Bad Manners and Brimstone

My almost 95 year old, wheelchair bound  Mom is in an independent living home.  Highlight of her week is Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon beading classes. Mom has made necklaces  for all the daughters, daughter-in-laws, and grand daughters.  They have been worn by some of us (me!) and quietly put in a drawer by others.  Now she is pestering me about what to make for the great grandchildren.  There are 6 little girls age 2--7 and 6 little boys age almost 2--4.  I'm stumped for the boys.  She made little  bracelets that just are not wearable for little boys.  The two in CO might want necklaces............but not the two in a NYC religious neighborhood.

Any ideas what to string together for little boys?

She could make zipper pulls for their backpacks! I made a bunch for my DD using lobster-claw clasps and instructions I found for making beaded animals. She loves them because she can change them up whenever she wants.

I imagine she could make a set for each boy in superhero colors?

https://www.momsandcrafters.com/things-to-make-with-beads/

You can make animals and other things out of beads

I love the idea of backpack pulls. even for the two year old, their parents can hold it until they are old enough for it. But having something from grandma/greatgrandma is something they can treasure. I have beaded things, and other crafts, made by older relatives that I simply treasure - even decades after they passed.

My mother used to make  animal mittens with beads and/or buttons sewn on for faces, with yarn whiskers, ears were just outlined with contrasting thread.   Dollar stores usually carry plain mittens by the fall, I think).