Paper Lei

This was simple and very fun for young children.  We cut out many flowers from colored construction paper and then threaded them onto a colored string, interspersed with short colored straws.  My favorite flowers were the ones that we painted ourselves with our water colors.

Learning about the Hawaiian Lei Day was a great incorporation of culture and historical education.  Perhaps many different cultural activities could be studies beside Hawaiian. This could also be used in science as a way to review the different kinds of flower pedals.