Salt Life

4-H Earthweaving

Yesterday was another 4-H day in our home. One of the mom's taught about Florida native plant life and then lead them in an "earthweaving" project. You can see in the photo Benjamin eagerly concentrating on his assignment. The idea is to wrap twine in vertically one direction around a cardboard template and then weave it through horizontally the other direction. After a few rows of twine you switch the material to pieces of native plant material such as palm fronds, strips of cotton, grasses and such. After the board is full you slip the ends off onto a twig on either end and you end up with a wall hanging full of plant material. It's a fun little project and the kids participated well. I think the fact that they were able to work on it outside and it was a gentle 82º rather than the blistering 95º we've grown accustomed to was a plus!

Labels: family, home schooling

posted by Kushmama @ 9:04 AM