A Coconut Shell is Going to be a Key Tag!

As I mentioned in the previous articles, National Institute of Mental health is providing a great service supplying all the leisure activities for it's patients. They are doing it as a leisure activity but also they are earning money through those activities. As a one of many, today I found their key tag creations using coconut shells. Everything is done by the patients' hands.

Cleaning the shell with sand Papers

First they clean out side of the shell using sand papers. It takes so much of time, but they engage in it happily, talking with each other. Their endless chatting and knuckles make my heart happy too. Then they cut that big coconut shell in to small pieces.

Cutting in to pieces

They cut it the way they need and convert them in to beautiful shapes. Suddnely the people who don't speak much, who has nothing to do there, emerge as a very creative person who is highly appriciated by everyone.

Finally it's time for the paintings and drawings on the shell. It depends on the ability of drawing and creative thinking. They are provided different paints with various colours, pencils and all. It's a pleasure to see that they are making beautiful key tags with extremely beautiful thoughts and ideas on the shell. Here I've added that beauty as pictures.

Final Product

There's a small machine to make holes on the shell to put a hanging thing and finish the key tag making. Even I've seen many coconut shell key tags I've never thought of making them. It may look very easy, but the patience is required. We also tried making some key tags in that way and some went very well and I couldn't finish my thing.!

Anyhow I learnt the process!