Pony Bead Flag Craft

We finally got some Fourth of July crafting in!! I was excited that my 8-year-old wanted this craft, too.

She seems to steer away from crafty things lately, so doing projects with her is a special treat for me.

Instructions on how to create pony bead flag craft

1. Cut out a piece of cardboard

The craft is pretty straightforward, but I started by cutting out a piece of cardboard about 5″ x 7″.

We used a left over pizza box from dinner last night. I punched a hole at each end at the top with a hole punch so we could hang it after we were finished.

2. Glue the beads

We started gluing our beads on in the blue section first. Squeeze school glue on a small section and then place your beads on and continue until you have the size you want.

I couldn’t find the exact pack on the internet, but if you can’t find the patriotic pack at your local Wal-Mart you could always buy somewhere individual packs of red, white and blue.

Then continue gluing with your red and white stripes down the flag. We decided to do rows of 2, but afterwards I thought “why didn’t we just cut the cardboard at the right size to get 13 single stripes like the real flag?” :-/

Your toddlers don’t have to sit out on this one either. This is a great activity for color recognition and hand-to-eye coordination. I put a section of glue down and told her which color bead to put on the glue. She is Miss Crafty lately so she loved this!

It is hard to tell but we conveniently covered our holes in the corners with beads. Just make sure the hole is showing inside the bead so you can get your string through it later.

3. Add the stars

For the stars we used this Patriotic Stars Spangle Mix also from the online shop. This little pack is so fun! We used them for another project too that I’ll show you in a couple days.

Pull some white stars out of the pack and glue them down on your flag.