{"id":237,"date":"2011-05-05T12:22:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=237"},"modified":"2011-05-05T12:22:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T16:22:57","slug":"au-pair-in-america-cultural-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/05\/05\/au-pair-in-america-cultural-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair in America Cultural Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/Boston%20Cultural%20Fair%202011\/SNV33650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/>On April 30, Au Pair in America sponsored a day of cultural education and fun at the Boston Children\u2019s Museum.\u00a0\u00a0 With the help of local community counselors who each oversees a group of au pairs during their stay in the US, au pairs\u00a0 came prepared to represent their countries from around the world. \u00a0\u00a0 Over the course of the  afternoon, hundreds of enthusiastic children and parents toured the  exhibition. \u00a0 They collected country stickers to put in a passport handed out to them,\u00a0 received earth and skin friendly tattoos, had their faces painted with country flags, and chatted with au pairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/Boston%20Cultural%20Fair%202011\/IMG_0902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/Boston%20Cultural%20Fair%202011\/IMG_0865.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditional dance in authentic costume highlighted the presentation by  Thailand while the German au pairs entertained visitors with traditional  German spring egg craft and painting.\u00a0 South African au pairs proudly  painted their country\u2019s flag on smiling faces,  while a\u00a0 colorful and tempting pi\u00f1ata dangled over the Mexico booth.\u00a0 The colorful Costa Rican booth among other things offered Costa Rican expressions in glitter that visitors could practice with the help of\u00a0 au pairs.\u00a0  Au pairs from many other countries served as international teachers of  the culture and beauty of their homelands as well.\u00a0 Photos of this great  event are available on our cultural fair link below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/Boston%20Cultural%20Fair%202011\/SNV33649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/Boston%20Cultural%20Fair%202011\/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ20\">Pictures from the fair<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 30, Au Pair in America sponsored a day of cultural education and fun at the Boston Children\u2019s Museum.\u00a0\u00a0 With the help of local community counselors who each oversees a group of au pairs during their stay in the US, au pairs\u00a0 came prepared to represent their countries from around the world. \u00a0\u00a0 Over  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/05\/05\/au-pair-in-america-cultural-fair\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,1],"tags":[21,26,27,32,42,43,46,60,226,118,126,140,152],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-exchange","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pair-in-america-cultural-fair","tag-au-pairs","tag-boston","tag-boston-area","tag-boston-childrens-museum","tag-children","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-international","tag-kids","tag-massachusetts","tag-new-england"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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