CSISD Kids Klub Activity Plan

Site Spring Creek Week 12/3 - 12/7 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 finish a
more intricate design that involves different levels.

Activity Name Pony Beading Weaving on Different Levels: Lobster

❏ 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
● Same supplies from Week 3
○ Pony Beads
■ Lobster
● 91 Red Beads (or another color) per student
● 2 Black 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-
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○ Scissors
○ 3 or 4 Color Printouts of the Pony Bead Patterns
● Graph Paper (1-2 Pieces per student)
○ Larger print would be better
● Colored Pencils
● Black Pens (1 per student)

Directions/Procedures
1. CHAMPS
a. C - Level 0 during instruction, Level 2 when working
b. H - Raise your hand
c. A - Pony Beading Weaving on Different Levels: Lobster
 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. Students will finish their Pony Bead Lobster today
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Move onto a more intricate pony bead pattern. For this pattern, students will really have to
understand how the string is crossed in pony beads
6. Finish the pony beaded lobster. This design in intricate and will take most of the day.
7. Finish 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.
8. However, for the lobster, as intricate as it is, most students will need to follow along step by
step until you finish the claws.
9. Pony Bead Lobster
a. 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.
b. Then take two body color beads and place them on one string.
c. Then, take the left end of the cord (that doesn't have beads threaded on) and thread
this back through all two beads so they are double-threaded (photos 3 and 4).
d. Then, tighten the cord by pulling the ends.
e. Next, thread on an eye color bead, two body color beads, and an eye color bead on the
right side of the cord (first photo).
f. 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).
g. Then, tighten the cords up. This is the threaded procedure you can follow to make the
entire body of the lobster. Just follow the pattern above.
h. At first the lobster head will not seem "tight" and will be loose. Just take your time
tightening as you go. Once you add the claws everything starts to "tighten" up.
i. The claws are complex. Follow the pattern as shown.
j. Continue threading beads according to the pattern.
k. When you finish the lobster, tie a double knot to secure, and cut off the excess lanyard
cord.
10. When students finish the lobster, move them onto creating their own design. No students may
get to this point today, and that’s okay. Do not pressure students to start creating their design
today. Most students should finish ½ to ¾ of the way through today.
11. Give the students graph paper and colored pencils.
12. They will then create their own pony bead design based on what they learned. Tell them to
make larger and more intricate designs so they can add detail.
13. They will have to color all their pony beads on the paper so we can see the final design, and also
take a black pen and draw how the string will be looped through the beads to display their
understanding.
 14. Once they are done, the counselor must check their design for accuracy before letting the
student start creating. No students should finish their on paper design today, and if they do, I
would encourage them to help others instead of moving them on.
15. 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:

○ Have them start designing their own pony bead design
○ Encourage their design to be more intricate and to take their time
● 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
● 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 some time week 5 to complete it