hey what’s up guys a brunch out to the
islands of Hawaii to show you a cool
little trick I learned from my friends
the Polynesians on how to turn leaves
from a palm tree into a cool Hawaiian
headband let’s jump right in now for
this project we’re gonna need to grab
three of the leaves off of a palm tree
so check the branches look for ones that
are green all the way down we don’t want
them to be rotted and now if you just
reach up and you grab beside one of them
just give it a little tug and it will
start stripping away and you can keep
pulling until it breaks off all three of
them very cleanly just like that each
one of these palm leaves has a very
rigid point at the top it’s all part of
one branch these three different stems
just came off in one go you hold them in
your hand like this you can be a little
Hawaiian Wolverine god we want to have
all the ridges pointed upward so hold
them also the ridges are facing up going
to take these two outer leaves and roll
them outward I’m going to fold them so
that they make an X with the right leaf
on the top and it should make a little V
pattern on the inside with the top kinds
of leaves they’re going to take the
bottom one and we’re going to line it up
with the leaf on the left the tines
should be facing the same direction and
holding them in place we’re just going
to roll that leaf inward but then we’re
going to lift it up and bring it on top
and set it down over that middle leaf it
should look something like that then
from there we’re going to take this
outside leaf and we’re going to roll it
in gently and twist it back the other
way like that so left to right right to
left just gently rolling those leaves
inward so from here we’re just going to
repeat that process all the way down the
entire length of these palm leaves if
you give this little tug you can see how
it tightens that up every now and then
you might want to stop and just make
sure everything is firm taking the
outside leaves rolling them in and then
placing them on top now that one you can
see I actually pinched it I didn’t roll
it properly but if you use your finger
to press the back you can use your
finger as a form to roll the leaf first
and then you can place it over top and
it makes a cool rounded shape instead of
being pinched off you can see how that’s
already starting to form a nice little
headband shape at this point you can see
it’s just about big enough to fit my
head so all we have to do is tie these
off and finish it up
now tying off the lei is pretty simple
we’re just going to gather up all the
palm leaves in the same direction here
wrap it around our fingers and then
we’re just going to pull it through like
a simple overhand knot you don’t want to
pinch it too hard or it’ll break but
just work the knot down until it’s
secure now look for the hole at the base
of the branch and take the knot and just
push it straight through and we can use
this now to size the lay to our heads by
putting it on our heads and just
figuring out the size that we want and
when it feels like its size correctly
just take it off take the knot and just
tuck it inside one of these folds like
so and that’s it now just go through and
give your lay a little tug to work out
any of the gaps and it’s finished and
ready to go on your head now these
headbands don’t really serve any
practical purpose but they’re cool to
make for the kids or cool to where
you’re going to be stranded on an island
you got to have something to do that’s a
really fun thing to do so make yourself
a headband
they’re really easy and if you don’t
have any palm leaves maybe go down to
the store and get some long poster board
you can cut into strips
I’m screw it fold together a very
similar way you can make yourself a
little paper Hawaiian headband how about
that and if you’re stranded on a desert
island what else do you have to do
beside weave palm leaves together maybe
you can make yourself some coconut husk
rope I’ll show you how to do that in
another project video so there you have
a guy’s a cool little trick for turning
palm tree leaves into cool Hawaiian
headbands thanks so much for joining me
for this experiment I’ll be looking for
you the next one talk to you then I’m
like a Hawaiian Wolverine
[Music]
islands of Hawaii to show you a cool
little trick I learned from my friends
the Polynesians on how to turn leaves
from a palm tree into a cool Hawaiian
headband let’s jump right in now for
this project we’re gonna need to grab
three of the leaves off of a palm tree
so check the branches look for ones that
are green all the way down we don’t want
them to be rotted and now if you just
reach up and you grab beside one of them
just give it a little tug and it will
start stripping away and you can keep
pulling until it breaks off all three of
them very cleanly just like that each
one of these palm leaves has a very
rigid point at the top it’s all part of
one branch these three different stems
just came off in one go you hold them in
your hand like this you can be a little
Hawaiian Wolverine god we want to have
all the ridges pointed upward so hold
them also the ridges are facing up going
to take these two outer leaves and roll
them outward I’m going to fold them so
that they make an X with the right leaf
on the top and it should make a little V
pattern on the inside with the top kinds
of leaves they’re going to take the
bottom one and we’re going to line it up
with the leaf on the left the tines
should be facing the same direction and
holding them in place we’re just going
to roll that leaf inward but then we’re
going to lift it up and bring it on top
and set it down over that middle leaf it
should look something like that then
from there we’re going to take this
outside leaf and we’re going to roll it
in gently and twist it back the other
way like that so left to right right to
left just gently rolling those leaves
inward so from here we’re just going to
repeat that process all the way down the
entire length of these palm leaves if
you give this little tug you can see how
it tightens that up every now and then
you might want to stop and just make
sure everything is firm taking the
outside leaves rolling them in and then
placing them on top now that one you can
see I actually pinched it I didn’t roll
it properly but if you use your finger
to press the back you can use your
finger as a form to roll the leaf first
and then you can place it over top and
it makes a cool rounded shape instead of
being pinched off you can see how that’s
already starting to form a nice little
headband shape at this point you can see
it’s just about big enough to fit my
head so all we have to do is tie these
off and finish it up
now tying off the lei is pretty simple
we’re just going to gather up all the
palm leaves in the same direction here
wrap it around our fingers and then
we’re just going to pull it through like
a simple overhand knot you don’t want to
pinch it too hard or it’ll break but
just work the knot down until it’s
secure now look for the hole at the base
of the branch and take the knot and just
push it straight through and we can use
this now to size the lay to our heads by
putting it on our heads and just
figuring out the size that we want and
when it feels like its size correctly
just take it off take the knot and just
tuck it inside one of these folds like
so and that’s it now just go through and
give your lay a little tug to work out
any of the gaps and it’s finished and
ready to go on your head now these
headbands don’t really serve any
practical purpose but they’re cool to
make for the kids or cool to where
you’re going to be stranded on an island
you got to have something to do that’s a
really fun thing to do so make yourself
a headband
they’re really easy and if you don’t
have any palm leaves maybe go down to
the store and get some long poster board
you can cut into strips
I’m screw it fold together a very
similar way you can make yourself a
little paper Hawaiian headband how about
that and if you’re stranded on a desert
island what else do you have to do
beside weave palm leaves together maybe
you can make yourself some coconut husk
rope I’ll show you how to do that in
another project video so there you have
a guy’s a cool little trick for turning
palm tree leaves into cool Hawaiian
headbands thanks so much for joining me
for this experiment I’ll be looking for
you the next one talk to you then I’m
like a Hawaiian Wolverine
[Music]
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