Wednesday, July 3, 2013

A 5 Year Olds Style

My little cousin is 5 now and has been asking me for a while to make her own necklace so I decided to bring her to the bead shop this week and let her pick her own beads. I was really suprised by her sense of style. She knew exactly what she was after and was describing how she was going to make it as she walked around picking out her beads.

Somwhere along the way a bracelet design was being talked about as well so she wanted to make sure she had enough beads to make her set. As soon as she had the beads in her backpack she was wanting to go straight home to make her pieces.

I set her up at the table and gave her my bead mat to stop everything rolling away and was about to start helping her but I wasn't exactly needed. She laid her beads out in the order she wanted to string them and I cut her elastic and away she went. I was only there to tell her when the pieces where long enough I think. When she was done she put them straight on and hasn't taken them off since. She is so proud of herself and so am I. It had never occured to me that she was watching me as closely as she was that she was so capable to make her pieces by herself.

I've now been told about our next trip to the bead shop and what she will be adding to the left over beads she has in her pink box to make her next few pieces. I think I have created a monster. Now I just have to decide what techniques to teach her next.

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  1. This is great! I took my 5 year old grandson to the bead shop not realizing he also would be interested. I am making his "boy" necklace which has a sheep on it. lol He also picked out beads for his older sister. Who knew?

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    1. Well my cousin has a 4 year old brother and to keep things fair its going to be his turn next but Im stumped on Boy things to make so have to get thinking haha

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  2. Just the kind of "monster" I hope we all have a hand in creating! She did a great job!

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    1. Ah thank you! Im going to have myself a little apprentice I think haha

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  3. my 12 year old daughter is the same. I dread taking her to the bead shop as she likes all the expensive handmade lampwork beads lol, but apart from tying them off for her, she does the rest and she's actually made some lovely things. I've also taught her how to do a basic 8 warp kumihimo braid so she's been making bracelets for her friends (that I have to finish off for her). I think I might have some competition :)

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  4. my 12 year old daughter is the same. I dread taking her to the bead shop as she likes all the expensive handmade lampwork beads lol, but apart from tying them off for her, she does the rest and she's actually made some lovely things. I've also taught her how to do a basic 8 warp kumihimo braid so she's been making bracelets for her friends (that I have to finish off for her). I think I might have some competition :)

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