CSISD Kids Klub Activity Plan

Site Spring Creek Week 3 04/22 - 04/26 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
up reinforcing the basic idea behind weaving the beads and adding limbs. We will begin a more intricate design
that involves different levels.

Activity Name Pony Beading Weaving Different Shapes: Dog, Dragonfly, Pikachu

❏ 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
○ Dog
■ 2 Beads for Eye Color per student
■ 4 Beads for Stomach Color per student
■ 11 Beads for Detail Color per student
■ 35 Beads for Body Color per student
○ Dragonfly
■ 2 Beads for Eye Color per student
■ 36 Beads for Wing Color per student
■ 22 Beads for Body Color per student
○ Pikachu
■ 3 Beads for Eye and Nose Color per student
■ 2 Beads for Detail Color per student
■ 2 Beads for Cheek Color per student
■ 52 Beads for Body Color per student
● ~4 - 5 feet of Lanyard String per student
● 1 Lanyard Hook per Student
● Scissors
● 3 or 4 Color Printouts of the Pony Bead Patterns
● 1 Sandwich Bag per student
● Sharpie

Directions/Procedures
1. CHAMPS
a. C - Level 0 during instruction, Level 2 when working
b. H - Raise your hand
 c. A - Pony Beading Weaving Different Shapes: Dog, Dragonfly, or Pikachu
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. 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
3. Quickly begin by demonstrating how to create hands and legs.
a. To make the legs, thread two body color beads, followed by three detail color beads
(this pattern will change depending on the animal).
b. Do this on each side of the cord (photo 1). Bring the same end of the cord back through
the body color beads only (photo 2). Do this on each side (photo 3).
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Finish up the pony bead animals from the previous week. Once students have all finished their
animal we will move onto the next activity.
7. 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
8. All students will begin a Pony Bead Animal: Dog, Dragonfly, or Pikachu today
9. 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.
10. Demonstrate how to make a open circle with the pony beads.
11. Show students that once you start to add in different shapes, the pony beads no longer have to
be threaded through the same way. Now it may be threaded differently and tied in different
spots to make these shapes.
12. To Make Ears:
a. To make the ears, thread four beads that match the color of the design on one string.
This number can change depending on what you are making, but in our case it will be
four.
b. This will be done much like we make the legs.
c. Do this on each side of the cord. Bring the end of the same cord back through all the
beads except for the one last one, going through the opposite direction than it was put
through the other beads. Do this on each side.
13. To Make Wings:
a. To make the wings, thread ten beads that match the color of the design on one string.
This number can change depending on what you are making, but in our case it will be
ten.
b. This will be done much like we make the legs.
c. Do this on each side of the cord. Bring the end of the same cord back through only the
one bead that was first put on, going through the opposite direction than it was put
through the other beads. Do this on each side.
14. To Make a Tail:
 a. To make a tail, thread the number of beads that match the color of the design on one
string, making sure it is the string currently on the side you want the tail. In terms of the
cat, this will be seven beads.
b. Once all the beads are on, you will take the end of the string and string it through a bead
that is already woven into the design.
c. Once the string is threaded through, tie it off and you will have a tail.
15. For students who do not finish the design (which should be all or if not the majority or the
students), 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 (This is highly unlikely…):

○ If there is a lot of time left, allow them to make a second design.
○ If there is some time left, but not a ton, have them try to help students who are struggling.
○ Have them start designing their own pony bead design (Week 4 + 5)
● 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
○ If the student is really struggling, have them work on another project from week 2 instead.
● For students who do not finish (This should be most of the students):
○ Put their incomplete design and unused pony beads into a baggie with their name on it.
○ They will have all of week four to complete their design