Grass...Hopper's do Hop...Tutorial!

Here Is a Tutorial to make a Grass Hopper...And what else should it be made of under the tropics on sandy beaches, but nothing other than Coconut palm!

So, start of by getting one leave/palm.

Place your nail, at about 20cm away from the end, and dig it in. we are going to separate the leaves from the hard middle bit.

I just slide my nail along. All the way, make sure to keep your nail as close as possible to the hard bit.

You should be left with something like this!

Bend down the middle bit by about 15cm.

Now I may not sound very precise but, its not a precise art, it all depends on the thickness of the leave, how tight you work, ext...But it should all come together, and even if you have to do it a few times, you will get it!

This if what you get, and this is how you should hold it to start the weaving processes!

First you do a Half Hitch, on both side.

And tighten it down. Got it?

Now of course the other side is done the other way as well, but same thing really!

Now for the texture of the body of the grass Hopper, bend back then do the same half Hitch knot!

Just keep on doing that all the way, one side at a time!

The end result should leave you with something looking like this!

How have you gone so far???

We are almost done!

The tail end of the palm needs to be drawn through the end of the bend.

Both of them, and you have got the Grasshoppers antenna's!

Now for the legs! I like to get two new middle bits from the center of the coconut palm leave, hard ones are better to hold the grasshopper up!

Nice and clean, bend them, one end longer than the other of course!

Just slide them through the body where every you think best!

And Voila, you have yourself a very nice little 

 Grasshopper!!

I on top of that had a VERY happy little girl as you can see! She thought that this little grasshopper was Hilarious, and we hopped on the beach for a while!

p.s: I know that my indications are crap so is my wording! Sure is not easy to explain something that seems so simple to me yet that others have never made...I hope someone does try, and does let me know how you went!!