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Rubber band bracelets to help your child through the day

12/2/2013

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Are your kids on the bracelet bandwagon?

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Colorful rubber band bracelets are all the rage right now. Your kids can make their own Grump Meter reminder bracelets using their kits and looms! They'll always have a Grump Meter where they can see it.

IDEAS:
  • Repeat Grump Meter colors, RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE in order as shown in the photo.
  • Make a mostly BLUE bracelet with a small for the other colors. This will help kids remember that they should spend most of their time on BLUE.
  • Ask your children to make Grump Meter bracelets for the whole family. Use them to spark Curious Conversation about events that took place through each others' days.
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Make Grump Meter Fidget Beads with Your Kids

7/25/2013

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Making Grump Meter "fidget beads," also known as "worry beads," is a fun, easy craft that can help kids remember to use the Grump Meter to stay on blue.

Fidget beads have been used for centuries in Greece to help people relax and to pass time. Grump Meter fidget  beads can help kids calm themselves, and give them a tactile reminder while they consider their choices and remain on, or return to, blue.
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Supplies:
  • Beads, such as plastic pony beads. You could use different shapes of beads, such as the flowers beads shown above.
  • Cording, such as the rainbow colored cord above. Remember to use something that will be easy to string.
  • Hooks can be used to attach Grump Meter worry beads to a belt loop or a backpack.
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Instructions:
  • Assemble supplies.
  • String beads of blue, green, yellow, orange and red in the order of the Grump Meter.
  • Tie into a necklace or a bracelet, or onto a key chain. Be sure to tie them securely. 
  • Instruct children to touch the beads that match the color they're on. (click to find out more) As they move down the Grump Meter, they should change colors of beads. They can congratulate themselves when they return to blue!
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