Henna - by Sammie and Daisy

On Wednesday a lady came to our school to talk us about henna. Room 1 was lucky enough for three kids to be able to get a henna design and they were : Daisy, Sammie and Jordyn.

When we got our Henna done it felt cold and wet. And it took 15 minutes to dry. After the henna we went back to class to let our henna dry. After it dried we had to wash our hands and scrap the henna off .

Here are some photos of Daisy and Sammie getting their hands decorated with Henna

Henna is a used for celebrations and comes from Somalia, Africa. Henna is a small bush that grows in parts of in North Africa and Asia .

The leaves are harvested, dried and powdered.

The powder is then mixed with water, tea or coffee to make henna paste. Henna has been used for body decoration for thousands of years, in the Middle East, North Africa and India.

So maybe  when you grow up you might want henna to!!!