Louise Worner
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.
Louise Worner
May 21, 20211 min read
Relay Ikebana for Children
This week, we decided to try a different approach to ikebana. To make the lesson fun, we decided on a relay style arrangement.
Louise Worner
May 7, 20211 min read
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 30, 20211 min read
Land Art and Ikebana for Children
Ikebana land art is a natural progression of outdoor discovery and play, and inspires creativity in a fun environment.
Louise Worner
Apr 23, 20211 min read
Football and Ikebana for Children
Creating movement in ikebana is like a football game plan.
Louise Worner
Apr 16, 20212 min read
A Listening Challenge
Taking the time to listen to what plants are saying.
Louise Worner
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Mazezashi with Weeds
Weeds provide a wonderful abundance of material for Mazezashi.
Louise Worner
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Easter Ikebana for Children
Cracking good fun at Easter with an Easter inspired ikebana lesson for children.
Louise Worner
Mar 26, 20211 min read
Unconventional Material- Swimming Pool Noodles
Swimming pool noodles are one of my favourite unconventional materials to use in children’s ikebana classes.
Louise Worner
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Mondrian and Ikebana for Children
There are many similarities between Mondrian's paintings and the principles of Sogetsu Ikebana.
Louise Worner
Feb 26, 20211 min read
“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 read
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 read
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
Feb 6, 20212 min read
Practicing Geometry Through Ikebana
A sneaky, yet fun, way to help children revise geometry at home, while schools are closed.
Louise Worner
Jan 23, 20212 min read
Ikebana Inspired by a Snow Storm
Working with snow and ice is a battle against time, where contemplation and consideration must give way to speed and intuition.
Louise Worner
Dec 12, 20201 min read
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.
Louise Worner
Dec 5, 20201 min read
Creating "Mass and Line” with Autumn leaves
Leaves are the perfect material to use in the Sogetsu Curriculum lesson on Mass and Line (two of the three Principles of Sogetsu Ikebana).
Louise Worner
Nov 7, 20201 min read
When the going gets tough, the tough do ikebana
When my youngest daughter broke her arm, ikebana changed her outlook on life. She was amazed at what she could achieve with only one hand.
Louise Worner
Oct 31, 20201 min read
Halloween Ikebana for Children
The main objective in Morimono is to disconnect from seeing the material as items of food and to view the beautiful colours and shapes.
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