First Responder Friendship Bracelets

hi parents before we start the episode remember that your family can enjoy hundreds of fun and educational free videos for kids of all ages be sure to subscribe and get all the new shows and updates at prageru kids.com [Music] Victory by prageru kids crafts history and your questions I'm Jill and today we're making friendship bracelets to honor our First Responders oh we've got a question what is a first responder First Responders are the first people to arrive at an emergency to help anyone in danger firefighters police officers search and rescue teams and paramedics are all First Responders it takes incredible courage training and hard work to become a first responder there are heroes which is why we're celebrating them today want to know what you'll need for today's craft here you go string this is also known as decorative cord beads scissors and tape you can see that we're using everything in red white and blue Now red white and blue is of course patriotic like our American flag but these colors also represent the different types of First Responders red is for firefighters blue is for police officers and white is for medical helpers we're going to start by cutting our string into equal lengths now each string should end up at about two feet long that's 24 inches go ahead and take the first one and measure it with the neck so that they're all the same size if they're not exactly the same length it's okay two and three about the same size yeah very good plenty long for a bracelet let's get going with the blue and the white now three white three blue three red firefighters police officers and paramedics who remembers what red white and blue stands for red is for courage white is for Purity and blue is for justice very good what we're gonna do now is put all nine of our strings together and tie a knot but you want to leave about four inches off the end it's a little tricky with all nine strings but it's possible there we go all nine strings and there we go nice and tight put some muscle in it tie it together and we have plenty hanging off the edge here so that we can tie it to make a bracelet at the end what we're gonna do now is tape your bracelet down to a table because we're gonna start braiding [Music] two pieces you're not going anywhere firefighters have been around since the time of America's 13 colonies hundreds of years ago now in those days buildings and homes were mostly built out of wood and could easily catch fire in 1679 the city of Boston created the first fire department that was paid for by the people in 1736 Benjamin Franklin helped start the First Volunteer Fire Company the union Fire Company in Philadelphia let's start braiding oh do you know how to brain once you get the hang of it you braid with three strings watch what I do and then you try take two pieces braid one over to be in the middle and then take the one on the outside and braid it to the middle take the one on the outside and cross it over to the middle and then take this on the outside and cross to the middle tighten it up you can sort of see a braid happening you keep crossing over the strings from the outside to the inside until you get to the end foreign [Music] to the middle to the middle to the middle and oh yeah didn't I say we had beads time to take one bead when you get halfway down your braid put one red bead just like this through the bead now continue braiding okay [Music] let's measure it with my wrist perfectly right about here I'm gonna tie another little knot around just like that all three strings just to hold it together now blue and how do you start to braid cross it in the middle crossed in the middle crossed in the middle we should make a song let's talk about our blue now for our police officers when America started building more cities with more people living in them more emergencies and crimes started to happen in 1844 the first police department in America was started in New York City and soon the cities of Boston Chicago Philadelphia and other big cities around the country had police departments should we add a bead let's add our blue bead now blue bead onto the blue string and keep braiding once you reach the same point as your other braid tie it in a knot [Music] lastly let's take our white string to learn about our Emergency Medical Services or EMS these are paramedics and search and rescue teams many say that Emergency Medical Services started in 1862 during America's Civil War to help soldiers who were hurt in battle after that war in 1865 the city of Cincinnati Ohio created the first ambulance service for anyone who might be hurt in that area later in 1945 the world's first helicopter rescue happened when two men were saved from an oil barge during a storm in the Atlantic Ocean let's braid our White [Music] I almost forgot the bead don't let me forget [Music] not at the bottom almost there there we go okay so we have red white and blue now for the big finish let's braid all three of these together for our firefighters our police officers and our Emergency Medical Services because yes all of them are our heroes let's go thank you I'm gonna make sure I made it the right length yeah yeah let's go ahead not all of these together at the very bottom [Laughter] a fighter could do this no problem all right knotted at the bottom put some muscle in it stronger than a search and rescue team just kidding oh wait did I mention anything about first responder therapy dogs yes there are dogs to help firefighters police officers and paramedics First Responders work very long hours and these dogs are specially trained to cuddle and perform tasks to help our heroes feel better on extra stressful days okay last thing to do tie it on your wrist uh Helping Hands [Music] so fun but so very meaningful our First Responders are Local Heroes there are about 4.6 million people who serve as Emergency Medical Service professionals firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers the SE are the good men and women who come to help whenever anyone dials 9-1-1 for an emergency friendly reminder only dial 9-1-1 if there is a real emergency next time you see one of these Heroes thank them for helping us and keeping us safe we hope you had fun if you've got ideas or questions for our next craftery send them our way keep crafting keep learning and keep celebrating land of the free and Home of the Brave bye guys I love it [Music] thank you for watching you know we've got more episodes right watch the whole series on our website and parents you can subscribe at prageru kids.com