Bead Some 100th Day of School Jewelry

Commemorate the 100th Day of School with a special bracelet or necklace created by your young student. Her new necklace will feel like a medal around her neck since she will be proud to have made it.  

What You Need:

• String (not as thin as sewing thread, but thick enough to fit through button holes)
• Scissors
• 100 buttons of various colors, preferably with larger size holes so a young child can navigate a string through them

What You Do:

1. Help your child count out 100 buttons. Part of the festivities that come along with the 100th Day of School for younger students is learning to count to 100.
2. Explain to your child that she will make a necklace or bracelets with string and buttons. Measure the string around her wrist or neck and cut it to a length she likes.
3. Tie the first button on to one end of the string as her base. Then, she can string buttons on by poking the string through one of the holes in each button.
4. You shouldn’t need a needle if your string is small enough for her to get through button holes, and if the button holes are big enough. Stay away from sewing thread, though — it is too thin to hold the weight of 100 buttons!
5. When she finishes her bracelet, tie the end with a button for her. Then tie it around her wrist. If she couldn't fit all 100 buttons on one bracelet, she can make a second bracelet to use up the rest.
6. Let her enjoy her new 100th Day “bling”!