do it yourself: bottle cap tambourine
Make your own music! Learn how to craft and decorate your own tambourine. This project is inspired from a past workshop in our makerspace, the Innovators LAB.
guidelines + materials
AGE: 6+ years old
TIME FRAME: 30 minutes
SUPPLIES:
- 4 Popsicle Sticks
- Hot glue + hot glue gun
- Wire
- Tape
- 4 Bottle Caps
- Hammer
- 1 Nail
- Safety glasses
- Markers
diy: bottle cap tambourine
Watch this short video to see how to make a tambourine out of bottle caps!
directions
1. Hot glue together 4 popsicle sticks so that they form a branching Y with two popsicle sticks as the handle. Wrap the tape around your handle to reinforce it.
2. Next, while wearing a pair of safety glasses, use a hammer and nail to punch holes in the center of 4 bottles caps.
3. Carefully, wrap wire around one side of your popsicle holder. String your bottle caps through before wrapping your wire around the other end. Put tape over the wire so it doesn’t come undone.
4. After finishing up your tambourine, you can make it your own by decorating it with tape and markers!
