Creating Juneteenth bracelet craft with pipe cleaners and pony beads is a fun and meaningful craft that kids will love.
This simple project is perfect for little hands and allows for endless creativity with different colors and patterns. Not only is it a great way to keep the kids busy, but it also provides a wonderful opportunity to teach them about the significance of Juneteenth.
What is Juneteenth
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. It’s a day of celebration, reflection, and education, recognizing the end of slavery in the United States.
Celebrated across the country, Juneteenth has grown into a time for communities to come together to honor African American culture and history through parades, festivals, and various educational events.
How to Celebrate Juneteenth
Crafting these Juneteenth bracelets is not only a creative activity but also a way to engage kids in the holiday’s history. Using red, black, and green beads, which symbolize the struggle and resilience of African Americans, kids can make bracelets that carry a meaningful message.
It’s a simple yet powerful way to incorporate the holiday’s themes into a hands-on project, making the celebration of Juneteenth both fun and educational.
Juneteenth Colors
The colors red, black, and green are significant when celebrating Juneteenth as they are also the colors of the Pan-African flag.
Red symbolizes the bloodshed and sacrifices made by African Americans in the struggle for freedom and equality.
Black represents the African American community’s strength, resilience, and unity.
Green stands for the fertile land of Africa and the hope and prosperity that lie ahead.
Incorporating these colors into Juneteenth crafts, like our pipe cleaner and pony bead bracelets, not only adds vibrancy but also serves as a powerful reminder of the history and enduring spirit of African Americans.
Supplies Needed
- Pipe cleaners (any color will do, we used red, black and green)
- Pony beads (red, black and green)
How to Make Juneteenth Bracelets
- Grab your pony beads. If you already have your beads separated great! But if you are like us and have all your beads mixed up make the first part of this activity sorting through them to find the red, black and green beads. It totally ok to use bead of different shades
- Grab your pipe cleaners. You can use any color, we use red, black and green to make three bracelets. Start creating a pattern with the beads in the order of red, black and green. You can add one red, two black and three green. Or any pattern they choose.
- Once you have finished your three bracelets. Twist them together on both ends. Then wrap them around your child’s wrist and twist the ends of the pipe cleaners together. You can cut off any excess pipe cleaner. Be sure to tuck the ends in a way that they won’t stick your child or catch on to clothing.
Where you Juneteenth bracelets proudly! Happy Juneteenth!
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Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
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These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
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Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
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Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
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- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
