The award for the longest distance travelled
to W-Camp went to Debra from Wellington,
NZ. Debra graciously hosted a well-attended, fun workshop on how to make
Maori
Poi. Unfortunately Debra didn't have any written directions for making
the poi so I had to muddle through on my own for that page, but she
was kind enough to send me a copy of her instructions for her wonderful
swaps made from felt. They included:
When you have made the crafts, add a safety
pin to the back for a hat craft/swap or magnetic tape to make magnets.
Kiwi: Cut out two
ovals -- one in Kiwi colour and the second in either the Kiwi colour or
the contrast used for beak and feet. Cut out one beak and two feet. (Best
results with Kiwi in a mid brown and beak and feet in gold yellow.) Use
craft glue to attach feet to the second oval shape. Glue first oval on
top -- feet should be tucked inside like a sandwich with most the feet
sticking out. Finally glue in place googly eyes and beak.
Kiwifruit: Cut out two ovals -- one
in Kiwifruit colour and the second in either the Kiwifruit colour or green.
Cut out the leaf shape and a semi-circle for the mouth in green. To make
the mouth, glue a small white semi-circle onto the larger green one. With
a black permanent marker, mark in the lines so that the mouth looks like
the inside of a Kiwifruit. Put together the same way as the Kiwi, the leaf
glued between the two large ovals. Finally glue in place googly eyes and
mouth. Use larger size eyes for the Kiwifruit.
Sheep:
Cut
out two sheep shapes from the template. Cut out one head and two feet.
(Feet
are thin rectangles.) Colours for sheep: white, cream, or black contrasted
with a bright colour. You can make either the wool the bright colour or
the head and feet the bright color. These are also put together the same
way as the Kiwi -- the feet are glued between the two sheep shapes. Finally
glue in place the head and the googly eyes.
Bungy Jumpers: To
make a bungy jumping platform, cut two small rectangles or semi-circles
out of spare felt. (Use up scraps for this.) Cut a piece of
shirring elastic -- white or black depending on the colour of your creation.
Use craft glue to secure this to the bungy platform and right down the
middle of the oval which is the base of your Kiwi or sheep, leaving about
4cm of elastic showing between the two pieces. The elastic will them remain
secure when the "sandwich" is put together.
Kiwi: Cut
two ovals, two feet and a beak as in ordinary Kiwi. Feet and beak are glued
in place along with the bungy cord before the top oval and the top bungy
platform piece are glued on. Finally glue on the googly eyes.
Sheep: Cut out one oval, one sheep
shape (note the shape is slightly different from the sheep body for
the standing sheep), one head (use the template
for
the standing sheep), and four legs. The legs are glued in place along
with the bungy cord before the sheep shape and the top bungy platform
piece are glued on. Finally glue the head and the googly eyes in place.
You need to be careful where you place the glue on the head as the head
overlaps the end of the sheep shape for the bungy sheep.
Look at the diagrams if you are confused by the written instructions. Use your imaginations and have fun!
