Paper Plate Tambourines

This is a fun and easy craft for the littlest of toddlers!

What you need:

• Paper Plates (just not plastic, or plastic reinforced!)
• Beans. Just buy the cheapest pinto beans at the market!
• Stapler (and staples!)
• Stickers, crayons, stamps, markers- anything to decorate with!
• optional- wrapping ribbon, pipe cleaners

1. Turn the plates over and just color! Add stickers or stamps for effect!

This is Hunter, showing off his awesome decorating skills :)

2. If you want to add the "flair", do it now... cut a few strands of ribbon (wrapping ribbon is fine!), staple the ends to the inside of the plate, so they flow out like streamers. You can pop a hole in the ends to thread through a couple pipe cleaners so they stick out!

3. Turn over one of the plates (like you are eating) and add a couple handfuls of beans. Just add enough to make some *noise*!

4. Now lay the second plate over the first, and staple. I recommend stapling the four "corners" first, then stapling between them. The staples need to be close enough together so the beans don't fly out when shaken.

Viola! Tambourine! This project is easy and FUN! The little kids especially love it once it's done and they realize all the noise they can make!