Festive Maracas

Recycle yoghurt cups into a pair of festive maracas.	Safety Tips Keep the glue gun and craft knife out of young children's reach. Watch out for this sign . It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.
Materials Yoghurt cups Craft sticks Beans or rice White acrylic paint Poster paint Paint brushes Craft knife Hot glue gun

Steps

	1.	Wash two yoghurt cups and let them dry thoroughly.
	2.	Prime the cups, including the lids, with white acrylic paint. Let the paint dry completely.
	3.	Paint the cups with various colors of poster paint. Come up with your own unique designs.
	4.	Paint two craft sticks and set them aside to dry.
	5.	Cut a slit at the center of each lid just wide enough for a craft stick to get through.
	6.	Fill each yoghurt cup around one-third full with beans or rice.
	7.	Insert a craft stick through the slit on each lid. Fix the stick in place with a glue gun.
	8.	Fix the lid to the cup as well using the glue gun.
	9.	Once the glue dries, you can start shaking your pair of festive maracas.

Earth Friendly Tips

Once it's time to dismantle or dispose of your craft project, sort out the materials that you can recycle or reuse. You can use the seeds for fun activities such as the following:

Make a seed mosaic or cute animal bean bags.
Use the seeds to make a bird feeder.
Plant the seeds. You can even use the yoghurt cups from your maracas as small pots.

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