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You are here: Home / Arts and Crafts / New Year’s Craft for Kids {Noise Makers}

New Year’s Craft for Kids {Noise Makers}

December 20, 2010 by Felicia

 {This is a re-post from last year I thought was worth sharing again.  Time to break out the paper plates!}

Graham is only 2 so he will not be staying up until midnight to ring in the New Year, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get to celebrate!  Every new celebration means a new craft idea for me!  This year we made our own version of a noise maker that Graham can have fun with to celebrate 2010!  The beauty of this craft is that you probably have most of the materials laying around the house.

Materials:

  • 2 paper plates (the sturdier the better)
  • A handful of dry beans
  • 1 streamer (you could use yarn or ribbon as well)
  • 1 dowel rod (you could use a tongue depressor or even a stick from the back yard)
  • Markers, crayons, or paint

Instructions:

Decorate the bottoms of your plates however you would like.  We used marker and some stickers that Graham had left over from a birthday party.

Add the beans to the inside of one of the plates and attach the dowel rod from top to bottom using tape.  Make sure a little sticks out because this is your handle.

Cut the streamer or ribbon and attach to the bottom near the dowel with tape.

Layer a thick line of glue around the rim of the plate and attach the 2nd plate on top.  Use tape to secure it around the edges.  I would give the glue at least an hour, maybe two, to completely dry before using.

Shake, shake, shake!

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  1. Bill and Lorie Shewbridge says

    January 1, 2010 at 11:48 am

    How adorable, and a great way to get kids involved in what is usually a very adult celebration.
    Thanks for sharing and giving such detailed directions. Graham did a marvelous job!!

  2. usb hub says

    January 1, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    With simple and inexpensive supplies around the house, kids can produce an art gallery, worthy of any family room! Fill a cupboard with construction paper, tempera paint, markers, pipe cleaners, colored pencils, crayons, craft foam sheets, watercolors, glue stick, white glue & children’s scissors.

  3. Amy Senter says

    January 21, 2014 at 4:36 pm

    Great idea! I wanted to let you know that I included your link on my blog if you want to check it out: http://amyroachsenter.blogspot.com/2013/11/toddler-school-novemeberdecember-2013.html

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