Bags | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day

Children's Day bags

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Due to unprecedented demand, we have sold out of all Children’s Day bags! We apologise if you missed out.

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All Children's Day 2020 resources can be accessed on the website. We'd prefer that families and communities purchase products from SNAICC rather than external organisations marketing Children's Day material that is not sanctioned by SNAICC, to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities benefit.

Our reusable Children's Day 2020 bags are locally-made by Melbourne manufacturer New Model Beauty Queen and Tiwi Islands enterprise Bima Wear

New Model Beauty Queen is passionate about local, sustainable, ethically produced products and will be making the bags from leftover fabric. The women of Bima Wear, a Tiwi women's creative enterprise based in the Tiwi Islands, have kindly donated their design of Irrimaru (eagle) for the bag.

"Bima Wear is proud to share our Irrimaru design with SNAICC for the 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. We hope all the kakirijuwi like their new bags."

This year’s reusable Children’s Day bag contains:

four fun tattoos celebrating Children’s Day
an activity sheet
cardboard animals
crayons
Indigenous seeds
No Way Yirrikipayi! book, kindly donated by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF).

The book is the story of a hungry crocodile that goes searching for food on Melville Island. Along the way he encounters both land and sea animals. Written in both Tiwi and English, this delightful, humorous book is beautifully illustrated and will appeal to all ages. It was written and developed in workshops with children lead by Alison Lester, ILF Ambassador and the former Children's Laureate.

This year, we want to make sure our Children's Day bag and items are fun and sustainable. That is why we are including these cardboard animals. Children can enjoy putting together a kangaroo, goanna and dolphin.

Go to videos to watch Nina Black read No Way Yirrikipayi!

No Way Yirrikipayi!

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has kindly donated a book called No Way Yirrikipayi!

Children's Day 2020 posters

If you haven't already, please order a poster and we will post it to you as soon as possible.