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Home » Activities » Pony Bead Crafts – Easy Suncatcher July 4th Activity for Kids

Pony Bead Crafts – Easy Suncatcher July 4th Activity for Kids

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We love pony bead crafts. Easy to do and the result is always beautiful! This Easy July 4th Pony Bead Craft for Kids is perfect for celebrating the birthday of the United States! Great for a wide age range, children love to create a design and watch the result. Plus, displaying this Melted Pony Bead Suncatcher in a window is beautiful!

July 4th Pony Bead Activity Collage

What are Pony Beads?

Remember when you discovered water beads? I felt the same way when I discover pony beads. Super easy to integrate into learning, inexpensive, and provides loads of variations for different learning activities.

Pony beads are plastic and hugely popular amongst kids and all types of crafters. Not only are these beads economical but they are available in many colors. The size of the bead is 6x9mm and there is a large hole making them easy to hold onto and to string.

Melted Pony Bead Crafts for Kids

Introducing the July 4th Craft

Like most activities in our home, I begin with a book or a conversation, or both, about the greater theme behind the activity. In this case, the conversation touched on the founding of our country. I played Schoolhouse Rocks Fireworks and America Rock. We talked about the colors that symbolize America and why the founders chose the colors:

“On June 14, 1777 in Philadelphia, the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution that read the following: ‘Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation.'”

Only later did the meaning behind each color come to light with the creation of the United States seal: red is for valor, white is for purity, and blue is for vigilance. Then we moved onto a craft.

Easy July 4th Pony Bead Suncatcher Craft for Kids

Materials

  • Red, White, and Blue Pony Beads
  • Star Silicone Mold
  • Bowl for beads
  • Tray for workspace

Star Pony Bead Craft

Melted Pony Bead Approach

  • Set out the pony bead materials
  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
  • Invite children to the activity
  • Design star molds with beads
  • Place the mold onto a cookie sheet
  • Pop into the oven for 15 minutes
  • Take out of the oven and let cool
  • Pop out of the mold
  • Display

July 4th Pony Bead Craft

Learning Ideas

  • Watch the beads melt and make observations with the children
  • Ask questions:
    • How do you think the colors will melt together?
    • How long do you think it will take for the beads to melt?
    • Should we touch the stars when they come out of the oven?
    • How long will it takes for the stars to cool down?
    • What might we do to speed up the cooling process?

More July 4th Activities for Kids

  • Resist Do a Dot Statue of Liberty
  • Glitter Star Craft
  • Fingerprint Flag

More Super Easy Pony Beads Craft Ideas


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Pony Bead Napkin Ring


Pony Bead Bracelet

Tagged With: Crafts, Elementary, Holidays, July 4th, Kindergarten, Preschool

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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