Hello, I'm Amanda and this is ... Kate, hello and welcome to the National Museum of
Australia. Today we're doing a fun at home activity, yay. Okay thanks guys, we know
you can't come into the Museum at the moment so we're trying our best to get
some programs up online so when you're at home you can have a chance to do some
awesome activities with us and thank you to everyone who watched last week. Very
true, yes, we had a lot of feedback, some wonderful feedback and if you have any more
today please send us your feedback to programs@nma.gov.au or you can
connect with us by our social media sites. Okay but before we start I think
we'd better do a welcome to country, Amanda. It's really important we acknowledge
the traditional custodians of the land. So we're here in Canberra acknowledging
the Ngunnawal, Ngambri and Ngunawal people.
So first up, follow the actions. Here is the land, covers the land, covers land.
Here is the sky that covers the land. Here are our hearts that care for the land.
So welcome. Okay, guess what we're doing today Kate. Oh, I don't know. Let's see. Are
we doing some muttaburrasaurus? We did that last week and it was lots of fun
and I could talk about muttaburrasaurus for hours but, no. Can I give you a clue?
Ooh is it a bird? Not bad, no, it definitely has wings but not a bird.
Okay. You often see them at night time and they often fly towards lights.
Now, it's got to be something connecting to the Museum. I think I know ...
Is it the moth? It is the moth! We have an enormous, big moth hanging in our Hall
by very well-known artist Reko Rennie. That's right it has amazing artworks and
that bogong moth that he's created connects to his culture and to
the nature and the environment, such a beautiful piece. So because you can't come
in and visit we'd really like to show you an image of the moth. Kate and I are
pretty clever. I think if we count to three and click our fingers we might be
able to get you to see the image so can you guys at home help us count? One,
two, three, click.
Did you see it? Can you see our beautiful image that hangs in the Gandel Atrium in
our main hall? It's pretty beautiful. So the moth story is really important to
Indigenous culture, Kate. It's a really old story, not just three weeks ago. So
moths are very important here in Canberra. They came from up in Queensland
and often travel all the way down to Mount Kosciuszko here. So this story's
been around in some cultures for thousands and thousands of years so we
thought today we'd do some craft activities and we'd make a moth. Yeah,
let's do it. Don't worry at home if you haven't got
the materials because we've got a link that you'll see later and you can
actually print out some moths. So there's the body and there's the wings. You can
print it on coloured paper or on the actual white paper. Here's some examples
here. Great, beautiful. So Kate, can you pass me some scissors? I might start
cutting out. Now remember at home, if you're cutting out, be careful. Get some
kids scissors, get an adult person to help you because we don't really want to
have any scissor injuries at home. So cut out your two pieces and in fact, Kate, have
you got some that you've already prepared?
I do, I do indeed. I've got the back in brown and I've got the wings in black.
I'm going to start with the top piece and then work on the bottom. Okay, have you
got any for me? I do. Terrific. Look, I've got a special purple one
here just for you. Thank you Kate, I love purple. Okay, so your task is to
decorate both layers. Now you can glue, you can, you know, colour in, you can stick
stickers on, you can use washi tape, anything you like. I'm using some texta
on mine. Great. In fact, can you pass me some textas, Kate? Oh yeah, sure. Do you know any moth
jokes? I do know a moth joke. How would you know that I had a moth joke? I was full
of jokes. And thank you everyone last week who sent in some dinosaur jokes. We
love your jokes! So, Amanda. Yes, Kate? What do you call a
big moth? A big moth? A big moth. What do you call it? A big moth? No, a mammoth! A mammoth because it's big. It's fantastic, isn't it?
Okay, I'm going to use some of this really beautiful paper. Would you like
some of this? I would love some of that, Amanda.I'm going to also add some spots to mine and some shapes.
Ooh I like that.I'm going to glue those on. I've got some different patterns here, both large and small. I'm going to stick
that on, so it's a bit like Reko Rennie's. It's full of colour and I like the
stripes, that's a nice reference, so you're inspired by the artwork, Kate? I am
inspired but it's not going to be a copy. Okay, so would you like to see some that
we've already made because I think we've got a few but before we do, Kate, once you've
decorated them we need to join the two pieces. So
you can see here our moth is joined.How did you join it, Kate, actually? So the way
I joined my piece is I used a split pin. So you get one of these pins. You can
find them in all hardware stores. Whatever you've got at home. Mine's missing
the feelers and I like the fact that you've got some on there, Kate. I do. I've sticky
taped some feathers I found. These are beautiful emu feathers straight on to
the back but you might be able to find something at home that you want to use
instead. I'm going to use some ribbon. What a great idea. Kate, what do you call the
scientific name for moths and butterflies? Do you know? I do. I'm not very good at
pronouncing it but let's give it a go. Okay. Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera? Lepidoptera. Can you say
that at home? Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. I know another big word too.
Okay, what's another big word connected to moths? Connected to moths and
butterflies? Yes, yes. Okay. Proboscis. A prob - what is a proboscis?
Does anyone know? Let me give you a clue. That's right, it's the tongue. The tongue, but is a moth's
tongue like ours, Kate? No, not at all. In fact it's like a straw and it curls away up
back into their mouth so when they want a drink it comes out and they curl it back.
Can you do that at home? Can you have a go? Mine doesn't curl too well. Mine doesn't either. I'll have to practice that one. No, not very good at that. Have a go.
Okay, Kate, can we share some of the ones that some of our friends have made for
us because we've got some already finished moths here. I love this one, this one
used lots of tape, lots of washi tape on that one, so you might find some tape at
home that works well. You can even choose to put a string and attach a bit of
string and actually hang it so it could end up hanging above, a bit like our
beautiful moth in the Gandel Atrium. Yep, that's true. Well,thank you guys, we hope
you've had fun today. We'd really love to see some of the moths you've made. If you've
got any questions or any feedback, let us let us know at programs@nma.gov.au
or connect with us via social media sites.
Thank you. Thank you everyone. Bye.