Monday Craft: Paper Plate Maraca’s
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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.
These are super cute! Thanks for linking up last week to Sew Woodsy! We hope you will join us again tomorrow! 🙂
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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