IPU making

For Kali's school we made IPU's. They are Hawaiian instruments, usually used for rhythm during Hula dances both modern hula (Auana) and ancient hula (Kahiko). Kali picked our her own gourd and took it to the ocean to clean it, after a little scrubbing she decided it was more fun to play in the sand then sit and scrub the gourd, so the moms was left to finish the job, and it was hard work! After it is all polished looking then up cut off the top and scrape out the seeds from the inside, Kali loved that part. Then you sand the inside and polish the outside and WAH LAH you have an Ipu!