Independence Day Tambourine
What You’ll Need:
- ten pop-off frozen-juice-can lids
- hammer
- thin and thick nails
- pencil
- 9-inch-wide plate or pot
- plain and corrugated cardboard
- scissors
- tape
- tacky craft glue
- markers
How to Make It:
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Collect ten frozen-juice-can lids (the kind that pop off).
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Ask an adult to use a hammer and a thick nail to make a hole in the center of each lid.
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Trace
around a 9-inch-wide plate or pot onto a plain piece
of cardboard. Cut out the circle. -
Cut out a 1½-inch-by-27-inch strip of corrugated cardboard (or tape two shorter pieces together).
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On the strip, draw five 3-inch-by-5/8-inch slots with 1½ inches between them. (Start by drawing the middle slot in the center of the strip.) Cut out the slots.
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Bend the strip and use tacky craft glue to attach it inside the edge of the cardboard circle.
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Carefully push a thin 1½-inch-long nail through the cardboard above each slot, then through the holes in two lids, then through the cardboard below the slot. Place tape over the nail heads.
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Use markers to decorate the tambourine.
