Items to make your sports festival more fun! Ideas for eye-catching decorated tambourines
Tambourines are gaining popularity among students as photogenic items for sports festivals.
Rather than using them as instruments, many students decorate tambourines to create “decorated tambourines,” using them to make lasting memories of the festival.
In this article, we’ll showcase a variety of decorated tambourines!
If you’re thinking of making one for your next sports festival, be sure to use this as a reference.
You can easily buy both the tambourines themselves and the decoration supplies at 100-yen shops and similar stores.
Make a cute decorated tambourine and create lots of great memories at your sports festival!
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Items that make the sports festival more fun! Ideas for eye-catching decorated tambourines (21–30)
Deco Stone Letter Tambourine
A tambourine decorated with deco stones and glittery stickers, featuring letters, really stands out for its flair.
Try making one in your team colors! Once you’ve decided on a design, start by sticking the stickers and stones onto the drumhead of the tambourine.
Adding your team name or a team motto in letters can boost team spirit and excitement.
The amount of stickers you’ll need will depend on the size of the tambourine, so be sure to check the size before you start crafting!
Yoshi Tambourine
Let me introduce the super-popular Yoshi tambourine that everyone loves.
The key point is to stick Yoshi character cutouts onto the drumhead of the tambourine.
If you mix in Yoshi colors that match your team colors, it will tie in with the sports festival and get everyone excited together.
Use lace ribbons around the edges to decorate it in a cute and festive way.
Placing pale-colored, heart-shaped Styrofoam inside the drum section will enhance the vibe and make it even cuter.
Make an adorable Yoshi tambourine, unite your spirits, and aim for victory!
Tambourine with ribbon tape
Introducing a tambourine decorated with ribbon tape featuring a refreshing light blue accent.
Attach mint-green lace around the tambourine’s drum surface and add standout stickers as focal points.
It can be fun to choose ribbon and sticker colors that match your sports festival team’s colors.
Deciding on a matching symbol with friends and sticking it on can create a unified look and make the festival even more exciting.
Prepare three ribbons of different patterns and lengths, and decorate the tambourine with them to enhance the overall vibe.
Rosetta-style tambourine
Introducing a rosette-style tambourine with a glamorous vibe highlighted by its elegant rosettes.
We recommend making the rosette ribbons in your team colors.
Decorate the edges with beads and other accents to make it extra festive.
You can also create a loop with a bead chain to make a wrist strap for an even cuter touch! Adding artificial flowers to the drum surface gives you an adorable tambourine full of originality.
Be careful not to add too many parts, as it can make the tambourine harder to play—keep it to a reasonable amount.
Powerpuff Girls Tambourine
The Powerpuff Girls is an anime with boldly stylized, pop-cute characters.
Let’s use a portrait maker that creates icons in that character style to make a decorated tambourine! Since the characters have a bright, poppy vibe, this is especially recommended if you want to make a flashy deco-tambourine.
When applying the design to a tambourine, it’s easier to cut out if the background is transparent, so give it a try.
It would also look great to add your name in a Powerpuff-style font!
One-Tone Tambourine
Deco tambourines often have a colorful image, but if you make one in a single tone, it can look cool and actually stand out even more.
With thoughtful color balance and materials, you can add a touch of glamour even in one tone! Tulle or lace with dots, and stripe patterns—these can elevate the design through patterns and textures even in monochrome.
A one-tone look is for advanced users, but if you want to incorporate a design that’s different from the rest, definitely give it a try!
A tambourine with my favorite idol’s photo on it
Let’s liven up the sports festival with photos of your favorite idol! Attach your favorite idol’s photo to the front of a tambourine, then decorate it with pearl and rhinestone stickers, beads, and more to make it stand out! You can use a single photo or several—either is fine.
It also looks great to design the tambourine using your idol’s image color or your class color.
If you show off your favorite idol with a decorated tambourine, you might even make some new friends! Try making one with the goal of meeting new people, too.