Strings attached

By Lynne Garner, Nursery World, 8 July 2004

From jewellery to currency - beads have had many uses and come in weird and wonderful shapes and sizes. Lynne Garner shows how to help children make some of their own. Beads have been worn for thousands of years, and the first beads are believed to have been fashioned from seeds, stone, clay and shells. Beads were and still are worn as jewellery or sewn on to the surface of garments.

From jewellery to currency - beads have had many uses and come in weird and wonderful shapes and sizes. Lynne Garner shows how to help children make some of...

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