Lei Making

One of the graduation traditions here in Hawaii is the giving of leis. We wanted to give each of the graduates at the party a real flower lei. The morning of the graduation party we had a lei making party. Mom and I were out early picking plumeria flowers from our yard. We have 4 plumeria trees, in the yard and they are all different colors. They smell great and are so pretty as a lei.


It is pretty simple to make a flower lei, you just string the flowers one at a time on a long, thin needle and time them when it is long enough. There are plenty of ways to make it more complicated, but I am not the master of anything quite so crafty.

The lei makers - Grandma Cherie, Quincie, Christian, Kate, Kendra, Shane, and Doris.