Branch Weaving

What You Need:

• Twigs
• Leaves
• Rope, or raffia
• 1 Liter bottle, clean and dry
• Optional - feathers or beads

What You Do:

1. Ask your child to hold a twig in one hand and line it up with the mouth of the bottle. Tie the twig to the bottle using the rope. 
2. Holding the twig and bottle with one hand, ask them to hold another twig up to the bottle, lining the base of the twig to the mouth of the bottle. Help them tie this twig in place, weaving the rope in and out of the previous twig.
3. Repeat this process with at least one more twig, or as many twigs that will go around the bottle.
4. Encourage them to add in feathers and leaves into the rope weave, adding more rope as needed.
5. Tie additional rope at the top of the twigs for hanging their branch weaving from a tree.