Fifi's craft: Te reo Maori word art - 27 July
Bring te reo into your furnishings with wordy wall art.
You will need:
Wooden letters from Spotlight
Paint
Blu-tack
1) Choose some Maori words that will go together well. For
instance; aroha and whanau, numbers like tahi, rua, toru, wha or
colours: whero, kahurangi, kowhai, kakariki. Make sure that
whatever you choose, they have some of the same letters in
them.
2) Decorate your letters with paint. Aroha might have hearts
on it, Kowhai might have the flowers or sun rays on it. You might
like to copy some kowhaiwhai patterns onto them. Spotlight have
sheets of paua shell laminate that can be cut and glued on which
add a beautiful effect.
3) Arrange the words horizontally and vertically so that they
overlap each other like scrabble or a crossword. So aroha and
whanau might intersect through an 'a' or 'h' for instance.
4) Hanging options: Blu-tack them on or for a more permanent
and secure method, bend metal paper clips slightly so that they
form loops to glue onto the back of each letter then hang them on
the wall with panel pins.
Tips and ideas
Do your word planning first before you buy the letters so
you don't double up on them.
Draw up how they will look on the wall.
Decide as a family what you'd like.
Give each family member a letter to decorate.
