Maracas

Beginner - Less than 1 hour -

Keywords :

Seeds - Orange color - Let's recycle - Birthday - Plastic - Assembling - Anniversaire d'enfant - Instruments de musique

These maracas are made from leftover yogurt containers. Here is a simple (and inexpensive) kids' crafts idea to keep children busy and add some rhythm to any child's birthday celebration. Olé!

Supplies

Tools

Strong glue
Scissors
Big needle

Materials

Colored yogurt containers (2 per maraca)
Pebbles, rice, lentils, beads, or small bells
Colored ribbon (about 20 cm/8 inches)

Directions

Wash the yogurt containers.
Round the pointed corners on the lid.
Place some pebbles (rice, lentils, beads, or little bells to vary the sound) inside the first container.
Pierce a hole in the bottom of the second container with the help of a needle. Fold the ribbon in half and pass it through the hole, fold-side-first. Hold the ribbon in place by tying a knot at the fold inside the container.
Apply glue to the opening of both yogurt containers and fit them together.
Keep them firmly pressed together throughout the entire drying time.

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