New Hanbok Design Available in Size 1 and Baek-Il (100th Day) Size

This adorable hanbok will make your son look like a royal crown prince! 

This design is available in Size 1 (Dol) and 3 to 6 months (100th Day Baek-il)!

http://littleseouls.com/collections/hanbok

Korean Hanbok Birthday Banners

We just added this design to our birthday banner collection. These Korean hanbok boy and girl banners can be customized to say anything you want. Perfect for your baby's first birthday, doljanchi, event decoration! These are printed and shipped to you!

www.littleseouls.com

Hanbok and Hanbok Accessories Restocked!

Check out some of our newest products in our Korean Hanbok Section! Click here to go to Little Seouls  Most of the hanboks are Size 1 for baby's first birthday event (doljanchi). However, our hanboks come in larger sizes too and we can special order them from Korea for you. Email us at info@littleseouls.com.

Another Little Seouls Birthday Cake!

Take a look at this adorable first birthday cake designed after our Little Seouls boy logo!
This custom cake was created by Sweet Grace Cake Designs in Haworth, NJ.

Little Seouls Birthday Cake

Look at this cake designed after our Little Seouls Girl! Credit to Debbie Does Cake! Here is her link if you want to see more of her fabulous creations. http://www.debbiedoescakes.net

New! Personalized Doljabi Poster Board

After much requests, we now have a Doljabi Board for boy and girl! Can customize with child's name and picture.

The poster board is usually placed at the front sign in table for guests to "guess" which item the child will pick during the Doljabi.

Price is $24.99 which includes the cutouts for the cups/containers. The size is 12"x18" and will come rolled up in a poster mailer. We recommend getting a frame to put this in. Makes a great keepsake!

More Adorable Towel Party Favors

Need more ideas for your child's birthday party? Perfect for a Dol First Birthday Party favor or decoration. Koreans are really big on using candy for dol party decoration and giving away decorated towel gifts as favors. For more information, please go to our Little Seouls store. Here's the link.

Dol/Baek-Il Tower Rental!

UPDATE: After popular demand, Little Seouls is NOW renting out the traditional towers for Dol and Baek-Il!

Doljabi Items Now Available

What is a Doljabi? This is when the baby is placed at a dol table with various items in front of her/him and is encouraged to pick one of the items up. It is believed whatever he/she picks up will determine his/her future.

What do these items mean?

Pencil: Scholar

Thread: Long life

Microphone: Entertainer

Stethoscope: Doctor

Hammer: Builder/Architect

Ball: Sports

Money: Wealth

If you would like to purchase these, click here.

Korean Dol Today (U.S. Version)

Dol's among our Korean-American friends are quite fancy. It's just as fancy as a wedding reception! And yes, probably spend just as much! They usually have them at restaurants, hotels, reception halls, etc. These pictures are from Cara's dol.

As you can see there lots of decorations. The balloons are quite popular at dols. In Koreatown, there are several balloon stores that do this....and it's not cheap!













Guests also get party favors. For adults, they will all get Dduk (ricecake) to take home and kids will usually get some little gift.

They will also hire some sort of entertainer for the kids like a magician, puppeteer, clown, etc.

Not everyone goes all out like this. Some keep it simple like a bar-b-q at the park or in their backyard.

Here she is in her hanbok! A little Korean Princess! By the way, those things in front of her is the dduk (ricecakes).

Dol - First Birthday in Korea

Birthday Table
The parents prepare a special Tol table to celebrate the child's birthday. The main food includes ddeok (rice cakes) and fruits. Over 12 different kinds of ddeok are prepared, including paekseolgi (white steamed rice cakes), susu-kyongdan (rice cakes coated with rough red bean powder), chapsal-ddeok or chal-ddeok, mujigae-ddeok (rainbow colored steamed rice cake), songp'yeon (half moon shaped rice cakes), injulmi (coated glutinous rice cakes), and gyep'i-ddeok (puffed air rice cakes). Among these, paekseolgi and susu-kyongdan are always included. Fruits can vary according to the season of the birthday. Different colors of seasonal fruits can be prepared and displayed in a row. Also, a bowl of rice, sea mustard soup, and many other various foods can be displayed.

Along with food, other items are needed for holding the Toljabee event. Items such as large bundle of thread, a brush, a Korean calligraphy set, pencil, book, money (10,000 won bills), bow and arrow (needle, scissors, and ruler for girls) are arranged on the table to predict the child's future.

Table Setting The birthday child will be placed at the table so that the other guests can face him or her. Parents often sit the child on the bolou (Korean traditional mattress) and several bangsuk (Korean cushions). Since the child is small, this allows for getting better pictures. For the background, a Korean traditional screen is used at the hotel or other banquet hall.

Toljabee Event
In this event, the birthday child goes around the table and picks up items that attract him or her. The child's future is predicted according to the what he or she grabs. After placing the child in front of the table, the child's father becomes the guide for the child to go around the table and grab whatever he or she wants. The first and second items the child grabs are considered the most important. Usually Korean parents place the items that they want the child to choose near to the edge of the table. The child's future is predicted according to the items:

-bow and arrow: the child will become a warrior
-needle and thread: the child will live long
-jujube: the child will have many descendants
-book, pencil, or related items: the child will become a successful scholar
-rice or rice cake: the child will become rich (some resources say choosing a rice cake means the child is not smart)
-ruler, needle, scissors: the child will be talented with his/her hands
-knife: the child will be a good cook

Taken from lifeinkorea.com