Kiwiana at the Museum

We had awesome fun at the museum talking about kiwiana and making our very own beeswax honey wrap!

First we went on a treasure hunt around the museum to find kiwiana things.  We found lots of things, including...a tomato sauce bottle shaped like a tomato, some tikis, some native birds, a jandal, a poi, an L&P bottle, a fern, a maori carving....all SORTS of things! It was fun sharing what we found and putting them on the kiwiana table.

Next we had a go at grating some beeswax for our wraps.  This is not as easy as it looks and we had to persevere.  It was fantastic seeing all of the tamariki trying hard to get as much bees wax as they could and working together.

We decorated our wrap fabric with kiwiana stencils and watched as Koka Julie showed us how to put the wax on.  She is going to put the wax on all our wraps and drop them off to school for us on Friday.  We are super excited to show you our wraps when they arrive. 

Ka mau te wehi Room 9!  You were fantastic at the museum!