Carefree California Poppy

July 2013 Volume 5 Issue 7 zine

Planting a Seed of Knowledge for a Lifetime Carefree of Herbal Wisdom California Poppy 1 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown 3 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown 4 Herbal Roots Zine is a monthly activity magazine created to teach kids about medicinal herbs. All writings and illustrations are created and owned by Kristine Brown and are subject to copyright laws. All rights reserved. Please do not distribute this packet outside of your immediate family or use any part of it for resale value. Libraries are welcome to print out a copy to place in a binder for their loan system.

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Note to Parents 3 Supply List 5 Calendar 6 Herb Spirits 7

All About...California Poppy 9

Scramble, Search and More 13 Herbal Botany 17 Herbal Lore 18 Songs and Poems 21 Herbal Recipes 22 Coloring Page 27 Herbal Crafts and More 28 Maze 32 Herbal Journal 33 Crossword Puzzle 35 Resource Page 37

2 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Note to Parents Dear Parents, Congratulations on starting your child(ren) on their lifelong journey of herbal learning! Empowering children to take control of their health and well being through using natural herbal remedies is one of the most important things we can do for them. Each month we will focus on one plant and take your child(ren) on a journey of discovery. By the time they have worked through this issue they should have a good working knowledge of California Poppy. Of course for this to remain with them, they must be encouraged to use the plant as often as possible. In addition to this zine (which we recommend you print out a copy per child who will be using it), there are some supplies that will be needed to get the most out of this issue. We have created a master list of items in the next section to help you get started on collecting the items needed. In the back of this issue is a journal page for your child to keep notes on their activities using California Poppy. They should write down any recipes they create or any experiences they have with using California Poppy along with the date of when it was used. As they grow and use more herbs, these journal pages will be important for them to refer back to. We’ve included a monthly calendar of suggested activities to incorporate herbal learning into your daily activities. If you’re not sure how to incorporate Herbal Roots into your daily learning routine, use the calendar as a way to get started. Subscribers have found this to be a great starting point whether they are homeschoolers trying to fit Herbal Roots Zine and herbal learning into their daily school routine or public/private schoolers trying to fit a few minutes of herbal learning into their hectic after school routine. My hope is that this calendar will be a starting point to get kids exploring herbs on their own and learn to bring a bit of herbal joy into their everyday lives.

3 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Note to Parents Be sure to check in with our blog! Every Monday we offer a giveaway. Your child(ren) can sign up for a chance to win all sorts of great items including wooden animals, clay pendants and herbal gift packages from grassroots companies such as Mountain Rose Herbs and many herbalists from around the country. For new subscribers, I’d like to suggest investing in a binder of some sort to put these monthly sheets in. One per child if possible so they can each have their own little herbal book. They’ll be pasting actual samples of the herbs in here along with keeping a journal of all their thoughts and explorations of each particular herb. That will create a wonderful memory to last through the schooling lifetime! They are building an herbal foundation of knowledge to be used for the rest of their lives. These are real herbs that can be found almost anywhere or grown very easily. Having this knowledge is very powerful and will stay with them for a lifetime! A great way to introduce Herbal Roots zine is to have them decorate a cover page for their own binder. You can also download a ready made binder cover on our website at: http://www.herbalrootszine.com/freebies/. You might also consider having them make a Herbarium if they haven’t already. Directions can be found on our website. Look for the tutorial in the articles section of our website! What’s new? Be sure to scope out our new label pages! Each month we’ll have a label sheet for the recipes that can be printed on sticky back paper. Choose from predesigned or basic so your child(ren) can decorate it the way they prefer it! You can also find them on our Freebie page. Most of all, have fun. Learn, explore, discover, taste and dream. The herbs are playful and we should be too. Until next month,

Peace and Herbs!

