Mother's Day Beadwork

Crafts and beadwork was the title of this lesson. the teachers did a great way of working Mother's Day into it since it was a week later. The elements presented to the 3rd grade class were color, texture, and pattern. For our bracelet, we used strips of magazine paper. There were four ways for us to roll our magazine strips, which we chose from to make our pattern. My pattern included a white bead, a pink bead, and a black bead. To make the beads, I rolled the magazine strips over a wooden dowl and then glued the strips. After I rolled the bead up, I then strung it onto the piece of yarn that we had.


An extension activity that would work great with the bracelets would be making them at the beginning of the school year. It would be like a friendship bracelet. Students could make their own beads with whatever color they wanted, and then they would trade it with classmates.