Beads and pins
13 December 10
The girls have loved being back home and have been asking to do a lot of craft this week. Today I pulled out the old favourite — playing with pins — but added our collection of random beads to see what the girls would create.
We started with our growing collection of polystyrene blocks. (I never throw away the styrofoam from anything anymore!) I have a collection of pearl-headed pins that I have bought specifically for sewing projects, but they live permanently in the girls’ craft cupboard. And then I brought out the beads.
If you haven’t yet tried this simple activity with your pre-schoolers, I’d highly recommend it. Of all the crafty things we could get up to, this is one of the simplest and yet the most engaging for my girls.
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1 · Marita · 14 December 2010, 14:50
What a fabulous idea. I can see my oldest being enthralled for a good long time doing that. Youngest has trouble sitting still for anything but she would enjoy seeing the end result of big sisters hard work.
2 · kay · 14 December 2010, 22:26
very sweet and a great idea to use old styrofoam :)
3 · amandab · 15 December 2010, 06:27
That is so pretty! I think I really need to start using up my ribbons (it’s what I am currently using all my pins for!) so we can do this. And I am sure we will end up with more foam after Christmas :)
4 · Michelle · 16 December 2010, 14:10
What I great idea! So simple and engaging—I can see that I might even want to do this even though I’m way older than your kids!
5 · Philippa · 16 December 2010, 19:09
I love this idea!
6 · Catherine · 22 December 2010, 09:13
The pin/bead creations looks so beautiful. We have used pins to make patterns in cushions and it is definitely a favourite activity of my sons.