4 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Supply List To complete the Herbal Remedy Recipes and Craft Activities for this month you will need the following items. Ingredients Fresh or Dried California Poppy, entire plant or aerial parts Flowering stand of California Poppy California Poppy root Grain alcohol Water Honey Rain water or spring water (do not use tap water) Brandy

Supplies Glass jar Labels Tea ball or muslin bag Tea cup Cloth Clear glass bowl with no markings Unbleached coffee filter Strainer Glass measuring cup Funnel Bottle to store essence Tincture bottles Clippers Orange and/or yellow tissue paper Pale blue-green (cerulean) tissue paper Matching orange and/or yellow embroidery floss Green floral wire Glue stick Scissors Wire cutters Flower petal template

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 What 3 4 Check 5 6 is your Start the Try a resource Giveaway impression your CP page for CP Monday* of extract lots of compress California today. great today. articles on Poppy? CP.*** 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Does Make Make Time for someone yourself a a CP Giveaway have a a botany Monday* bouquet essence toothache? today. lesson! CP root to of CP See page the rescue! flowers. 17. 14 15 16 17 18 Have 19 20 Tell a Trouble you been Review Giveaway friend sleeping? journaling with the How about about your Monday* CP’s story. a cup of CP crossword CP? exper- puzzle! iences? 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Sing Share Listen to Giveaway California your Flora Word Delaterre Monday * Poppy’s photos on talk about search song. our Flickr CP.*** time! page.** 28 29 30 31 It’s time to say Giveaway How’s good-bye to Monday* Cali. Poppy. your CP How have extract? your thoughts changed?

*Go online to Herbal Roots’ website at: http://herbalrootszine.com to see what’s new there! Every month I’ll be giving away a copy of Herbal Roots and many more goodies including plants, clay pendants and wooden critters made by local mama artists. **Have any pictures to share? Post them on our Flicker page at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/herbalrootszine. We’d love to see what you’ve been up to!

***See the resource section for links to great articles on this month’s herb!

6 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Herb Spirits Visualizing herbal spirits can help you understand and remember the herb better. Before you read anything about California Poppy, take a few minutes to fill out this page with your thoughts and feelings. After you have learned all about California Poppy, fill out the second page with how you view California Poppy after learning about this herb. Compare your answers and see how your understanding and knowledge of California Poppy has changed and grown over the course of this issue. There are no right or wrong answers. Part 1: Fill out BEFORE you learn all about California Poppy.

Q What color is this Herbal Spirit? ______

Q What body type?(long, lean, plump, wispy, stout, etc.)

______

Q Any particularly pronounced features? (eyes, ears,

feet, belly, fingers.....?)______

Q What personality? (fiery, calm, flighty, aggressive,

grounded...)______

Q Age? (baby, youth, crone...)______

Q Ethnicity? ______

Q Gender? Circle one: male, female, gender neutral

Q Herbal Spirit energy

Circle one: cooling, warming, drying, moistening

Q Element? Circle one: fire, water, earth, wood, metal, air

Part 2: Fill out AFTER you learn all about California Poppy.

Q What color is this Herbal Spirit? ______

Q What body type?(long, lean, plump, wispy, stout, etc.)

______

Q Any particularly pronounced features? (eyes, ears,

feet, belly, fingers.....?)______

Q What personality? (fiery, calm, flighty, aggressive,

grounded...)______

Q Age? (baby, youth, crone...)______

Q Ethnicity? ______

Q Gender? Circle one: male, female, gender neutral

Q Herbal Spirit energy

Circle one: cooling, warming, drying, moistening

Q Element? Circle one: fire, water, earth, wood, metal, air

Q Q Q How did your answers change?______

How did they stay the same?______

Did any of your changes surprise you?______

Why or why not?______

8 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown All About…California Poppy! The state flower of California, this jubilant splash of color across the countryside is more than just a pretty little flower; her medicine has been used for centuries.

A member of the Papaveraceae family, California Poppy does not have the habit forming narcotic constituents that her cousin Opium Poppy has. Though native to North America, her botanical name Eschscholzia californica was given to her by naturist Adelbert von Chamisso on board a Russian ship in honor of the expedition’s physician Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz. Eschscholzia californica spp. mexicana is considered to be a subspecies of E. californica and can be used interchangeably.

