Learn What Materials are Necessary for Native American Bead Necklaces

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"In this clip, we're going to show you want you need to make an Indian necklace. This is wonderful because it shows how the Indian culture made all their own jewelry. And, it's something that the kids can take home with them. It helps wind them down after the games and gets control before you actually send them home to their parents. What you'll need is scissors. You'll need string, yarn or what I chose is a treading and it's an all natural hem threading. It's very, very inexpensive and you can buy large amounts of it and it goes a long way. You'll need beads. The beads with the larger holes are very, very important because it would be easier for the children to thread. And something that a lot of people don't think of. You need cups to disburse the beads out. What this does is keeps them organized, as well as let's each individual child have their own cup. So everybody's excited and happy and able to get along."