Paper Plate Tambourine
This fun musical Paper Plate Tambourine is perfect for a kids playtime craft or parades. It is a great rhythm instrument that the kids will love to make and play.
Supplies
Heavy duty paper or plastic plates
Glue
Staple
Hole punch
String or yarn
Wide-eyed needle
Materials for decoration - crayons etc.
Instructions
Join two heavy duty paper or plastic plates facing each other. You can do this with staples, glue or by punching holes and tying them together. I tied, thus avoiding fingers scraped by staples. I also thought tying would be less likely to come apart.
I punched holes with a hole punch in one plate, then used that as a pattern to mark where the holes should go on the other plate. Punching holes in the plastic plate was a little tricky, perhaps requiring some adult help.
Using a big needle with a big eye, I threaded mending yarn through the holes, joining the two plates with a knot. I left enough yarn to tie on jingle bells.
The star was glued on.
Contributor
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