Safety Pin Bear

Use this free pattern to make beaded safety pin jewelry that looks like a bear.

• Age Guideline: 6 Years and Up
• Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time)

The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances.

Materials Needed:

• 13 - 1 1/16 inches Safety Pins
• 1 - 2 inch Safety Pin
• Seed Beads (refer to picture for colors needed)

Instructions

• Open the safety pin.

• Slip the beads on the pin arm as shown in the diagram.  The first safety pin will have 10 red beads - as will the last safety pin.

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Instructions:
Follow this pattern

The supply list for this project is pretty simple. All you need are safety pins and seed beads. It is helpful, but not necessary, to have a needle-nose pliers and a small, flat-head screwdriver.

Depending on the pattern you choose, you will usually need between 10 and 14 small safety pins. Open a safety pin, and slip the seed beads onto it. Once all beads are in place, close the safety pin. You may want to use the needle-nose pliers to pinch the end of the safety pin so it will not pop open later. Repeat this step until all the safety pins are beaded.

Now you are ready to put all the beaded pins onto a larger safety pin. Open the large safety pin (the size you need will be stated in the pattern). Use the flat-head screwdriver to slightly pry apart the coils at the end of the large pin.

Slip the loop of the first beaded safety pin onto the large one. Pull it down to the loop at the base of the large pin. Pull it around the loop and up the back-side of the pin. Repeat this for each beaded safety pin.

Once all your beaded safety pins are on your larger pin, use the pliers and squeeze the loop to close it. You can now pin your new safety pin jewelry onto your shirt, hat, shoelaces, etc.

 and the basic directions on thesafety pin jewelry page to complete this project.

Each number column represents a pin; for example, your first pin will have 10 red beads. Your second pin will have 1 red bead, 3 brown beads, and 6 red beads. When you thread these beaded pins onto your larger pin, start with pin number 1.

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Hobo Guest

  Teddy bears have some great fun when they play dress ups.

One time we had a Hobo party that had different activities to be brought along.  Some of the pictures the Guides coloured included this one.  When the Guide Unit colors went into the picture the Guides then cut around the Teddy Bear and made him into a mobile for one of the Guides to take home as a gift for the new family members.

So the party picture was used again  and everyone else benefited as well.




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different bears

Observation is a skill that is inherent in most people.  Fine-tuning it with 'fun' activities makes learning easier.  We have used this game with a lot of laughter as not only did we keep changing the rules when a group tried to spot the differences, but when two or more patrols played juggling the skills basis and levels of the participants made the interactions abound with laughter.  This in itself helped the Guides learn to work together with a different set of people while also exploring each others skills and memories.




Look carefully. There are seven Teddy Bears that are just a little bit different then most of the bears.
Click on the bears that you think are different.





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Reference  for the actual game 

Invites 1

When we had one of our first Teddy Bear picnics we used this invitation one of the parents found on line.




Just print, clip and fold this invitation.









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teddy in the woods song

If you go down in the woods today

Image via Wikipedia

You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down in the woods today
You'd better go in disguise.
For ev'ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic

Image via Wikipedia

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A Teddy Bear in the woods game.

Equipment:
•  1 torch per Leader
• 20 Teddy Bear diagrams [all the same]
• string and scissors
•  1 marking pen per girl and leader

Time:
One hour including explanation (must be played in the dark).

Explanation:
Hide the  20  Teddy Bears in various locations around the playing field. Give each Teddy Bear a score of 5-25 depending on the difficulty of its location. Guides are each given a marking pen.
During the game, Guides must locate as many bears as possible. When a Teddy Bear is found, they write on it. their name and patrol, and continue to try and find more bears. Guides may communicate with each other.
Leaders act as spotters, having in their possession a strong torch. At any time and as often as they like during play, leaders may shine their torch in a single direction. If a Guide is spotlighted in the torch beam and is moving, she is penalised.
The Leader then approaches the Guide and marks the Guide's hand with a marker. The Guide then continues on, ensuring she is not caught again. The Leader must remain at that same position and continue spotlighting until another Guide is caught, at which time she moves on to the location of the new 'catch'.

Rules:
1. No running at any time.
2. Leaders may not move until they have spotlighted a Guide.
3. Leaders can spotlight in any single direction—no sweeping or moving the torch beam.
4. Guides may only mark their name on a Teddy Bear once.
5. Guides may not write any other person's name on a bear. A huge penalty will apply.
6. If a Leader declares that a Guide is spotlighted, then she is spotlighted.
7. A Guide can only be given a penalty for being spotlighted if she is caught moving.
8. No one is to move or remove any Teddy Bbears.



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Teddy bear pattern1

I found this bear pattern a few years ago and have helped some of the Guides in the district make them.  The younger guides enjoyed all sewing one seam each.   This activity was overseen by someone of their families as the pieces of material, thread and needles and pins went home as well.

 The only thing we found was there were times that a piece of teddy was lost at home and a tearful story came out.  So it pays to have an already cut piece to send back home again that next week.

Image via Wikipedia

Taking Teddy on camp

When Going on a Holiday many 'things' get left behind.  So this bear pattern is used to make the bear that is NO BiGGER than your hand  from base of your palm to the top of the same hands finger.  That way your Teddy Bear can sneak into your packing and be taken along too.


Other times your Teddy Bear feels free to just hang around on the outside of your back.  Some of the older Guides sew a safety pin through the back leaving the safety pins head sticking out .  Then they are able to safety pin their Teddy Bear to their Back Pack or what ever they are wearing... hat, jumper, shirt or even their shorts legs.

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A Teddy Bear Introduction

Hello readers,

I'm new to Teddy Bear Adventures and I received an email explaining to me what our Teddy Bears mean to us. I would like to know, where would I find a Teddy template that I can use? I'm going to be taking a Teddy with me when I travel overseas next month but first I need to make one! Any help would be appreciated.

When I was younger, my Teddy's were my bed occupants. They kept the bad dreams away, they talked to me and they played games with me. Now that I'm older, my Teddy's are my pathway back to my childhood. Although they no longer sleep on my bed, they have a seat in my room next to my window. They watch over me (still) and sometimes we still have conversations. They do join me in bed when I'm feeling particulary sad, angry or upset. If my Teddy's chose to spoke to you, you may have to ask very nicely, I'm sure they'd be able to tell you things about me I don't even know. For now they're my silent guardian angels and best friends. Teddy Bear's have many adventures and now I'm going to spend my time trying to find out just what they get up to.

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