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    Last Modified: May 26, 2022 by Tara Gerner 3 Comments

    Candy Cane Craft for Preschoolers

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    Last week, I posted Ornaments to Make With a Preschooler. That post was a huge hit; many of you emailed, Tweeted, and commented that you were going to make some ornaments with your kids.

    I'm so glad to hear that!

    Over the weekend, Joe and Grace set up our small Christmas tree in her bedroom. At first, it was just a plain old tree, wrapped in a single string of white lights.

    Then the ornament-making began.

    I supplied the materials; Joe and Grace have done the crafting.

    Their first project was a oldie, tri-bead candy canes.

    Beaded Candy Canes

    Materials

    • Pipe cleaners - we picked metallic green, metallic red, silver, and gold
    • Tri beds in clear and red
    • Small jingle bells

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    Instructions

    1. An adult can begin this project by wrapping the end of the pipe cleaner around the first plastic bead.
      For a preschooler, it works better if you wrap the end of the pipe cleaner around a small jingle bell. Grace could see clearly where her beads needed to stop.
    2. Alternating red and clear beads, cover about ⅔ of the pipe cleaner with tri-beads.
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    3. To finish, either wrap the end around the last bead or around another jingle bell.
    4. Cut off any excess pipe cleaner.
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    5. Hang on your Christmas tree.

    A note about crafting with a preschooler

    Grace didn't really understand the concept of alternating between red and clear. Joe wanted to take her beads off and start over on her behalf, but I wouldn't allow him to. Grace's candy cane isn't perfect, but it looks good to her.

    And that's good enough for me.

    I'm going to figure out a way to mark Grace's candy cane with 2010 so that we remember when she made it.

    Beaded Wreaths

    Joe made some wreath ornaments in the same manner. He used a metallic green pipe cleaner and mostly clear beads for these -

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    He also made some with mostly red beads on a silver pipe cleaner. Grace was long done at this point, but she happily hung them on her tree anyway.

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    What else could you make with these little tri-beads?

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    1. Carol says

      November 25, 2010 at 3:16 am

      sssh, don't tell Joe, but I like Grace's candy cane better! It looks more stripey.

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      • Tara @ Feels Like Home says

        November 25, 2010 at 3:42 am

        Your secret is safe with me! 🙂

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