Week 1 - Pony Beading Club - Straight Line Pony Beading Football or Ladybug

CSISD Kids Klub Activity Plan
Site Spring Creek Week 11/5 - 11/9 Day Wednesday
Staff Julie Hawkins
Purpose In Pony Beading Club, we will learn how to transform beads and string into intricate designs. Today we will learn
the basic steps behind weaving the beads.
Activity Name Straight Line Pony Beading: Football or Ladybug
❏ Group Game ❏Gym

❏ Gym Game ✓ Cafe
❏ Craft ✓ POD Space
❏ Theme Event ❏Music Room
Activity Type Space Needed
✓ Club ❏Computer Room
❏ Team Time ❏Art Room
❏ Counselor Challenge ❏Outside
Supplies
● Pony Beads
○ Football
■ 50 Brown Beads (or another color) per student
■ 23 White Beads (or another color) per student
○ Lady Bug
■ 20 Black Beads (or another color) per student
■ 38 Red Beads (or another color) per student
● ~4 - 5 feet of Lanyard String per student
○ Example: https://www.artcove.com/kids-arts-and-crafts/lanyard-cord-plastic-lacing-60-colors/
● 1 Lanyard Hook per Student
○ https://www.amazon.com/Paxcoo-Metal-Swivel-Lanyard-
Rings/dp/B06XGMKM6R/ref=pd_sim_201_25?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06XGMKM6R&pd_rd
_r=e19d119b-d4e0-11e8-acb5-
95f73567967b&pd_rd_w=63fPZ&pd_rd_wg=4SSrL&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-
sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=18bb0b78-4200-49b9-ac91-
f141d61a1780&pf_rd_r=7D24CVYZZD0RBJJWMRKX&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-
sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=7D24CVYZZD0RBJJWMRKX
● Scissors
● 3 or 4 Color Printouts of the Pony Bead Patterns
Directions/Procedures
1. CHAMPS
a. C - Level 0 during instruction, Level 2 when working
b. H - Raise your hand
c. A - Straight Line Pony Beading: Football or Ladybug
d. M - Sitting on your pockets and staying in your space
e. P - Using the beads only for your pattern, carefully following along with the steps, and
following the pattern.
2. Start with a basic pony bead pattern
3. Remind the students that pony beading is much more than just putting pony beads on some
craft string, there is a method to putting it together so that it creates the pattern
4. SImple pony bead craft that just involves weaving the string back and forth in the basic manner.
This week focus on just getting the basic method of how to create a straight line with the pony
beads and the important of using the correct colors and numbers of pony beads to create the
pattern.
5. Work step by step through the instructions and demonstrate to help the students understand
the mechanisms.
6. Start by demonstrating how to pony bead a straight line. Show this method a few times so that
students understand the motion before attempting it for themselves.
7. First you will take the lanyard string and put the two ends together. Fold the other end so that
there are two strings of the same length. Tie this side onto the lanyard hook.
8. Then place a few beads on one string. These beads will be dependent on what your pattern is
(EX: 3 brown beads if you were doing a football, 3 black beads if you are doing a ladybug).
9. Then, take the left end of the cord (that doesn't have beads threaded on) and thread this back
through all three beads so they are double-threaded (photos 3 and 4).
10. Then, tighten the cord by pulling the ends.
11. Display this motion several times, slowly.
12. Then allow the students to choose between making a Football or a Ladybug.
13. Picking beads will take a long time. Therefore, if it can be prepped before, having colors sorted
out into the numbers needed for each craft would save a lot of time. Or you can have a few
students that already understand the basic motion to helps sort as you explain to the rest of the
group. You can also have students just grab beads as they need them instead of grabbing all 30
or so at once.
14. Pass out materials to the students. Each student will need a hook, a lanyard string, and pony
beads. Have pony beads accessible in different bowls and have examples or pattern printouts
across the table so students can see.
15. Start working through the pattern along with the students. Allow students who understand the
process cleary to work faster and ahead of the steps. For the others, work through each
individual step with them, demonstrating on your own, until they understand the process.
16. For students who do not finish the design, put their incomplete design and unused pony beads
into a baggie with their name on it.
Diagrams/Pictures if applicable
Steps for Basic Pony Beading (This example is a lizard, but the same motion applies for any
pattern):
Risk Management
● Make sure scissors are being used correctly. No student should be moving around with scissors and they
should only be used to cut the lanyard string. Make sure are not pointing at others with scissors or touching
themselves or others with the scissors.
● Pony beads and lanyard hooks are small. Make sure no student puts these pieces in their mouth so they do
not choke.
● Make sure the lanyard string is only being used for weaving, and not being put around anyone’s neck.
Adaptations/Plan B
● For students who finish quickly:

○ If there is a lot of time left, allow them to make a second design. If they already made a football,
have them make a ladybug.
○ If there is some time left, but not a ton, have them try to help students who are struggling.
○ Have them begin sorting the beads into colors + numbers for our projects next week.
● For students who are struggling:
○ Sit down next to them and work through the project step by step
○ Have them partner with a student who is working quickly and already understands the motions
○ Have them work on a simple project next week. Instead of moving them onto arms next week,
allow them another week to work on the basic motion.
● For students who do not finish:
○ Put their incomplete design and unused pony beads into a baggie with their name on it.
○ They will have the first half of week two to complete their design

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CSISD Kids Klub Activity Plan

Site Spring Creek Week 11/5 - 11/9 Day Wednesday

Staff Julie Hawkins

Activity Name Straight Line Pony Beading: Football or Ladybug

❏ Group Game ❏Gym

● For students who finish quickly:

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