#PAGAN PONY BEAD PATTERNS HOW TO#

#PAGAN PONY BEAD PATTERNS HOW TO#

How to Design a Mardi Gras Miniature Float Also, watch out though for the rare Krewe of Elvis beads. Also, some of the best beadsįor Mardi Gras 2000 will be Glow in the Dark beads, Alien beads, and Says “what will it take to get those beads”. When you are tossing them out into the crowd, or when a woman comes up and Why, I have seen people even get into fights over the cheap beads.īut, the most joyful thing about beads is the excitement that is created Second, they are what provokes the women, and men toīare all. What’s the fuss!!!!!!! Well, they are the currency of Mardi Gras.įor starters beads are what brings smiles to peoples faces when they get What’s all the fuss over the plastic beads? I heard that one year at Mardi We wish to continue the Mardi Gras tradition making a quality product for Here at Paul’s Pastry Shop in Picayune, MS Local flavor, today’s Mardi Gras has evolved as an American phenomenon Pagan celebration and religious doctrine spiced with more than a dash of Thousands of King Cakes are consumed at parties every year in Louisiana and OurĬustomers not only have the choice of the traditional cinnamon King Cake,īut also an exotic deliciously filled King Cake with your choice of up to

… thus beginning the new tradition of the Mardi Gras King Cake. Topping them with the brightly colored Mardi Gras sugars and sliced almonds In theĮarly 1970’s, Paul’s Pastry Shop, located in Picayune, Mississippi, beganįilling the King Cake’s with an assortment of Fruits and Cream Cheese, then Representing Justice, and GOLD Representing the Voice of Power. They are now decorated in three colors: GREEN Representing Faith PURPLE King Cakes were originally a simple ring of dough with little decoration. Of Lent, ending on Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day! Twelfth day after Christmas, King Cake Parties continue until the first day The baby continue the festivities with another party and cake. The idea of perpetuating the celebration by having the person who received The residents of Louisiana, and the Mississippi & Alabama Gulf Coast’s like Year of good fortune awaits the lucky person who gets the figure. Latin-American people put a smallįigure inside the cake representing the Christ Child. The Europeans hide a bean inside their cake and the person receiving theīean must portray one of the kings. Honor of the three kings - “A King’s Cake.” One of the most popular customs is still the baking of the special cake in The celebration,Ĭall Epiphany, Little Christmas, or the Twelfth Night, is a time ofĪll over the world people gather for festive twelfth night celebrations. In European countries, the coming of the wise men bearing gifts to theĬhrist Child is celebrated twelve days after Christmas. Show the kids where France is on the globe and what a Jester looks like and You could also dye macaroni purple, yellow and greenĪnd string on a necklace or use the same color pony beads. Sequins, whatever you have, staple a straw to the side for the holder. Class cuts out the mask from whiteĬonstruction paper or tag board and they deocorate with feathers and

On a sentence strip, so they kind of flop over. We make jester’s hats with green, yellow and purple triangles (big) stapled We have an international week at my preschool and we do Mardi Gras for oneĭay. You can use a straw to hold the mask to the eye Then the children can cut or tear construction paper, sequins, beads,īuttons and feathers etc. yellow.įirst make a mask pattern from the paper plate, just to cover the eye area. Materials: Beads, sequins, buttons, straws, paper plates, glue, tape This reinforces the teaching already done re: colors, sizes, shapes and it improves fine motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination. Have the child sort them by color to make color-patterns, by shape and by size. The children can make jewelry for themselves or as gifts. String beads on a length of embroidery thread or a shoe lace (bigger beads). I have beads of all kinds (all big enough for a small child to handle and not so easy to choke on) and these are some of the things we do with them. The first thing I always think of when I think of MG is BEADS so using beads to make things or to learn colors and even shapes.

Pagan pony bead patterns