hey guys we are back at the beach
because for this video I’m going to show
you how to turn a palm leaf into a cool
little fishing toy that you can actually
cast all you’re going to need for this
project is one single palm leaf you can
see it kind of folds down in a v-shape
with this hard yellow Ridge line if we
follow that down far enough we’re going
to find it thins out and what we want to
do is just take our nail and we want to
actually peel this thing off find the
tip and slowly peel off that Ridge line
and if you pinch the leaves as you do
you should be able to keep them intact
and just very gently pull that entire
Ridge line off of the leaf make sure
you’re really gentle when you rip this
off because we need the leaves and we
are going to be using this later this
thing’s kind of like a little whip and
that’s great because that’s pretty much
we’re going to be using it for in a
minute near the topic gets really flimsy
and we don’t really need that so you can
go ahead and break it off but where it
starts to get firm you want to loop that
over into a circle and then just twist
that back on itself three or four times
is what that’s going to do is it’s going
to hold the circle in position so that
it won’t unravel if you give it a little
bit of a tug it’ll start to tighten in
on itself and that’s what we’re looking
for right there just a little circle a
little bit bigger than your thumb
alright now go ahead and set that to the
side because now it’s time to make our
fish so now if you look at your palm
leaf you’re going to see it’s been split
into two different pieces just go ahead
and give it a tug to separate them
because we’re going to be using each of
these individually now what you’re
looking for is a palm leaf that’s
somewhere around an inch thick it
doesn’t have to be exact but somewhere
around that size it can be perfect take
your first leaf and put it straight into
your palm and then hold it in place with
your thumb you want to see that there
are a couple inches overlapping
underneath your hand then take the leave
and wrap it back in through your pointer
finger and your middle finger and hold
it in place and you also want to have a
loop a couple inches tall now just do
that same thing again make a loop bring
it back hold it with your fingers and
then you can use your thumb to hold
everything in place so we’ve essentially
just made two loops and that is the end
of step one take the base of the second
leaf and push it through the center
circle but bring it to the outside of
the first circle and then pull it all
the way through about a foot now we’re
going to do is we’re going to weave in
and out and in and out and to do that
we’re going to go inside this loop and
then we’re going to go to the outside of
the second loop we’re going to bring it
all the way around
and we’re going to go inside the first
loop pull it tight and you’re going to
see this loops going to want to pop off
so hold that down with your middle
finger then bend the leaf around push it
through the center and pull it through
all we have to do now is pull these
tight by slowly working individual Leafs
and what that’s going to do is
eventually work itself down and do a
cool little fish save one more little
tug should tighten everything up and
hold everything securely in place
all right so our little fish is starting
to look pretty good all we have to do is
trim up his fins a little bit and put
them on a stick and we’re just about
done now if you look at the palm leaves
you can see that all the fibers run
horizontally and if you pinch with your
thumb you can kind of dig into it and
pull away and it will just follow that
strand leaving a little bite mark out of
the leaf do that a couple more times
just staggering where you pinch it and
what you’re ultimately going to be doing
is trimming down the fins and give it a
cool little fin effect for these inside
fins I like to start on the inside and
just repeat that process just stagger
where you make those cuts boom just like
that
our little fishy is done so guys we got
our fish we got our rod and all we have
to do now is bring the two together now
to add the rod just split the fins at
the back and push through that little
hole until you can see the rod poking
through the tip of the fish’s mouth then
you just want to pull all the way
through until you see that little circle
disappear into the fish’s belly now bend
the stick back around and push it
through the hole in the top fin until it
comes out the hole in the bottom fin and
just give it a little tug and that puts
your little fish on a stick these things
make really cool toys for the kids
because watch this you grab the rod at
the bottom and give it a little flick
you can cast your line and catch a fish
just like that how awesome is that
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then just push your rod back up to reset
it and you can cast it again now there’s
one more cool trick you can do with
these fish if you’ve made one of these
headbands I showed you in another video
take the base of the stick and just push
it down through the front and makes a
cool little decoration for your kids if
you look closely it’s kind of like he’s
got a fishing line coming right out of
his mouth that’s pretty cool
and really simple to make so there you
have it guys that’s how to use one
single palm-leaf to make a really cool
Polynesian fishing toy thanks so much
for joining me for this experiment and
I’ll be looking for you the next one
talk to you then
[Music]
you
[Music]
