TP Roll Maracas
Make some music with these colorful maracas crafted from recycled toilet paper rolls! This project is a great sensory activity for young children.
Materials
Directions
Cover the end of one toilet paper roll with duct tape.
Fill the toilet paper roll halfway with rice or small beads. This part of the craft is a great sensory activity for little hands!
After the rice is inside the roll, cover the other end of the roll with duct tape.
Once the maraca is sealed, make a sleeve for it from another toilet paper roll so you can paint it. Slit another roll all the way down one side and wrap it around the rice-filled maraca.
Glue the outer roll around the maraca.
Have your child paint the maraca sleeve any way she wishes! Start with a solid base color and then paint on a design or pattern.
Once the maracas are dry, make some music!
Caroline Gravino Urdaneta, a PBS Parents resident crafter, is a designer of creative family projects, tinkering painter and mother of four children. She writes about project ideas for the whole family and how to encourage creativity in kids on the popular blog, Salsa Pie.
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