Cereal necklaces

Last week when Trish's comment suggested Cheerio necklaces in response to our pasta ones, we were all keen to give it a go. I also thought Nutri-grain might be suitable too.

I prepared some white cotton and big needles ready for an after school activity. I thought big needles would be a good lesson in learning respect for sharp poky things. They were also the only tool I had at hand that would go through the small holes in the Nutri-grain.
















Being after school for B, this did turn into an eating activity too

Little Miss concentrated hard on not hurting herself with the needle

B preferred the Nutri-grain over the Cheerios and varied the ways to thread it on.

He was also very keen to eat his finished necklace

Little Miss lost interest about 10 minutes into it, and asked me to finish it off for her. She did learn what the sharp end of the needle felt like on her finger, but no tears emerged. Maybe a bracelet would have been a better size for her concentration span. And she really didn't like getting her fingers all sticky. But I thought this was a fun activity that fed them along the way. It could be quite portable too.

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