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Beading Designs For Kids
By Biba Pearce
Posted Sun, 06 Dec 2009

Children love playing with brightly coloured beads and helping them to make bracelets for their little friends is a great way of practising those fine motor skills - and you save on Christmas presents!



Planning a beading project can be very rewarding for your child. They experience a great sense of accomplishment once they’ve completed the item.

Make sure you have a camera handy to catch the pride on their little faces as they watch their friends opening their gifts.

For very young children, use jumbo-sized chunky beads and thick cord. Make sure you supervise at all times to prevent toddlers from popping beads into their mouths.

Older children can use smaller beads in a variety of styles and colours and a thinner cord or elastic. The materials needed are fairly inexpensive and can be obtained from craft stores or beading shops.

Friendship Bracelet

For a friendship bracelet, take a 10-inch length of elastic and put a stopper on the one end (a clothes peg will do). Let you child thread on the beads. Once he’s finished, take off the peg and tie the two ends together in a secure knot. The elastic will ensure the bracelet fits on any size wrist.

Key Pendent

To make a key pendent you will need about a 6-inch length of cord. Tie a double knot in the end to secure the beads. Once your child has threaded his selection of beads onto the cord, tie another knot at the other end and fasten on the key chain attachment, leaving the tail of the cord hanging.

Summary of benefits:

Fine motor skills

Recognizing and creating patterns

Counting

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