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How do you make a paper plate shaker?

How do you make a paper plate shaker?

How to make your Paper Plate Shaker Musical Instrument

  1. Have your child color and decorate the back of a paper plate.
  2. When they are finished, fold the paper plate in half and staple well around the edges. Leave a hole open at the top.
  3. Add a few scoops of dried beans to the plate through the hole.

How do you make cheap maracas?

Instructions:

  1. Pour rice into an empty plastic egg and close the egg.
  2. Tape around the seam of the egg.
  3. Place the egg between the heads of two plastic spoons, and wrap tape around it to hold the spoons in place.
  4. Tape the handles of the two spoons to hold them together.
  5. Shake your homemade maraca!

How do you make maracas out of paper bags?

Let’s Get Started!

  1. Decorate. Decorate a small paper bag with markers.
  2. Add dried beans. Put two handfuls of dried beans into the paper bag.
  3. Tie a rubber band. Put a rubber around the bag to keep the beans from getting out.
  4. Place a pencil. Place a pencil or a stick in the secured bag.
  5. Make a handle.

How do you make maracas with toilet paper rolls?

  1. Cover the end of one toilet paper roll with duct tape.
  2. Fill the toilet paper roll halfway with rice.
  3. After you have rice inside your roll, cover the other end of the roll with duct tape.
  4. Once your maraca is sealed, make a sleeve for it from another toilet paper roll so you can paint it.

How do you make maracas with cups?

What You Do:

  1. Have your child fill one cup with the dried beans.
  2. Wrap both cups with aluminum foil.
  3. Use the tempera paints to create vivid patterns all around the aluminum foil.
  4. Allow the paint to dry completely.
  5. Now it’s time to shake your maracas!

What do you put in a maraca?

Dried beans, macaroni or large bead maracas will be nice and loud. Here are some suggestions that you can find around most every household: Sand, salt, pebbles, birdseed, rice, beans, small beads, large beads, dried pasta, rice, dried peas or beans, small washers, paper clips, small erasers.

What is the easiest instrument to make?

These easy musical instruments are great fun to make and play with – embrace the noise and start a family band!…

  • Elastic band guitar. Rescue some items from the recycling box and make this easy elastic band guitar using a tissue box as the frame.
  • Paper straw panpipes.
  • Lolly stick harmonica.
  • Wooden spoon maracas.
  • Tin can drum.

How do you make cardboard Maracas?

How do you make maracas out of toilet paper rolls?

Directions

  1. Cover the end of one toilet paper roll with duct tape.
  2. Fill the toilet paper roll halfway with rice or small beads.
  3. After the rice is inside the roll, cover the other end of the roll with duct tape.
  4. Once the maraca is sealed, make a sleeve for it from another toilet paper roll so you can paint it.
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