Louise Worner
Springtime Ikebana for Children
Spring has come early to Madrid this year, the weather is warm and our spring bulbs have already started flowering.
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Louise Worner
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Carnival in Madrid – Ikebana for Children
To celebrate Carnival my youngest daughter decided to create a colourful and whimsical ikebana arrangement.
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Louise Worner
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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.
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Louise Worner
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Picasso and Ikebana for Children
Inspired by our visit to the Picasso Museum in Malaga, my daughters made ikebana arrangements based on their Picasso inspired artwork.
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Louise Worner
Dec 18, 20211 min read
Christmas – Ikebana for Children
This year we added a new Christmas tradition to our mix of Spanish and Australian Christmas traditions.
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Louise Worner
Nov 26, 20211 min read
World Children’s Day
In Spain, World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November. To celebrate, we spent the day creating a fun ikebana arrangement.
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Louise Worner
Nov 12, 20211 min read
More Autumn Ikebana for Children
My daughters couldn’t resist making another ikebana arrangement using some of the leaves they had collected while walking home from school.
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Louise Worner
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Thanksgiving Ikebana for Children
This year we decided to create a Thanksgiving table arrangement using some of the pumpkins leftover from Halloween.
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Louise Worner
Oct 12, 20211 min read
Autumn Ikebana for Children
With simple leftover material it is possible to create a beautiful autumn arrangement filled with movement and depth.
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Louise Worner
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Fun with Fungi
It's now mushroom season in Spain, the shapes and colours are so interesting we couldn't resist using them in an arrangement.
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Louise Worner
Sep 25, 20211 min read
Foraging for Ikebana Material
Creating ikebana with children doesn’t require expensive vases or flowers.
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Louise Worner
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Kado and the Camino de Santiago
Ikebana is often referred to as Kado, the ‘path of flowers’, or ‘flower journey’. I often liken this journey to the Camino de Santiago.
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Louise Worner
Sep 12, 20212 min read
Behind the Scenes Filming an Ikebana Iwaya Fund Video for Children
Earlier this year I received a bursary from the Ikebana Iwaya Fund to develop an video based on my experiences teaching ikebana to children.
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Louise Worner
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Summer Ikebana for Children
Last week we explored some of the small villages surrounding Madrid and were inspired to create an arrangement using sunflowers.
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Louise Worner
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Frozen Ikebana
Summer holidays are well underway, to keep cool we decided to experiment with freezing water-filled water balloons.
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Louise Worner
Jul 10, 20211 min read
Tanabata and Ikebana for Children
One of my daughters favourite Japanese Festivals is Tanabata, the Star Festival, held on the 7th July.
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Louise Worner
Jun 26, 20211 min read
Birthday Ikebana for Children
To celebrate a special birthday last weekend, we decided to make a birthday-inspired ikebana arrangement.
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Louise Worner
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Trash and Treasure
"Trash and Treasure" challenges creativity and helps helps my students see the beauty in what they would have otherwise thrown away.
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Louise Worner
Jun 5, 20211 min read
More Than Morimono- Vegetables and Ikebana for Children
More than just Morimono (stacking fruit and vegetables), this lesson requires looking beyond the use of fruit and vegetables as food items.
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Louise Worner
May 28, 20212 min read
Contrasting Colours from the Garden
Colour is one of the many concepts covered in art class and, coincidentally, it is also a theme covered in the Sogetsu Curriculum.
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