yes! now i am teaching you how to make a grasshopper by using coconut leaves, now, this is a coconut leaves:
divide it into three part, which is leaves, and the lidi like this:
bing the lidi between the two leaves like this:
Remember: the back bone of the leaves is top ( lidi at top)
bring the side of the leaf which are nearest to you, curve it around the lidi, from bottom like this:
make it more tight and it will looked like this:
then repeat the first step, but do it on the other side: it would be like this:
make the knot more tight:
then it is the second stage:
bring the leaf facing you upwards and hold it with your thumb
curve it around from the bottom like in first step:
pull the knot tight:
hint: when you are pulling the knot, remember to pull it -45degree
after you done that, repeat that second stage step on the other side, if i let the side facing you is side A, and the other side is side B, then the sequence is A,B,A,B,A,B,A,B and you will see the knot crossing on each other:
hint2: remember to make your knot as tight as possible so that you grasshopper wont looked fat(when the leaves become more and more fine, be careful!!!, as it easily to break)(if it breaks, means bye bye, have to make a new one)
Usually i make four or five times (AB count one time)and it will looked like this:
now the antenna of the grasshopper is facing downwards, bring it to top through the hole on your lidi
just now on the first step, ( you put the lidi between the two leaves), there will be a tail behind the grasshopper:
pull that tail and you will see the head circle will become smaller and smaller:
zoomed:
after that cut the tail like this:
the tail that you cutted, used it to make your grasshopper’s legs:
hint3: To make your grasshopper stands well, use different leaf,(find two equal bold lidi)
make the legs like this:
and then do the leg for the other side, finally…. tada!!!!!!!!!
completed!!!
