Blue Bird Education  Cambodia

March

In Kampong Speu, children made 2 types of Mother's Day cards featuring paper craft carnations.  This time, they learned about a day to express gratitude for their mothers and fathers, the custom of sending flowers, as well as the carnation flower itself, that doesn't grow in Cambodia.

They made cards of flowers with colored paper and with hanshi paper to be dyed by water paints (the 3 primary colors and their mixtures: orange, yellow-green, and purple).  These are pop-up cards, and each one pops up in a different way.

Actually, some children were creating stems and leaves based on preconceived notions, resulting in plants that were different form carnations.