Items to make your sports festival more fun! Ideas for eye-catching decorated tambourines

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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!

Items that make the sports festival more fun! Ideas for eye-catching decorated tambourines (21–30)

Oshi character tambourine

How about making a handmade decorated tambourine featuring your favorite character to liven up the sports festival? The basic method for making a deco tambourine is surprisingly simple! Just take a toy tambourine you can find even at a 100-yen shop, sandwich in a round-cut hard card case or similar, and glue it in place.

Then pack it with illustrations of your fave character and your favorite decorative pieces, and you’re done.

Add rhinestone stickers, lace, and more to match your character’s colors and vibe, and it’ll transform into a feminine look!

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Tambourine with my photo

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to stand out at the sports festival! Try editing your own photo and designing a decorated tambourine with it.

If you’re shy about using a full-face photo, even just a portion—like everything above the eyes—can look super cute.

You can also enlarge and use a photo booth (purikura) picture! If you really want to showcase yourself, don’t forget to add your name.

If you make matching ones with your friends, you might forget your shyness and enjoy the sports festival to the fullest.

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In conclusion

We’ve introduced various designs for decorated tambourines—fun items to brighten up your sports day.

What did you think? Of course, doing your best in the events is important, but putting in creative touches to make memories you can only create now is also wonderful.

If you feel like giving it a try, please use the designs we introduced as inspiration and make your own decorated tambourine!