The Sogetsu Ikebana curriculum has lots of fun and creative lessons that are adaptable for children.

Without the overabundance of leaves, it is far easier to forage for beautiful branches in winter.

This year to help us celebrate our final year in Madrid, the children made ikebana arrangements for Los Reyes Magos.

This year, as we prepare to move house, our O-Soji has started early.

Morimono arrangements are a wonderful means by which children can engage with food they don't like in a different way.

This week we took a different approach to our weekly ikebana lesson.

This year we decided to create a Thanksgiving ikebana arrangement using self-made vases.

Collecting foraged 'vases' for ikebana.

We decided to make small ikebana vases from our collection of triangular ice-cream wrappers.

This week we decided to make our own vases using strips of coloured cardboard and repurposed glass yoghurt containers.

Over the past few months my daughters and I have been experimenting with using different items as vases.

Using small Delft pottery houses, that are received free while flying KLM, as mini vases for an ikebana arrangement for children.

Inspired by the work of AZUMA Makoto my daughters decided to create ikebana arrangements in water.

Combining science and ikebana to develop an innovative way to help my youngest daughter study ‘states of matter’ for her science exam.

As I was scooping ice-cream for my daughters, an idea came to me. The cones would make fun and portable ikebana vases!

Using a lantern as a basket structure for a small ikebana arrangement for children.

Just like adults, with a little imagination, anything can be used as a vase.

You don’t need expensive materials to teach ikebana to children, they will happily create beautiful arrangements from leftovers.

Although my daughters have very different personalities, they have always had a close bond with one another. They often prefer to do...

If children are encouraged to “play” with their vegetables, they might also be encouraged to eat them.