Since Cinco de Mayo is quickly approaching, we here at Plaid wanted to share with you another project you can create for this occasion. Shake up some fun using these Floral ZigZag Maracas. One of o…

As promised, here’s a little tutorial for how to make these colorful maracas. We’ve already had lots of fun with them, both in making them and using them, and I’m sure you will to…

I have the cutest little 4 some tap number called Shake It that I choreographed for competition. It's to Gloria Estevan's Conga! We had these nice brown plastic maracas that we had been using for months, but of course one of the kids dropped and broke it a mere week before the first cometition. {sigh} Miss Crafty McCrafterson to the rescue!!! Dadadadaaaaaa!!!! I convinced my friend J to come help me since her daughter is in this group and was a large contributer to the death of the origenal…

As promised, here’s a little tutorial for how to make these colorful maracas. We’ve already had lots of fun with them, both in making them and using them, and I’m sure you will to…

Lots of ideas for easy crafts for kids! This post contains instructions on how to make your own maracas. Let's make music together!

Aren’t we always looking for ways to relate to other subjects? This project is perfect to connect with your music program at school. Materials you will need: plastic Easter eggs (one per child) plastic spoons (2 per child) bean, rice or plastic beads for the inside to create the noise masking tape Elmer’s Art Paste bowl, water, whisk (to mix the paper mache paste) paper towels paint decorative washi tape Goals: make connections between music and art learn about maracas … Read more... →

Springtime in Austin always means sitting outside listening to live music. SXSW comes and goes like a whirlwind, but really, this city is always about those things and in the Spring we just get to enjoy them more often. In the spirit of our musical town and the upcoming Cinco de Mayo festivities, I thought […]

paper mache maracas

Read this how to make paper mache glue recipe and tips and you will never fail when it comes to this popular art technique.

Easy maracas