Drive out to the nature - B.Ed first activity memories

It was the last hour of thursday 25th July.We the firstyear  students of mother teresa BEd college had a varied  and  thrilling experience.We were asked to do something creative from nature within 1 hour.We started searching in college campus. While walking first our team saw 3-4 plastic bottles and we planned to plant some plants by cutting the bottles and to hang them in a decorative style .But we couldn't find any tools to cut that bottles so we dropped that plan.Again we started to think is there anything creative that can be done in one hour. While seeing the mosses on the wall remembered about the youtube video on KOKEDAMA.

 

 

'Kokedemma' our version

In the Japanese language, kokedama translates to moss-ball, koke- meaning “moss” and dama- meaning “ball”. A kokedama is a living organic plant sculpture, suspended in its own ball of soil wrapped in moss and held together with string. Combining nature and art is something to admire and cherish!  Today Kokedamas are one of the biggest trends in gardening and indoor plants. They are easy to care for and look fantastic. It is a lovely way to bring the outdoors into your home. I can call them living sculptures.Kokedemas actually symbolizes earth,may be due to its spherical shape. People are loving the unique style, natural influence and lovely, calming atmosphere that Kokedamas bring to their lives. They make a perfect decorative addition to a home’s decor as well as to commercial spaces such as cafes, restaurants  and offices.Kokedamas are relatively easy to look after. You only need to water your moss ball once or twice a fortnight depending on the plant.If your Kokedama is hanging and you can’t take it down for a soaking, you will have to use a spray bottle to water it. Using this method you will have to spray it a lot more regularly but the weight of the ball will tell you when you need to.

STEPS TO MAKE KOKEDAMA

  Actually we are converting this Japanese technique to a  Kerala style version.Soil,coir pitch,cowdung,waste cloths ,mosses ,string are the materials you needed.Using soil coir pitch and cowdung we are making a ball shaped structure and we are planting a sapling inside .Again we makeup that ball shaped structure that was damaged while planting the sapling,Then we wrap that ball using some cotton cloth.Atlast moss is packed around this ball and again covered with thread.Now our kokedamma is ready.Usually at primary days watering is done by spraying method when the ball is completely covered with mosses we can immerse that ball in water .


             It was an amazing experience while exploring the nature in a different method.Our team was very supportive and every person listened to everyones idea. There were alot of innovative ideas but our resources were very less. So we had to drop many ideas.The term" kodadama" itself was strange to many of our team members none of us had not done it before however we stepped forward bravely.Our team members were so enthusiastic and creative that we finished our work successfully and beautifully.Words were not enough to express our joy when our kokedama was in our hand.It took us to the childhood memories of makking 'mannapam'.
                  Due to the influence of medias children are getting separated from nature a teacher can attarct children to nature through this kind of activities.How ever a child will enjoy making a creative art by himself.As we are being trained to become teachers this kind of activities give us a new vision and aim .

The materials Prince uses for his version of the Japanese gardening technique are soil, coir pith an...

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he materials Prince uses for his version of the Japanese gardening technique are soil, coir pith and...

Read more at: https://english.manoramaonline.com/lifestyle/decor/2018/09/25/kokedama-garden-technique-tips.html

he materials Prince uses for his version of the Japanese gardening technique are soil, coir pith and...

Read more at: https://english.manoramaonline.com/lifestyle/decor/2018/09/25/kokedama-garden-technique-tips.html

oss is abundant in the humid climate of Japan and kokedama is very popular in that country....

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