Louise Worner
Tanabata (七夕) Ikebana for Children
Tanabata, (七夕), the Star Festival, is one of the five Japanese seasonal festivals (五節句, gosekku).
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Louise Worner
Mar 301 min
Easter Ikebana
Easter always provides fun and creative opportunities for children to make ikebana arrangements.
Louise Worner
Mar 21 min
Hinamatsuri
We used flowering branches and flowers foraged from our local neighbourhood and from our garden to create a Hinamatsuri arrangement.
Louise Worner
Feb 171 min
Valentine's Day Ikebana
This year we celebrated our first Valentine's Day in Belgium.
Louise Worner
Jan 61 min
Three Kings Ikebana
To celebrate the similarities between our old home, and new, we decided to create an ikebana celebrating Three Kings Day.
Louise Worner
Dec 23, 20231 min
Christmas Ikebana for Children
After a long hiatus, moving countries and slowly settling into a new life, my daughters and I are back creating weekly ikebana arrangements.
Louise Worner
Jan 7, 20231 min
Three Kings Ikebana for Children
This year to help us celebrate our final year in Madrid, the children made ikebana arrangements for Los Reyes Magos.
Louise Worner
Nov 23, 20221 min
Thanksgiving Ikebana for Children
This year we decided to create a Thanksgiving ikebana arrangement using self-made vases.
Louise Worner
Mar 4, 20221 min
Hina-matsuri- Ikebana for Children
This year, to celebrate Hina-Matsuri, we decided on a Kabu-wa-ke style arrangement........ with a twist.
Louise Worner
Feb 18, 20222 min
Carnival in Madrid – Ikebana for Children
To celebrate Carnival my youngest daughter decided to create a colourful and whimsical ikebana arrangement.
Louise Worner
Feb 11, 20221 min
Valentine’s Day Ikebana for Children
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, my daughters decided to create an arrangement together, to celebrate their sisterly love for one another.
Louise Worner
Dec 18, 20211 min
Christmas – Ikebana for Children
This year we added a new Christmas tradition to our mix of Spanish and Australian Christmas traditions.
Louise Worner
Nov 5, 20211 min
Thanksgiving Ikebana for Children
This year we decided to create a Thanksgiving table arrangement using some of the pumpkins leftover from Halloween.
Louise Worner
Jul 10, 20211 min
Tanabata and Ikebana for Children
One of my daughters favourite Japanese Festivals is Tanabata, the Star Festival, held on the 7th July.
Louise Worner
May 7, 20211 min
Kodomo no Hi and Ikebana for Children
Celebrating Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day) with an ikebana arrangement using iris and origami Koi Noburi.
Louise Worner
Apr 2, 20211 min
Easter Ikebana for Children
Cracking good fun at Easter with an Easter inspired ikebana lesson for children.
Louise Worner
Feb 26, 20211 min
“Hina-matsuri”- Ikebana for Children
The lure of traditional Hina-matsuri flowers was too much for my two enthusiastic ikebana daughters.
Louise Worner
Feb 20, 20211 min
Carnival and Ikebana for Children
We decided to add some colour to our house by creating a Carnival inspired ikebana arrangement.
Louise Worner
Feb 12, 20211 min
Geometry and Valentine’s Day
I’m always after sneaky ways to encourage my daughters to practice mathematics- this time using Kakei to understand angles and gradients.
Louise Worner
Dec 12, 20201 min
Christmas Ikebana Workshop for Children
With Christmas just around the corner it's the perfect time for children to create something festive to decorate their homes.
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