Goal:
To think about what it means to you to be a UU and to learn a simple way to remember the UU principles.

Materials:
• Story: Free to Believe
• Copies of We Believe Poster to color: markers, colored pencils, crayons etc. for coloring.
• Pony beads in a variety of colors
• Sculpting clay (Fimo or Sculpy) to make special beads representing each of the 7 principles
• Cord and needle for stringing
• Pattern and instructions for UU Fortune Teller

Background:
A rosary is a string of beads used in the Catholic tradition as an aid in prayer. Each bead represents a prayer or a creed. It was invented in early medieval times by a monk to help his people, who couldn’t read. They used it to help them remember their prayers. Prayer beads are common in many faiths.

Activities:
Color a We Believe poster, one for each child.
Make your own rosary to help you remember the 7 UU principles. You can use this list of single words to help you think of a symbol for each principle. Then, make a bead to represent that idea; the shape itself could be the symbol, or you could draw a symbol on it. Here are the words and symbols in Traditions With a Wink. Use your own creativity!

• Equality: a bead with an equal sign
• love: a heart bead
• growth: a flower
• search: a horizontal bead, or a bead with an arrow
• vote: a small square box bead (like a ballot box)
• peace: bead with a peace sign on it
• earth: an earth or blue and green colored bead

String your special beads on a cord, placing your favorite color pony bead between each “principle bead.” Tie the ends together. Practice saying the principle as you finger each bead in the circle of beads you have created.

Make a UU Principles Fortune Teller