Fisherman Bracelets
| Submitted by: Gail A Williams gailaw@JUNO.COM Directions as I recall are as follows: You need 7 or 8 brass snap swivels (make sure they don't have lead in them) for each student. The size SS112 seems to work well. Seven usually works for girls and 8 or more for boys depending how big they are. It is easy to just hook them together. I bought tiny beads for them to add as they have "missionary experiences". They seem to love them. We had the lady missionaries come and talk about their missions and one of them had a Fisherman's bracelet that was given her. The first ones were made at the conclusion of a talk by John Bytheway at a youth conference several years ago. At least that is my understanding. Contributed by: Mitzi in Iowa smtm@tebra.net You can take the lures that are used by fisherman (the
closed clasp things that go above the hook sometimes- It's called a "swivel
Hook" and you can buy them in different sizes. It is tied to the line so that you can
change hooks or lures quickly and easily) and hook about 5 or 6 of them together and make
a bracelet. I was thinking about telling the story of Christ and his disciples when he
told them to be fishers of men and then giving each girl 5 or 6 lures and then having them
trade with girls that they don't know or don't know very well after finding out a little
about them. We did them in Wyoming at girls camp and my cousin had them in Alaska as a
misisonary. They are darling. In this lesson I used many different types of fishing lures.
We talked about how a fish is caught. I had each young woman look closely at the hook.
There is the main hook, but what you don't really see unless you are looking is a smaller
hook, which makes double sure the fish is hooked once it takes the bait. We of course
likened this to how Satan lures us in. Graphics: Sherriberry |