Our craft project for this week was Paper Plate Maracas. This was a very simple project, but it really got the kids creative juices flowing. I enjoy watching the decorating ideas my little ones come up with.
Here are the steps we took to make the Maraca’s
First, I gathered all our supplies. (They insisted on being in the photo.) We used:
- paper plates
- dried beans
- stapler
- various items for decoration (construction and tissue paper, crayons, glue, scissors, craft punches)
For safety reasons (and the fact I did not want beans spread all over the house), I decided to make the actual Maraca’s myself. I folded a paper plate in half, added about 3/4 cup of beans and stapled the plate securely together.
Then, I just set the kids loose to decorate them however they wanted.
I think the most fun came from the little performance they gave afterward:
They were very proud to show off their creations to Daddy, Nana and Papa!
I will be linking up to some of the fabulous Linky parties found here.
Lori @ Beneath the Rowan Tree says
GREAT idea! the kids look thrilled with themselves!
I would love to have you share this at our Weekly Playdate link party : http://beneaththerowantree.blogspot.com/2011/06/playdate-link-party-blog-hop-14-all.html
Cheers,
Lori
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Katie says
These are super cute! Thanks for linking up last week to Sew Woodsy! We hope you will join us again tomorrow! 🙂