Taco Fiesta Day / Bottle Maraca Making
Bottle Maraca Making
Children fill small bottles with rice or beans, decorate them and use them to shake along to music.
How to run it
- Give each child a small clean plastic bottle.
- Fill a third with rice or dried beans.
- Seal the lid with strong tape.
- Decorate and play along to music.
You will need
- small plastic bottles
- rice or dried beans
- strong tape
- stickers
- coloured tape
Make it easier or harderEducators tape the lids for younger children, or have older children compare sounds with different fillings.
SafetyTape lids securely, as rice and beans are choking hazards.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 5, Outcome 4Children explore rhythm and sound and make music together.
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