"My students (8 first graders) liked this project... even the boys... and were able to complete it with minimal help in less than 30 minutes. The only problem I encountered was that the elastic cord wouldn't stay tied, so I whipped out my handy glue gun to fuse the knot & keep it together.
The elastic cording WAS good at keeping the beads from slipping off. We didn't have a single kid have to start over because he / she lost all the beads to the floor. That's RARE with a bead project!"