard - great book! - but perhaps one of the picture books I found has some info on the lovely Korean ceramics. Stef's craft suggestions look great...and easy!!
MacBeth, I love the idea of learning a game. I'll have to check the handbook and see if the girls can get badge credit for a game from another Scouting country.
Now, if only I could figure out how to write in hangul. Usually our troop writes "Troop 3114" on the swaps they make to exchange with other girls...but I can't figure out if you would use Korean numerals or Chinese/Korean numerals to do this. (One set is used for counting, one for money, etc.) 
I'm very grateful for all this info! This is going to be a wonderful project, thanks to all of you!
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Nancy,
For troop 3114, I would use Sam, il, il, sah. That's what you would use for counting money. I wish I could type Korean on my keyboard, but can't.
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I lived in Korea when I was a kid and we played both Chinese jumprope and Korean Jumprope (and kong-gees, it is just like jacks, MacBeth). Chinese jumprope uses a large loop of elastic and Korean jumprope uses a single long piece of elastic. I can't remember every single move, do you know how to play these games KC?
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KC, that helps. I know a site where I can find the numbers. I just wasn't sure which set to use!
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One craft I remember was making silk flowers. We also did brush painting.
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