Birthday Coding Bracelet

Coding doesn’t have to be complicated rows and rows of numers on a computer screen! Make coding fun for kids as they make a fun coding craft to learn moare about Coding for Kids. This project allows kids to make a  coding bracelet that celebrates their birthday! This is such a fun concept to take the scary part out of coding and give you a really fun coding activity for kids! Use this coding projects for kids of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergargarten to first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students too!

Coding bracelets

Give kids a chance to try coding for kids with this clever, fun, and pretty coding activity for kids! As preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students make their  coding bracelets they will get practice with coding with binary numbers will making a pretty bracelet craft! This is such a fun birthday craft for kids to make on their birthdays, to celebrate a special day, or to make for a friends.

Coding for Kids

Coding is an activity that every child should experience at least a few times in their life. Not every child wants to sit in front of a computer and program all day. For more hands-on kids, coding can be brought to life with other hands-on coding activities like this birthday coding bracelet. This bracelet contains the binary numbers in a child’s birthday, which is a fun way to celebrate a child’s special day and help them learn at the same time. This activity is fun to do any time, but it is especially fun at a birthday party or sleepover.

Coding activity for kids

You’ll need just a few things for this coding activity:

• Small beads
• Binary number chart 
• Elastic string

Decide if you want to use two colors only, or use another color of bead to separate each part of the date. Since binary numbers tend to be pretty short, we decided to use the double-digit form of each number, so one would be 01 like you often see on birthday forms online.

Coding lessons for kids

We used the following date pattern:

01012017

If the kids are really young, they might not know their birthdate. This is a fun time to help them memorize their birthdate while making the bracelets. If your kids don’t want to wear bracelets, they can make the bracelet into a zipper pull or key chain.

Follow the binary number chart to thread the beads onto the elastic string following the binary pattern. Once you are finished, tie the bracelet into a knot and the bracelet is ready to slip onto your wrist.

Coding projects for kids

After making their names, ask your kids if they want to code any other important dates or if they want to try coding something with letters.