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Fall Corn Bead Magnet Craft

  • Sensory Play
  • History & Social Studies
  • Young Adult
  • Grades 1-3

Use pony beads as kernels to make this festive fall corn magnet craft to decorate your home or classroom with the fall season! 

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Materials


Magnetic Buttons
Pony Beads
Mini Craft Sticks
Craft Sticks

Craft Glue

Construction Paper (Brown)

Scissors

Pen/Pencil

Instructions


Step  1.

Gather your supplies. 

Step  1.

Gather your supplies. 

Step  2.

Lay down 7 craft sticks vertically to create an arrow shape as shown. 

Step  2.

Lay down 7 craft sticks vertically to create an arrow shape as shown. 

Step  3.

Glue 2 mini craft sticks horizontally on the vertical sticks to secure the shape. This will be the base of your corn magnet. 

Step  3.

Glue 2 mini craft sticks horizontally on the vertical sticks to secure the shape. This will be the base of your corn magnet. 

Step  4.

You will need 2 brown husk shapes. Download and print our PDF template to trace and cut the shapes provided onto brown construction paper.

Step  4.

You will need 2 brown husk shapes. Download and print our PDF template to trace and cut the shapes provided onto brown construction paper.

Step  5.

Glue brown husk shapes on your corn magnet base in a V-shape as shown. 

Step  5.

Glue brown husk shapes on your corn magnet base in a V-shape as shown. 

Step  6.

Glue yellow, red, brown, black, and gray pony beads onto the craft sticks. 

Step  6.

Glue yellow, red, brown, black, and gray pony beads onto the craft sticks. 

Step  7.

Once the glue dries, flip over the project and glue 2 magnet buttons to the back of the craft sticks. Then, hand the festive corn craft on your fridge, chalkboard, or any other magnetic surface to decorate for the autumn season! 

Step  7.

Once the glue dries, flip over the project and glue 2 magnet buttons to the back of the craft sticks. Then, hand the festive corn craft on your fridge, chalkboard, or any other magnetic surface to decorate for the autumn season! 

Teacher's Corner

Decorate these bead-utiful corn stalks and learn how maize helped the harvest for the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth!  

Lesson Objectives

  • Dinner Is Served: During the settlers’ first year in Plymouth, Native Americans introduced them to corn — teaching them how to grow, husk, and cook it. Corn became an important food source for the settlers, since their European crops were unable to grow in North American soil. After all the food was harvested in the fall, both groups gathered together for a large feast. Take a look at the history behind the first Thanksgiving as a class!
  • Corn Colors: Did you know that corn comes in many different colors, like white, yellow, black, red, and gray-blue? Have your students arrange their pony bead kernels in different colors to explore new patterns on their crafts — and take a look at more surprising corn facts!

Follow-up Discussion

Over time, corn has become more than a just food source — expanding into valuable roles in trade, culture, and scientific discoveries! Learn more about the impactful agricultural history of corn and what makes it so a-maize-ing! Then, ask your students to review the corn items from the video — how many do they use in their daily routines?