Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. With Commorative Wristbands

Every third Monday of January, our country sets a day aside to commemorate the life of one of the most influential people in our history – Martin Luther King Jr. While children and young people enjoy getting a holiday off from school, too many of them do not understand why Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated. If you are an educator, group leader, or mentor, you can use commemorative wristbands as a useful and fun learning tool to teach children about the American civil rights milestones established by Martin Luther King Jr.

You can custom imprint some of Martin Luther King’s famous words on silicone, plastic, vinyl, or Tyvek® wristbands from wristbands.com. “I Have a Dream,” is by far the most well-known speech by Martin Luther King Jr., delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The phrase “I Have a Dream,” can easily fit the length of even a child-sized wristband. Purchase custom wristbands with “I Have a Dream,” printed on them, and pass them out to children before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or all throughout Black History Month. You can reward children who memorize King’s speech with a brightly-colored wristband that features one of our nation’s most historical and meaningful phrases.

Since the entire “I Have a Dream” speech is about 17 minutes long, it is quite a lot for young students to memorize. As a group activity, have different kids in your class memorize sections of the speech, and perform it in front of the school during Black History Month. Or, have your class say the speech in front of their parents at a special school event or fundraiser. After the speech, explain to parents and other audience members that each child is encouraged to wear their commemorative “I Have a Dream” wristband the entire Black History Month in remembrance of Martin Luther King’s great achievements. Ask some of the children in your class to help pass out “I Have a Dream” wristbands to their family members in the audience, so they too can participate. 

Order pre-printed “I Have a Dream” wristbands in an assortment of colors to help give Martin Luther King’s message meaning to our youngest generation –  who are perhaps learning about the American civil rights movement for the very first time. Wristbands.com offers endless customization options for wristbands of all colors and styles. Order “I Have a Dream” wristbands in an assortment of colors to help teach the lesson of Martin Luther King’s life to your students. All of the wristbands will be different colors, yet unified with the same phrase, just as Martin Luther King taught us about our fellow Americans.
Encourage other teachers at your school to participate in teaching their students about Martin Luther King  Jr. and Black History Month. For an impactful school-wide activity, have all of the students, teachers, and staff hold hands in a circle around the school and say Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech out loud together while wearing different colored wristbands from wristbands.com. Or, have different grades or classrooms memorize sections of the speech and recite it while the whole school is holding hands in a circle. You could also do the same activity with a single classroom or grade of children around the flagpole on your school campus.

A wristband makes a circle, which is the universal symbol for unity. That is why they are an ideal tool to use when explaining a difficult lesson to children such as the American civil rights movement of the 60s. It may be hard for children to imagine that less than a century ago, slavery was still a thriving realism in American culture. For this reason, this is not a lesson that should take a day to explain and study. Instead, it should be done over an extended period of time. You may want to purchase wristbands made from a durable, waterproof material like vinyl or plastic. Or, you can order silicone wristbands which can easily be removed, but are re-wearable for weeks on end. Silicone wristbands are especially trendy for both children and adults, and can be custom imprinted in a variety of basic and premium styles on wristbands.com.

We also offers glitter wristbands that can be custom printed with the phrase, “I Have a Dream,” in either white or black ink. Children will love wearing these wristbands to commemorate Martin King Jr. Day, or even for the entire month of February , which is Black History Month.  Our metallic glitter wristbands are manufactured from a sturdy tri-laminate vinyl and are non-transferable. They feature a plastic one-time snap closure so children and their parents will not have to worry about them falling off or getting lost. Our glitter wristbands sparkle in the sunlight, which will be fun for children during recess or on their lunch break, and are available in multiple colors and patterns.

You may want to take a more solemn approach if you are purchasing Martin Luther King Jr. Day “I Have a Dream” wristbands for teenage students. Try using solid colored vinyl, plastic, or silicone wristbands instead of glitter wristbands. You can print a large variety of colored ink on solid colored wristbands. For teenagers, you can use matching wristbands instead of a various colored wristbands.

Chances are, this is not the first time your teenage students have been taught or have heard about the American civil rights movement, so you can challenge them with trivia to win “I Have a Dream Wristbands.” Create a quiz on Martin Luther King Jr. with information such as his birthday, what year his famous speech was delivered, and a bonus section where students must write out Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.  If they write the whole speech correctly, make sure to reward them with a trendy silicone “I Have a Dream” wristband from wristbands.com!

Wristbands Use Colors to Match Kids with Their Parents

Kids have a lot going on these days. From sports and music lessons to camps and field trips, it seems that kids are constantly on the go. No matter what activities their children are involved in or who they entrust to care for them, parent’s primary concern is their children’s safety. Color wristbands are an economical, efficient and effective way to help parents, chaperones and guardians keep track of kids.

Color wristbands come in a variety of vibrant, solid colors for superb visibility and identification. Kids love the fun colors and get excited to wear them. Parents love that the colors are so bright that their child can be identified from a long distance. Since color wristbands are waterproof and non-transferable, they’re practically impossible for kids to damage or lose. They can take multiple days of rugged wear and tear.

In addition to the fun colors, you can customize wristbands with logos, special sayings and even bar codes. There are an endless number of activities and events for which color wristbands can help identify kids and match them with their parents. One of those happens to be a favorite summer pastime: swimming.

The pool is a popular place for kids to be during summer break. While helping lost children locate their parents or a guardian is a secondary responsibility of lifeguards, it does distract them from their main duty: assisting people in trouble in the water. Implementing the use of color wristbands can help lifeguards focus on their primary responsibility. Each lifeguard station can have a flag of a certain color hanging on it. The color corresponds with a batch of color wristbands, which they give to a group of kids to wear. This lifeguard station is their “home base.” If they get lost, they look for the life guard station that matches the color on their wrist.

Birthday parties are another ideal opportunity to put color wristbands to use—especially those parties in which parents drop their kids off for two or three hours and then return to pick them up. They might have another family member or friend pick their child up. Color wristbands can be numbered with a matching numbered tear-off stub, which is given to the parents. At the end of the party the parent or an entrusted guardian can pick up the child with the numbered color stub that matches the numbered color wristband.

Active families can benefit from color wristbands on any outings where there might be large crowds. Baseball games, the zoo, mall, movie theater—these are all venues that would be happy to provide color wristbands on which permanent marker can be used to write the parent’s cell phone number and a message that says, “please call if you see this child unattended.” Just in case a child wanders off or gets lost, security or even a kind stranger with a cell phone can quickly and easily call the parents to help reunite them with the lost child.

At camps, color wristbands are an excellent way to indicate kids at that have special dietary needs or food or medication allergies. As examples, red color wristbands could indicate food allergies, while blue color wristbands indicate medication allergies. A green color wristband could mean the child is vegetarian or vegan.

Color wristbands are also a great way to divide kids up into groups at camp. These groups could be age, cabin number, skill level, activity rotation schedule—anything. Want to add a bit of fun? Imprint logos, slogans, dates, or funny images onto color wristbands. By doing so, you will not only promote the camp, but also accomplish some effective advertising. To help cover costs, you might consider selling some “advertising space” to sponsors. Kids will continue wearing that cool color wristband for several weeks to come. They will show it off to their friends, who will talk non-stop to their parents about the message and image they saw on that color wristband—and about how much fun their pal had. Word-of-mouth advertising does wonders for business. Customized color wristbands also serve as a wonderful keepsake for kids to remember their adventurous week away at camp.

Color wristbands are an exceptional aid in matching kids up with their parents. Parents want their children to experience life—learning and enjoying as much as they can. But, they also want to keep them safe and protected. Color wristbands help parents accomplish both of these goals.