Buttons and Bows - Bows Play School : Season 16 Episode 32

aka ep172.2 Jan and Don dress the toys showing different ways to do up clothes. Song of the week 'Buttons and Bows'. Jan dresses up in a Japanese kimono and sandals. Jan shows us how Japanese women walk. Don invites child to mime walking in different shoes - running shoes, gum-boots, Japanese sandals, high heels. The story is 'The Kite' about Japanese children flying their kites. Don sings 'Skipping Game' song with actions. Don and Jan make a simple kite with a painting, two bits of wood and string. The child is invited to zoom around like a kite. Through the windows and Peter Travis and school children fly spectacular kites. Jan picks up the action of the swooping kites and their ribbon tails. A ribbon stick is made with a piece of wood and ribbons and a plastic jar full of buttons makes a musical shaker. This is used by the presenters to lead a march, 'Everybody Marching'.