Poi Workshop

On Monday the 15th of March, at Tunohopu Marae, the Totara Team learnt how to make poi. We did this workshop in the wharekai area because it was a very messy activity.

Mrs Norton showed us how to make a poi. It was interesting for me because I had never made a poi before. First she got a bit of foam and shaped it into a ball. Then she tied it together. When Mrs Norton had done that she put some plastic around the ball. The tricky part was when you had to make the tail, but Mrs Norton made it look so easy.

Soon after, when Mrs Norton had finished showing us, we went to our groups attempting to make a poi. I thought that it was pretty simple. When I had finished making the ball of my poi I helped Elsie finish her poi.

I have to say making the tail was hard. To make the little pompom at the end you had to use wool and wind it around your fingers, then cut it and put the string from your poi in the middle of the wool. When I had finished that, I tied a piece of string around the wool, then flipped the wool upside down, and tied it in a ball.

When I was finished making my whole poi, I helped some of the people in my group. The teachers let us play with the poi while the other people finished. I was very proud of the poi that I had made.

By Erika :)