Bead Work

For this fun project we created a mothers day card using construction paper, and a bracelet using string, magazine strips, glue, and a wooden dowel. With the card we used red construction paper and made a heart. With the bracelet we spun the magazine strips around a wooden dole creating beads; we used the glue to hold the beads together. Using our beads we created a pattern of colors, the challenge was finding magazine strips that shared like colors.

Extension Activity
For an extension activity you could look at bead work from other cultures. Here in South Dakota you could talk about Native American bead work for example.