Drinking straw necklace

We did this craft with my favourite little just turned 3 year old this afternoon and she had a great time making necklaces for all her family.

Here is a photo of some of the things you will need:

 

# About 60 cm of any kind of wool (70 cm if the necklace is for an adult)
# A plastic needle
# Drinking straws from Ikea (they have a bigger hole) or normal sized ones for more capable children
# Polystyrene tray (to keep the straw pieces all in one place)
# Scissors

How to do it:

Cut the straws up into pieces, the more capable the child the smaller the pieces can be.
Thread the needle, then put just one straw piece on the wool, take it down to the end and make a loose knot around that piece. This prevents the other pieces from falling off the end.
Here is where your child takes over. Thread the rest of the straw pieces until the wool is almost full.
Back to helper. Take the other end, remove the knot, remove the needle and tie both ends together with a reef knot. Trim off any long ends.
Move the straw pieces to cover the knot and there you have it.

This activity will help your child in their development of spacial awareness, hand / eye coordination, fine movement skills, social skills (this is for you...(whoever), and concentration.