Beadwork

For this group's lesson they taught us how to make beads. They tied Mother's day into it as well by having us make hearts at the beginning of the lesson and writing a special message to our mothers on them. We then began to make beads out of magazine strips. There were four different styles of beads we could use by cutting the magazine strips differently. For their lesson we were required to use three different styles of beads and make a pattern with them. Once we had them cut, we rolled them up and glued the ends of them. Once were done making the beads we strung them onto a piece of yarn and made bracelets for our mothers. I thought this was a creative gift for Mother's day and it also taught kids about recycling material.

For an extension activity, I think the students could make bracelets of different cultures using all kinds of materials. The students would be learning about what kinds of different cultures, what materials different cultures used and where they were worn
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