In the warmer climates of southern California and the southwestern United States of America, California Poppy grows as a short lived perennial. In colder climates, she grows happily as an annual, freely self seeding and coming

9 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown All About…California Poppy! up each year. In my garden in southern Illinois (zone 6b), she returns yearly to the same patch of the garden. California Poppy is easy to grow in any garden. Seeds can be sown in the fall or the spring for the next growing season. Energetically, California Poppy is bitter, cooling and drying. Medicinally, we use her as an analgesic, anodyne, antispasmodic, anxiolytic, febrifuge, hypnotic, nervine, sedative and soporific. All parts of California Poppy can be used though it is most popular to use just the aerial parts. Curandero Chuck “Doc” Garcia taught me that the roots are often used in acute situations for treating toothache with a bit of it being placed between the gum and cheek next to the afflicted tooth. Her anodyne, or numbing properties, offer instant relief for toothaches. As an analgesic, California Poppy works well for all types of pain but especially well for pain associated with the nervous system such as sciatica pain, nervous tension headaches and chronic pain, especially when the pain can be described as hot and throbbing.

10 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown All About…California Poppy! As a nervine, I like to use California Poppy for calming and restoring the nervous system, very similarly to St. John’s Wort, without the worry of sun sensitivity and drug interactions that St. John’s Wort comes with. California Poppy is very soothing to the nervous system, relieving anxiety with her anxiolytic action. As a soporific/hypnotic, she can cause drowsiness and sluggishness when used during the day so adults should not drive or use equipment when taking California Poppy. Anyone taking liberal doses of California Poppy will notice a dullness in their awareness or alertness. Though she is strong in her actions as a sedative, she is very gentle and works well for kids of all ages. For kids who are overstimulated, she is calming. I like to mix her with other herbs such as Catnip, Passionflower and St. John’s Wort for those who have ADHD. She can also help with bedwetting when it is caused by nervousness or tension.

For adults and kids alike, she is great for using for those who are restless and cannot go to sleep at night, 11 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown All About…California Poppy! especially when the insomnia is caused by thoughts that won’t shut off. She’s good to keep by the bedside stand too for those who wake in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. During the day, California Poppy is great for helping those with nervous spasmodic jitters or anxiety. California Poppy is a mild febrifuge and relies on her cooling energetics to help bring down fevers. She is especially helpful to treat hot, spasmodic coughs and aches associated with influenza and other bronchial conditions. According to Brigette Mars, California Poppy flower essence “encourages awakening to one’s abilities and spiritual potential by fostering inner listening and self- responsibility.”

12 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Scramble , Search & More! S U N V A A F E E C F P B S L E A V E S H L O U G N M F T O L I S A O D T P E N I V R E N C I L O D V C R E O L Y L C A Y D A Y I H I N I A N H T E I H G T W T R I I A N C I D T L S E C N O R E S A A G B E D W E T T I N G O I E A U I E I X E S N U H I R Y I I F X A I O N T Y R A F M P F I Y N S X H S L A E E C L T S A P D W I I I Y H I T U N P I N N B M E S H C O S R S A S R I A T I P A P A V E R A C E A E D A C E V D A O S S T S E L S O O I I N D C S M E O R X E O E P O M I G O O O C F Z N A H M R L I A R E A S N O V E R S T I M U L A T E D N E I S A N T D D S S G T S T I I G O R I S T C Y U S R M B I E I N A N S I E A E H E V E I A S N A S S C N C I T O N P Y H L N C C E A O I A W I D I I S L I V S W X D A T I S T N A G R C A C I N R O F I L A C A I Z L O H C S H C S E H C I I O M N O T S T N R O L T C R E N I L M E S D C O N N S S E N S S E L T S E R O A T O T I I S Y I S A O E L X E B A Y E T I P E H A G I N E C A T M R D I I E G R M T T Z S L L A A N I X I T U E L S V F S D E N E I V A I S A Y E Y P I S P S S V N A I O R A I B C O S E M

Analgesic Bitter Hypnotic Restlessness Annual Cooling Insomnia Roots Anodyne Drying Leaves Sedative Antispasmodic Eschscholzia Nervine Seeds californica Anxiety Eschscholzia Overstimulated Soporific mexicana Anxiolytic Febrifuge Papaveraceae Stems Bedwetting Flowers Perennial Toothaches

Unscramble California Poppy’s actions.

