Lei Po'o Workshop

I had a fun time with a group of ladies who were basically beginners and wanted to learn how to make lei po'o.  They were very eager and did a great job!  I was so busy going around and teaching that I neglected to take too many pics so here are a few finished group pics.

Vilma had to leave early so she wasn't in the group pic.  However, I was able to get a separate pic of her.

2025 Pre-Punahou Carnival "Haku" making

 Once again, in the Punahou Cafeteria, we joined together for 2 evenings making Lei Po'o (head lei) for the Punahou carnival.  This year, Amanda couldn't join us but Cory and his friends from Watanabe Floral (present and past) joined Sarah and me.

  

 

 

Some of the finished product.

 

 Sarah's first piece.

 

 My first piece.

 

Second night.

 

 

Cory's lei po'o with lehua.

Sarah's second lei po'o.

 

 "Haku" lei booth at the carnival.

Lei Po'o Workshop (Head lei in Wili Style)

 

Lei Day 2023 on Oahu

 

Demo and Lei making booths

Photo of different types of Lehua

Long line to see the lei entries.

Laua'e rope.

Lei Po'o Workshop In Honolulu 4/30/23

This is a great opportunity to create a head lei (lei Po'o) to wear on Lei Day, May 1.  We will be using the "wili" method to create your lei.  Please contact me to sign up and if you refer a friend, who attends for the workshop, I will give you 10% discount on your fee.

In person, hands-on "Haku" (Lei Po'o) class May 1, 2022

 

Punahou Carnival 2021

Normally the Punahou Carnival is held on the first Friday and Saturday in February but because of Covid, it had been reduced to a virtual carnival for everyone except for the students and faculty.  Therefore, our annual Haku making had strict rules regarding color and availability of product.  So we worked with what was given to us.  We were allowed to contribute our own materials but we had to keep the color palettes in mind.

The following is from our Haku instructions:

The lei were sold online to the students and faculty, in the following color categories:

1. Buff/Blue
2. Pink/Orange/Purple
3. Red/Orange/Yellow
4. Green
5. Native/Traditional 

* Please keep this in mind while making your lei, as we will try to follow these color combinations.

 

 

The pics shown above were the examples given to us to choose from.

 

This is what we actually received.

The purple bougainvillea was our donation.  Much of the orange bougainvillea was dried and dead so I dumped it.  The "red" cup and saucer was falling apart so I tried not to use too much of it.

 

 

 

 

My original plan to make a "red, orange and yellow" haku became a peach, yellow and orange-ish one.

 

My second one was an all foliage, more "Hawaiian" style with mini red/green ti leaves.

 

For the keiki

For the keiki

My daughter, Sarah, also made two beautiful haku (lei po'o).

We are happy to help keep the tradition alive and hopefully next year we can be back to in-person making lei.