Boca Raton, Florida – Many people in tropical islands, like Hawaii and Polynesia, wear flower lei necklaces to welcome guests or to celebrate birthdays and graduations. If you want to make a lei for your party guests or business associates, make the leis in advance or set up a “lei-making station” and have your guest make their own. You can greet each guest with a warm, special lei greeting welcome. Leis can be made of flowers, shells, feathers, leaves, seeds, and nuts.

Step 1.

Cut the mono-filament or fishing string to the length you want your lei to be, adding a few inches so that you can tie the ends off .

Step 2.

Thread the needle with the cut fishing string. Tie a knot at the end of the fishing string  to establish a “stopper” at the starting point of your lei.

Step 3.

Insert the needle through the base of the flower  bloom and gently pull it along the fishing string to the starter knot.

Step 4.

Repeat the process for all the blooms facing he same direction until the fishing string is full of the blooms.

Step 5.

When the lei reaches the desired length, tie off the ends of the fishing line in a knot and snip off the excess fishing string.