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Mardi Gras Candy Necklaces

Allison McDonald — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:01:14 +0000

Fat Tuesday is March 4th this year and even though we don’t have any Mardi Gras parades locally I have been telling my kids all about it and showing them photos of the different parades and explaining how beads and other trinkets are thrown from the floats. We decided to make our own beads from […]

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Beading Made Easy For Little Hands

Allison McDonald — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:35:18 +0000

Beading is such an awesome fine motor activity because it combines so many skills that young kids are working to master. It works on pincer grasp and hand eye coordination while placing the beads on the string or ribbon but you can work in patterning, color recognition, and counting too. The problem with beading though […]

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Recycled Book Orders Bead Necklace!

Allison McDonald — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:01:14 +0000

If your child is school age or if you are lucky enough to get book orders at your preschool or childcare center this craft is for you! Of course, you can also use newspaper, but the book orders are so colorful! So grab whatever you have, and make a pretty necklace, or bracelet for Earth […]

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Easy Beaded Bracelet

Allison McDonald — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:10:00 +0000

I made these all the time as a preteen and with the school year coming to a close I thought I better share some more “big kid” projects for all the older kids of my regular readers. Beading offers a great lesson in patience, fine motor control and patterning. This is easy to do but […]

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