V R I E N N E ______

A P C S I I D T O N M A S ______

C I A S N E A G L ______

C I U F P I O R S ______

E O N N Y A D ______

O N T P I Y C H ______

T A E D V E I S ______

E R G B U E F F I ______

C I T I X Y N L A O ______

How many words can you make out of California Poppy’s botanical name?

Eschscholzia californica

15 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Scramble , Search & More! Multiple choice herbal actions. 1. An ______is an herb used to reduce anxiety. A. vermifuge B. anxiolytic C. antiviral

2. Herbs that tend to induce drowsiness or sleep are known as ______and ______. A. analgesics, anodynes B. soporifics, hypnotics

3. A ______reduces fever. A. febrifuge B. hypnotic C. sedative

4. ______and ______are herbs that relieve pain. A. carminatives, digestives B. analgesics, anodynes

5. Herbs that are calming or induce sleep are known as ____. A. sedatives B. analgesics C. febrifuges

6. An ----- calms spasms. A. anti-inflammatory B. antispasmodic C. analgesic

7. An herb calms the nerves is a ______. A. hypnotic B. soporific C. nervine

16 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Herbal Botany Read through the information on California Poppy’s anatomy then label the words with their corresponding numbers. Color the picture when you are finished labeling it. California is a perennial or annual and grows 5 - 60 inches (13 - 150 cm) in height. The foliage is “glaucous” in color, a term to describe the blue-grey or blue-green appearance of the surface. Leaves grow alternate on the stem and are ternately divided into round, lobed segments. Ternate is a term for divided into three parts. Flowers grow singly on long stems and have four petals. Petals are .79 - 2..4 inches (2 - 6 cm) in length and are broad. Flowers contain numerous stamens. They range from yellow to 1 orange in color and bloom between February and September 2 depending on their region. The flowers open in the morning and close at night or during cold, windy or cloudy weather and may remain closed if it is cloudy. 3 Seed pods are known as ‘fruits’ and grow 1.2 - 3.5 inches (3 - 9 cm) long and are referred to as dehiscent capsules, meaning they split into two pieces and release their seeds. Seeds are tiny and black 4 or dark brown. 1 2 3 4 17 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Herbal Lore

The Gold of California

Gather round and I’ll tell you a story about California Poppy...

W hen Mother Earth created her children, she liked to give them each a use. “No one should go through life without being useful” she would say. She gave brother Pine lots of vitamin C to help the natives stay healthy through the winter. Cousin Nettles contained lots of vitamins and minerals and was made to be very nourishing for the natives to eat as well as full of strong fibers that were capable for making cordage from. Sister Bergamot offered her spicy leaves and flowers for a tasty tea, cough medicine, sore throats and fevers. Little Prunella was ready to assist any time the natives bumped themselves or cut themselves. And so it went, the plants offering up themselves to be eaten and used. They felt very full, needed and loved. One little plant, California Poppy, had a unique offering. With feathery leaves and petals of bright gold that lasted for days before falling to the ground, she happily danced in the breeze with delight over her special gift: every time her petals fell to the ground, they turned to flakes of gold and floated to the beds of the streams and rivers of California. When the flakes of gold settled on the bottom of the waterways, they filled the cracks and crevices with gold. The flakes also settled into the cracks of the mountainsides, filling them with veins of gold as well.

