Object: friendship bracelet (three strands of embroidery floss longer than your wrist - braided together, knotted at each end, tie it around your wrist, tightly enough so you can't slip it off - worn by both boys and girls)

Good morning, boys and girls. I have something special on my wrist this morning. Do you know what it is? (Show them and let them try to guess.) It's called a friendship bracelet. Some children make them for their friends, and then the friend ties it on his or her wrist so it won't fall off. Then they leave it on all the time to remind them that they are friends with this boy or girl. Sometimes boys or girls have several bracelets on at a time, …