Siapo -Tapa

Siapo is the Samoan word 

for a fine cloth made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry tree. 

Room 1 made a flower and a turtle.

Here are the steps you take to make Siapo with brown paper.

Step 1.

First, you make a pattern using a black vivid, colouring some parts black of your pattern.

Step 2.

You "scrunch" it into a little ball.

Step 3.  

You open up your "scrunched" Siapo.

Step 4.

Paint it with brown dye.

Step 5.

When dry, carefully paint the areas you want white with bleach.

Wait until it dries!