From Bits and Pieces blog:
At elementary schools, kindergartens, and preschools all across Japan, kids are losing themselves making hikaru dorodango, or balls of mud that shine.
Checkout Fumio Kayo’s step by step guide to make this shiny mud ball: Link
2002/2003? Modern trend indeed
What, you didn’t know? We’re behind the times here at Neatorama…
doesn’t make it any less neat though.