• Home
  • About
    • Leaders
    • Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Programs
    • Family Programs
    • Kids' Programs
    • Kindergarten Field Trips
    • Photos
    • FAQ COVID-19
  • Blog
  • Contact
NATURE CONNECT
  • Home
  • About
    • Leaders
    • Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Programs
    • Family Programs
    • Kids' Programs
    • Kindergarten Field Trips
    • Photos
    • FAQ COVID-19
  • Blog
  • Contact

hapa zome flower craft

5/29/2015

0 Comments

 
I first tried this craft at an earth day celebration several years ago. We made bookmarks and pounded purple violets and yellow forsythia onto fabric. I loved seeing the flowers' colours and shapes transfer onto the fabric. One woman, I remember, wasn't so enamoured. "That's cruel to nature," she said, "Why are you doing this at a festival that honours the earth?" 

I digress. This year, I learned a name for this artform: hapa zome. There are many ways to do this, but what worked for us was to put a block of wood on the table, put fabric on top, then place leaves and flowers on it, followed by paper towel. Then hammer! And hammer! And get all the juices you can out of the plant. 

So much fun for any age. As long as you can wield a hammer, you can enjoy this craft. I'm thinking that some year, I'll make a quilt with blocks of flower-printed loveliness. Some year.
Picture
We used flowers and leaves that we could collect at this time of year: Japanese maple (beautiful red colour), pink apple blossoms, purple violets, yellow dandelions, green dandelion leaves and 3 leaf clovers. It was magical to watch the children open the paper towel to see what had been printed on the fabric. 
Picture
Japanese maple and apple blossoms
Picture
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Read on...

    Hammers, Huge Swings, and the Freedom to Play
    visiting inspirational play places in Germany

    A San Diego Forest School Experience
    a wonderful day with At Home in Nature

    The World in a Flower
    drawing leaves and flowers

    Archives

    April 2020
    March 2020
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2018
    June 2017
    May 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    RSS Feed

© Nature Connect 2022
  • Home
  • About
    • Leaders
    • Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Programs
    • Family Programs
    • Kids' Programs
    • Kindergarten Field Trips
    • Photos
    • FAQ COVID-19
  • Blog
  • Contact