🧵 Activity 1: Natural Dyeing with Local Plants
🔹 Activity Description:
Students will learn how to extract dyes from local plants such as tree bark, leaves, flowers, or herbs (e.g., indigo, ebony, sappanwood, turmeric) and use them to dye cotton or silk fabric through traditional processes such as boiling, fermenting, and repeated dyeing.
🎯 Objectives:
Learn the ancient wisdom of traditional dyeing
Appreciate the value of natural resources
Create a personal piece of naturally dyed fabric
🧶 Final Product:
Handkerchief
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☂️ Activity 2: Making Umbrellas from Dried Banana Leaves
🔹 Activity Description:
This activity involves using dried banana leaves to cover umbrella frames instead of Saa paper, making them resistant to water and UV rays. It is a creative way to turn natural waste into valuable products.
🎯 Objectives:
Learn how to use natural materials as an alternative to Saa paper
Practice crafting skills and creative thinking
Preserve traditional knowledge of using local plants in daily life
🌿 Final Product:
Decorative mini umbrella
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🧺 Activity 3: Woven Coaster Crafting
🔹 Activity Description:
Students will learn to weave using natural materials such as palm leaves, water hyacinth, rattan, or banana bark to create functional coasters. This hands-on craft reflects Thai traditional weaving wisdom.
🎯 Objectives:
Encourage mindfulness and patience
Practice basic handicraft skills
Develop the potential for community-based product creation
🧵 Final Product:
Round / square coasters in various patterns
Hosts/Speakers
- Jakapong Boontanjeen








