| paper balloon | people make a ball out of coconut leaves |
| calculator | use stones or brain |
| toilet paper | students laughed and said they use water or ocean for the same purpose. Otherwise, leaves. They use it to make a decoration for dances if available |
| fan | make out of coconut leaves |
| straw | a stem of papaya |
| duck tape | use rope, instead |
| matches | everyone can make fire by rubbing woods together |
| laundry pin | no need. tie the end of laundry if necessary |
| paste | they use the same thing, but they can get gum out of breadfruit tree so the same purpose |
| plastic cup | coconut shell |
| castanets | coconut shell, for dance |
| magic marker | no substitutes. For similar purposes, they use some plants to color or lipsticks |
| pen, pencils | now use them at school but they have no substitute except char
coal. They did not write as there were not written language. They used knots
on rope instead of writing. |
| notebook | they thought it was interesting to see the vertical lines as Japanese write from top to bottom, instead of horizontally. |
| rubber band | no need. Use ropes or make a hope and put through strings |
| yawn | Susie showed exactly the same art as Japanese kids do. "Cat's cradle" in English? |
| plastic bag at supermarket | no need. Weave baskets from coconut leaves if n
ecessary. |
| instant heater | do not know about it |