Hello! This week we’ve been celebrating Pride Month - in real life and in Animal Crossing! - plus there’s craft books, cute food and more. We’ve also found some fun web links and there’s a look back in our archives.
Pronoun Pins For Pride Month
Happy Pride Month! Pick up some cute pronoun pins from artists on Etsy including holographic, cats, cryptids, space and more. (Gabriel)
Cute Character Bento Inspiration
Need some lunch inspiration? Try some cute character bento featuring Totoro, Rilakkuma, Cinnamoroll, Sumikko Gurashi and more. (Emma)
New Craft Books To Buy & Preorder
Get creative this summer with 8 new art and craft books to buy or pre-order including crochet, cross stitch, punch needle and journaling. (Marceline)
Animal Crossing Custom Designs For Pride Month
Celebrate Pride Month in Animal Crossing with these custom designs for clothing & accessories, most of which have many different pride flag options. (Arlandyia)
Cute Mugs & Cups With Kawaii Characters
Cute up your morning with these mugs and cups featuring our favourite kawaii characters including Sanrio, Totoro, Pusheen, Kirby & Animal Crossing. (Marceline)
The latest news, offers and discounts from our kawaii sponsors & affiliates. Supporting these shops helps keep SCK online without annoying ads and popups.
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10% off new Mewkledreamy items at Kawaii Panda (EU)
Adorable EU-exclusive axolotl plush at Nippon Kawaii (EU)
Cute, fun & strange gachapon video by Cakes With Faces
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Some fun things we’ve found to keep you going until next week.
Sanrio Fes is happening today and you can watch it live on Youtube with English translation. They’ll be announcing the winners of the Character Ranking, followed by a comedy, dance & music show.
If you’ve got a spare ¥50,000 (£300/$370), Sanrio have a crowdfunding campaign running to make giant plush big enough to sleep on, starting with Kirimi-chan & Kuromi and adding another 6 characters if successful.
The news we’ve all been waiting for: Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure (the sequel to Rilakkuma & Kaoru) is coming to Netflix worldwide on August 25th.
I’m also very intrigued by the upcoming live-action Whisper of the Heart sequel, catching up with Shizuku and Seiji ten years later. I hope it gets an international release too.
If you’re enjoying our newsletters, why not subscribe to more on Substack? Conbini Boys have all the latest snacks & drinks from Japanese convenience stores. Or Make Believe Mailer will introduce you to loads of new Japanese music to listen to.
And not so fun but please don’t shop on sites like SHEIN - they’re notorious for stealing art from small artists and selling it at impossibly low prices. boygirlparty is currently suing them after some blatant rip-offs of her pins.
A look back at some super cute posts in our archives from this time of year.
Nicolette had a fun time at The Powerpuff Girls Emporium pop up (2017)
SCK Tries… an easy Ricemonster Planter DIY from Noodoll (2020)
That time we got a HUGE box of Creamiicandy squishies to review (2018)
Unboxing the Spring Pusheen Box with an Out of Office theme (2019)
Fun Father’s Day Crafts & Bakes you can try for this year too (2021)
Summer Crochet Amigurumi Patterns, most of which are free! (2016)
Thanks for reading! The SCK Team are Marceline, Natasja, Andi, Nicolette, Gabriel, Nova, Arlandyia, Emma & Jen. Follow SCK on Instagram