18 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Herbal Lore The natives saved these golden flakes for making special gifts and tools to share with their friends and family. They used the flakes sparingly and with great reverence to decorate peace pipes and other ceremonial tools. They only took what they needed and left the majority of the flakes to rest at the bottom of the streams and rivers and mountainsides. Soon, however, outsiders caught wind of the golden flakes that filled the mountains and streams of California and they came rushing in to stake a claim in the gold. California Poppy was horrified! These outsiders not only came in and stole all her fallen petals away but they were also destroying the countryside, her brothers and sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts. All the plants were trampled, crushed and dug beyond recognition and use. The animals of the streams and rivers and mountains were also affected by the outsiders’ greed and carelessness. Animals were injured, driven from their homes or killed over the ruthless behavior of the outsiders. The natives too were sad about this. They could not stand to see all the plants and creatures being destroyed by the outsiders. They called on the Great Spirit to help them with their plight. At the same time, California Poppy also called on Mother Earth to help. Mother Earth and the Great Spirit decided that something had to be done. They called out to California Poppy and asked her if she would be willing to give up her unique power of turning her petals to gold flakes. Willing to do anything to protect all her plant family and friends, as well as the animals that lived in the streams and rivers and mountains of California, she willingly agreed to do what it would take to make the situation better.

Mother Earth took away her powers of making gold. Instead, she gave California Poppy the gift of going to sleep at night, passing along this trait to the plant for the natives to use.

19 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Herbal Lore The Great Spirit touched her leaves and gave them the power to sooth the very system of the natives body that she represented: the nervous system. Like the network of nerves that stretched and spread out from the central spine, so did the leaves spread and branch out from the central stem. As a final gift, both Mother Earth and the Great Spirit gave California Poppy the gift of easing pain, just as they eased her pain from watching her original gift destroy so much when it was offered for so much good. California Poppy was ecstatic with her new gifts. Once again she happily swayed in the breeze, waving her golden glooms and feathery leaves for all to enjoy and use. And to this day, she can still be seen filling the mountainsides with gold, though the gold has a different value than in earlier times.

20 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Herbal Songs and Poems Poppy, Golden Poppy Sung to the tune of “California Poppy Song” There have been a few songs written about California Poppies though they don’t talk about the medicinal uses of her. You can find a link in resources to see the lyrics, hear the songs and print off sheet music. This is my version of California Poppy Song.

Poppies, Golden Poppies, harvest the whole herb, Make into an extract, the medicine’s superb. Use it for insomnia, restlessness too, and for anxiety: sleep the whole night through. Sciatica is painful, headaches can be too, overstimulated kids can benefit from it too. If you have a toothache, harvest the fresh root, Chew on it a bit, the pain will soon be mute.

California Poppy Poppies bloom in morning’s light, And close again before night, We harvest plants after two weeks’ bloom, And harvest roots by the light of the moon.

21 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Recipes California Poppy Extract California Poppy is most commonly used as a extract due to his bitter nature. Use this extract internally or externally.

Ingredients Tools Fresh or dried California Poppy Glass jar (entire plant) Label Grain alcohol Water If you are using fresh plant material, chop it up well and fill your jar. If you are using dried, fill your jar half full. Add enough grain alcohol to fill halfway then fill the rest of the way with water.

General Dosage Adults: Children: 30 drops. Can be 2-6 7 drops. Can be repeated a few times repeated a few times every 30 minutes. every 30 minutes. 7-12 15 drops. Can be repeated a few times every 30 minutes.

22 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Recipes California Poppy Tea Cali Poppy tea is bitter to drink but good for taming restlessness, insomnia and anxiety. Adults should drink up to a cup while kids will only need about 1/4 - 1/2 cup for the effects to be felt.

Ingredients Tools 1 teaspoon dried California Tea ball or muslin bag Poppy Tea cup Hot water Honey

Place the Cali Poppy in your tea ball or muslin bag and put in the cup. Pour hot water to fill the cup and let steep for 15 minutes. Remove the tea ball and add honey to sweeten.

California Poppy Compress

A compress can be used to sooth pain

externally such as sciatica pain, headaches,

and other chronic pain that is hot and

throbbing.

To make, soak a cloth in the hot tea (omit the

honey) and apply when it is cool enough to be

comfortable on the afflicted area.

