How to Make a Filled Tambourine with Rice & Beans

Part of the Video Series How to Make Musical Instruments for Kids

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How to Make a Filled Tambourine with Rice & Beans
Hello I'm Annie Brunson on behalf of Expert Village. We are learning about making musical instruments using everyday household items. We are going to be making a filled tambourine. You are going to need some heavy paper plates and some beans or some rice or some popcorn to fill these. You are also going to need some duct tape. So today I'm going to take some at least two paper plates. Now if you want to you could decorate the backs of the plates. I have already gone ahead and decorated that but make sure if you want to decorate it you do that first. The next thing you are going to do is you are going to put some beans or some rice on one of the plates. Put some beans maybe some popcorn, maybe some split peas, and maybe some rice to hope that makes a nice sound. Then we are going to put the other plate on top. Now what we are going to do is take some duct tape and we are going to tape all around the edge. So I found it easier to do the little strips. You want to make sure that it is nice and tight together. Once you have done all four corners even though there is no corners on a circle then you could go back and tape all around. So once I have done four portions then I'm going to take one continual piece and go all the way around. Now it is just a question of folding it down. Now we have a very nice instrument.

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Expert: Annie Brunson has a degree in Music and Theater from Bretton Hall and has taught piano, oboe, and middle school band. Read More


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