[Childcare] Enjoy handmade tambourines with the children

Panda’s Tambourine

Cute instruments can lift the mood! Here’s a panda tambourine idea to try.

You’ll need a paper plate, a straw, scissors, masking tape, panda parts cut from construction paper, and glue or double-sided tape.

First, cut the straw with scissors.

Next, fold the paper plate in half, put the cut straw pieces inside, and seal it.

Finally, attach the panda parts made from construction paper—and you’re done! It’s a charming, creative idea that will capture children’s interest.

Give it a try!

Handmade tambourine using 100-yen shop materials

[For 1-year-olds] Handmade musical instrument play

Make it with a one-year-old! Here are ideas for handmade tambourines using materials you can get at a 100-yen shop.

What you’ll need: paper plates, washi tape, air-dry clay, disposable chopsticks, bells, and stickers.

Let’s create handmade instruments together with one-year-old children! The finished instruments can be tambourines or drums, and the charm is that each child can play freely.

It’s adorable to see children freely perform to music with their own original instruments, decorated by cheerfully sticking on stickers.

straw tambourine

[Handmade Toy] An Instrument Even Infants Will Love! How to Make a Tambourine with Paper Plates

You can make one even without bells or cymbals! Here’s an idea for a tambourine made with straws.

What you’ll need: two paper plates, straws, scissors, tape, washi tape, pens, and illustrations.

How about making a tambourine with paper plates and straws and giving it a try? Since you can draw your favorite designs on the paper plates, it’s great to use pens to freely draw and customize it.

Cutting out and pasting illustrations is wonderful too! Give it a try!

balloon tambourine

Make an easy drum using balloons♪

You can adapt a balloon drum into a tambourine! What you need: a roll core from packing tape, a balloon, scissors, vinyl tape, masking tape, tissue paper, one disposable chopstick, and two plastic bottle caps.

The balloon drum shown in the video is really appealing, isn’t it? Making instruments from materials familiar to children will likely make them feel more attached to them.

If you attach bells around the balloon drum, you can probably turn it into a tambourine, too.

Give it a try!

Empty Can Tambourine

Let me share an idea for making tambourines out of empty cans and boxes.

What you’ll need: empty cans or boxes from snacks, double-sided tape or glue, parts made from construction paper, and decorative materials.

Have you ever thrown away a round cookie tin or an empty cheese box thinking it might be useful for something? Why not try making a tambourine that’s fun to create and delightful to play, together with your child! The step where you freely stick the parts together is exciting for both kids and adults.

Give it a try!

tambourine maracas

[Making Instruments with Children] Tambourine Maracas

Let’s make an original instrument! Here are ideas for a tambourine-maracas combo.

You’ll need deep paper plates, double-sided tape or craft glue, jingle bells, ribbons, masking tape, felt, sequins, and other decorative materials.

How about creating your very own instrument with a free imagination? It looks like a tambourine, can be shaken like maracas, and even played like a drum.

This kind of engaging craft nurtures children’s imagination.

Give it a try!

Mini tambourine with bells

Three Types of Handmade Sound-Making Toys [Daycare/Kindergarten]

Let’s try making a handmade tambourine with jingling bells.

First, glue circular pieces of construction paper to the front and back surfaces of an empty round cheese box.

Adding masking tape around the side will give it a cute finish.

On the side of the box lid, make holes with an awl or similar tool, matching the number of bells.

Thread string through each bell, then thread the string through the holes in the side of the box and tie to secure.

Finally, tape the box closed so it won’t open, and it’s done.

Since there are many fine tasks, please have the teacher do the assembly.

Enjoy tapping the tambourine to music or shaking it to ring the bells.