23 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Recipes California Poppy Flower Essence According to Brigette Mars, California Poppy flower essence “encourages awakening to one’s abilities and spiritual potential by fostering inner listening and self- responsibility.” Try making this flower essence to help you listen to your inner self to find your abilities and talents. Flower essences work a bit differently than tinctures and other herbal remedies. They work on a vibrational level to encourage and help restore balance. Essences can cause change slowly or quickly but the change will be subtle instead of drastic. Typically you will see changes in working, feeling, sleeping, dreaming, energy, thinking, and/ or eating.

Ingredients Tools Rain water or spring water Clear glass bowl with no (do not use tap water) markings Brandy Unbleached coffee filter Flowering stand of Strainer California Poppy Glass measuring cup Funnel Bottle to store essence Tincture bottles Clippers

Be sure your bowl is small enough to be able to cover with the flowers you will be using. You will not need a large amount of water or flowers to create your mother essence. You can make your essence on a sunny day, a moonlit night or a clear, starry night once the moon has set. To begin, fill your bowl half full of the rain water or spring water.

Assemble your bowl of water and clippers near the plants you wish to harvest from. Sit next to your

24 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Recipes plants, silently asking them for permission to harvest their flowers. Wait until you feel a positive response from the plants. If you do not, you may wish to find another group of flowers or wait another day. The plant will be sharing her spirit with you so be sure you have her permission to do so. Once you feel the plant is welcoming you, hold the bowl up to her flowers and use the clippers to cut them directly into the bowl without touching them. You may find it helpful to have someone with you to gently bend the plant over to reach the flowering tops more easily. Once you have filled the top of the bowl with the California Poppy flowers, set the bowl in full sunlight where there will be no shadows for at least 3 hours. If you have any pets roaming around, be sure they can’t access the bowl. After the 3 hours is up, carefully remove the flowers, touching the water as little as possible. you can use a leaf from the California Poppy plant to help remove the flowers if you wish. Place the strainer in the glass measuring cup, add the filter and pour the water through the filter to strain out any excess plant material. Using the funnel, fill your bottle 1/4 full with brandy and top off with the flower water. This is your mother essence. Label your bottle and store it in a cool, dark place away from any energy sources, including electrical outlets. Now that you have your mother essence, you can make stock bottles. To do this, add 1-7 drops of the mother essence into a bottle filled with 1/4 full of brandy and 3/4 full of rain or spring water. Once the bottle is full and the lid is placed on the bottle, you will

25 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Recipes want to succuss the bottle by gently beating the bottom of the bottle on the palm of your hand 28 times. From your stock bottle you can make your medicine bottle by again filling a bottle 1/4 full of brandy then topping off with rain or spring water and adding 2-7 drops of stock essence to this bottle. Again, succuss the bottle 28 times. To use, place 2-4 drops under your tongue four times a day. You can also rub them on your skin, use a mister to spray into the air, add to the bath water or in a glass of water. If you feel you are reacting too strongly to the essence, you can decrease the dosage to twice a day. In situations that are acute, the essence may be taken more often, such as once an hour.

California Poppy Tooth Relief

I learned from Chuck “Doc” Garcia that the root

of California Poppy is great for relieving

toothaches.

Take a bit of fresh root, chew it a bit (if the tooth

doesn’t hurt too much, otherwise, crush it with a mortar and pestle) then hold it between your gum

and mouth next to the affected tooth.

The root can be kept fresh for off season use by

storing in an airtight plastic bag in the freezer.

California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

Herb Pressing/Drawing Draw a picture of California Poppy here or place a few leaves in the box if you have him growing nearby. Decorate the frame.

Eschscholzia californica

You will need: Orange and/or yellow tissue paper Pale blue-green (cerulean) tissue paper Matching orange and/or yellow embroidery floss Green floral wire Glue stick Scissors Wire cutters Flower petal template Cut out 4 petals for each Poppy you are going to make using the orange and/or yellow tissue paper. Set aside. Cut 1 strip of cerulean tissue paper for each flower, the length of the paper by 1/2” wide. Set aside. Cut 1 piece of wire 16” long for each flower. Fold in half and set aside. You are now ready to start assembling the flowers.

