Today we created our own band out of things lying around the house!
Our supply list:
I started out by giving each child 2 paper plates.
These will become our tambourines!
Each child painted his/her plates to their own liking.
Once the plates were drying, each child was given 2 paper cups.
These will become our maracas!
Tip: I recommend using regular paper cups without the wax coating.
Because our cups had a light wax coating, the paint ran.
We decided this would only enhance our final outcome!
Once the cups were dry, I added a few mixed beans and hot glued the cups together. Once the first seal was dry, I added a bead of glue along the edge to secure the beans inside the cups.
I then glued strips of tissue paper I had cut up on each end of the cup to give them some flare.
Before we could finish our tambourines, we had to drop a few beans on one side of the plate, and to assure none of the noise would escape, we stapled the edges of the plates together.
And wa-la our finished instruments!
The children ran around in circles, laughing, dancing and shaking their tambourines and maracas!!
Though it's quite loud, the laughter and happiness in the children made it the perfect art project!
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