because for this video I’m going to show
you how to turn a palm leaf into a cool
little fishing toy that you can actually
cast all you’re going to need for this
project is one single palm leaf you can
see it kind of folds down in a v-shape
with this hard yellow Ridge line if we
follow that down far enough we’re going
to find it thins out and what we want to
do is just take our nail and we want to
actually peel this thing off find the
tip and slowly peel off that Ridge line
and if you pinch the leaves as you do
you should be able to keep them intact
and just very gently pull that entire
Ridge line off of the leaf make sure
you’re really gentle when you rip this
off because we need the leaves and we
are going to be using this later this
thing’s kind of like a little whip and
that’s great because that’s pretty much
we’re going to be using it for in a
minute near the topic gets really flimsy
and we don’t really need that so you can
go ahead and break it off but where it
starts to get firm you want to loop that
over into a circle and then just twist
that back on itself three or four times
is what that’s going to do is it’s going
to hold the circle in position so that
it won’t unravel if you give it a little
bit of a tug it’ll start to tighten in
on itself and that’s what we’re looking
for right there just a little circle a
little bit bigger than your thumb
alright now go ahead and set that to the
side because now it’s time to make our
fish so now if you look at your palm
leaf you’re going to see it’s been split
into two different pieces just go ahead
and give it a tug to separate them
because we’re going to be using each of
these individually now what you’re
looking for is a palm leaf that’s
somewhere around an inch thick it
doesn’t have to be exact but somewhere
around that size it can be perfect take
your first leaf and put it straight into
your palm and then hold it in place with
your thumb you want to see that there
are a couple inches overlapping
underneath your hand then take the leave
and wrap it back in through your pointer
finger and your middle finger and hold
it in place and you also want to have a
loop a couple inches tall now just do
that same thing again make a loop bring
it back hold it with your fingers and
then you can use your thumb to hold
everything in place so we’ve essentially
just made two loops and that is the end
of step one take the base of the second
leaf and push it through the center
circle but bring it to the outside of
the first circle and then pull it all
the way through about a foot now we’re
going to do is we’re going to weave in
and out and in and out and to do that
we’re going to go inside this loop and
then we’re going to go to the outside of
the second loop we’re going to bring it
all the way around
and we’re going to go inside the first
loop pull it tight and you’re going to
see this loops going to want to pop off
so hold that down with your middle
finger then bend the leaf around push it
through the center and pull it through
all we have to do now is pull these
tight by slowly working individual Leafs
and what that’s going to do is
eventually work itself down and do a
cool little fish save one more little
tug should tighten everything up and
hold everything securely in place
all right so our little fish is starting
to look pretty good all we have to do is
trim up his fins a little bit and put
them on a stick and we’re just about
done now if you look at the palm leaves
you can see that all the fibers run
horizontally and if you pinch with your
thumb you can kind of dig into it and
pull away and it will just follow that
strand leaving a little bite mark out of
the leaf do that a couple more times
just staggering where you pinch it and
what you’re ultimately going to be doing
is trimming down the fins and give it a
cool little fin effect for these inside
fins I like to start on the inside and
just repeat that process just stagger
where you make those cuts boom just like
that
our little fishy is done so guys we got
our fish we got our rod and all we have
to do now is bring the two together now
to add the rod just split the fins at
the back and push through that little
hole until you can see the rod poking
through the tip of the fish’s mouth then
you just want to pull all the way
through until you see that little circle
disappear into the fish’s belly now bend
the stick back around and push it
through the hole in the top fin until it
comes out the hole in the bottom fin and
just give it a little tug and that puts
your little fish on a stick these things
make really cool toys for the kids
because watch this you grab the rod at
the bottom and give it a little flick
you can cast your line and catch a fish
just like that how awesome is that
[Music]
then just push your rod back up to reset
it and you can cast it again now there’s
one more cool trick you can do with
these fish if you’ve made one of these
headbands I showed you in another video
take the base of the stick and just push
it down through the front and makes a
cool little decoration for your kids if
you look closely it’s kind of like he’s
got a fishing line coming right out of
his mouth that’s pretty cool
and really simple to make so there you
have it guys that’s how to use one
single palm-leaf to make a really cool
Polynesian fishing toy thanks so much
for joining me for this experiment and
I’ll be looking for you the next one
talk to you then
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you
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