For each flower, select the coordinating embroidery floss and wrap it around 2 fingers 7 times. Trim the end even with the loop and carefully remove from your fingers, leaving the loops intact.

Taking 1 wire, slide it over the center of the loops and twist the wire together all the way to the end, making sure to tighten thoroughly around the embroidery floss.

Cut the ends of the embroidery floss, fold both ends upright until they are touching and trim evenly across to form the stamens of the flower. Using the glue stick, dab some glue to the end of a set of petals. Wrap the end around the base of the embroidery floss (stamens).

Repeat with the other 3 petals, gently overlapping each petal. Run the glue stick down 1 strip of cerulean tissue paper. Beginning at the base of the petals, start wrapping the tissue paper down the floral wire until the entire wire ‘stem’ is covered.

Template for petals and leaves:

Find your way through the California Poppy flower!

Start

Finish

3 4 5

Analgesic Californica Papaveraceae Anodyne Eschscholzia Sedative Antispasmodic Febrifuge Soporific Anxiolytic Hypnotic Bitter Nervine

1 Having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect; reducing or relieving anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement. 6 An herb that induces sleep; another word for soporific. 7 Fever reducer. 9 Soothes spasms. 10Has a beneficial, soothing effect on the nervous system. 11Herbs that prevent or reduce anxiety. 12Herbs that offer relief from pain.

Down

1 An herb that induces sleep. 2 An herb that relieves or soothes pain by lessening the sensitivity of the brain or nervous system; an analgesic. 3 Family California Poppy belongs to. 4 California Poppy is ___, cooling and drying. 5 California Poppy's genus. 8 Common species of California Poppy.

36 Written and Illustrated by Kristine Brown © 2013 Kristine Brown Reference & Resource Page This is a short list of some great resources for teaching kids more about herbs. For a more complete list, go to http://www.herbalrootszine.com/herbal-learning-resources/. Books For more reading about herbs, try these kid friendly books! Those highlighted in purple contain specific information about California Poppy. Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants by Matthew Wood State Birds and Flowers Coloring Book by Annika Bernhard Native Plants, Native Healing: Traditional Muskogee Way by Tis Mal Crow Song of the Seven Herbs by Walking Night Bear & Stan Padilla American Indian Healing Arts by E. Barrie Kavasch and Karen Baar An Herbal Summer by Tony(a) Lemos http://blazingstarherbalschool.typepad.com/ blazing_star_herbal_schoo/2009/07/back-from-the- printers.html Games Wildcraft! Available online at Learning Herbs: http://www.learningherbs.com/wildcraft.html Herbal Bingo game: http://www.herbalrootszine.com/Herbal_Bingo.pdf Wild Cards by Linda Runyon, Available at: http://www.ofthefield.com/html/learning_resources_4.html Living Landscapes and Gaia’s Garden games: http://livingearthgames.com.au/

Internet Resources

Todd Caldecott on California Poppy: http://www.toddcaldecott.com/index.php/herbs/learningherbs/383-california-poppy Jane Valencia speaking and singing about California Poppy: http://aharpersgarden.blogspot.com/2010/02/healing-grace- of-california-poppy.html Kiva Rose on California Poppy: http://bearmedicineherbals.com/aztec-gold-the-medicine- of-the-mexican-poppy.html Darcey Blue French on California Poppy: http://blueturtlebotanicals.blogspot.com/2012/03/desert- gold-californa-poppy-escholtzia.html Yarrow Willard’s video on Cali Poppy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJ5dT9m4JY Flora Delaterre audio on California Poppy: http://www.floradelaterre.com/radio-showpodcasts/ audiofile-archive.html USDA Forest Service PDF on California Poppy: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/images/ capoppy/calpoppy.pdf Songs about California Poppy: http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/poppy/odds.html Herbs, beeswax, essential oils, Oils, lip balm tubes and more: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/index.php?AID=113760 Herb Seeds and Plants: http://www.horizonherbs.com/ http://www.thymegarden.com/ http://www.richters.com/ http://www.botanicalinterests.com/

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