![]() ![]() In the early 1900s a plan was hatched to transform San Francisco's Chinatown from a ghetto into a cute tourist attraction. Legendary History of the Fortune Cookie #3 In 1915, they were displayed at the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, San Francisco's world fair. After passing them out to those who had helped him, he began serving them regularly at the Japanese Tea Garden. In 1914, to show his deep appreciation to friends who had stood by him during his time of hardship, Hagiwara made a cookie and placed a thank you note inside. Hagiwara, a designer of the famous Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, was an avid gardener until an anti-Japanese mayor fired him from his job around the turn of the last century. Others claim a Japanese immigrant, Makoto Hagiwara, invented the fortune cookie in San Francisco. Legendary History of the Fortune Cookie #2 Each cookie contained a strip of paper with an inspirational Bible scripture on it, written for Jung by a Presbyterian minister. Concerned about the poor people he saw wandering near his shop, he created the cookie and passed them out free on the streets. The Chinese immigrant, David Jung, who founded the Hong Kong Noodle Company while living in Los Angeles, invented the cookie in 1918. ![]() Legendary History of the Fortune Cookie #1 In 1983, there was even a mock trial held in San Francisco's pseudo-legal Court of Historical Review to determine the origins of the fortune cookie. There are many theories, and much speculation surrounding the mysterious origin of the fortune cookie, regarding in which city the fortune cookie originated and who invented it-Chinese-American, Japanese-American or 14th century revolutionists-there has been much debate. It is actually an American invention originating in California. Follow the blog to see more of our ideas and planning! Please let me know if there are any specific VBS items or ideas you need help with.Fortune Cookies Actually Originated in California! It is a joy for me to be able to share VBS ideas and resources with others! I will continue to share ideas here as we prepare for Maker Fun Factory VBS. I’ve lead in several capacities throughout the VBS world and am currently our church’s VBS director. ![]() I am a long-time Vacation Bible School lover. These cost about the same amount as we usually spend on paper or table cover, but they’ll last much longer and can be re-purposed for future activities! I also got some off-white masking tape to try, but haven’t tried removing it to see what happens yet. It worked, but does take the blue coloring off the tarps when you peel the artist tape off. This will make it look like old style blueprints. Use skinny white tape to add grid lines to the blue tarps. However, I realized that the grommets on tarps don’t line up… it’s MUCH faster and easier to just use clear packing tape, overlap the seams a little and tape over them.Ģ. ![]() On the photos below, I used zip ties to attach the tarps. I used (4) 6’x8′ blue tarps per wall section (so it made one large 16′ wide by 12′ tall). – Skinny white artist tape or off-white masking tapeġ. Thanks for helping support Borrowed Blessings! This post may contain affiliate links (I earn a small percentage of anything you purchase but you don’t pay anything extra). I’m planning to use these on four walls in our foyer (entry) area. These would work well on stage or in other areas of your building. I am super excited to share this easy (and large) backdrop idea! Using tarps and white tape, you can quickly make large-scale backdrops. ![]()
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