How To: Beaded Friendship Bracelet
(Thanks to Guider Janice for this idea!)
- Supplies: Pipe cleaners and pony beads (one kind of bead for each girl in the Unit)
- Opening activity – make beaded friendship bracelet. (Each girl will receive a different bead on a pipe cleaner and an empty pipe cleaner. The girls need to collect one of each of the different beads and put them on her pipe cleaner. When she asks for the bead she must introduce herself and find out what her new friend’s name is.
This is not a 10 minute prep thing… plan to sort your pony beads well in advance.
Here’s an idea of what it will look like:
By Cara Hicks – Community Guider, Brown Owl and Blogger. This was originally posted to Cara Hick’s blog Brownie Meeting Ideas. Read previous posts written by Cara on GirlGuidesCANBlog: Simple Flag Ceremonies, Junior Leaders: How to Make the Best Use of Their Generosity?, What I Would Tell a New Guider, Online Resources: Guiding in the Cloud, and Getting Started: What to do About Badges.
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