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Homemade Shaker Instruments with Pasta

Looking for some musical fun on a rainy day? These adorable homemade shaker instruments are simple to make and require very few supplies! Kids will love making music with these cute cardboard shakers!


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👌Why we Love these Homemade Shakers

No headaches! This homemade shaker allows kids to create mini instruments that WON’T give grown-ups a headache when they play them around the house.

A pasta craft! Pasta is one of the best craft supplies and we almost always have some extra dry pasta handy for projects. We’ve transformed pasta into colorful letters and words with our Gratitude Words Craft, made pasta sunflowers with lasagna noodles, and adorable bow tie pasta butterflies.

Lots of playtime. We love crafts we can play with! Once kids create their shaker instrument, they can have some serious musical fun!

Simple supplies. The base of the homemade shaker instrument is something we should all have in out homes: a toilet paper roll! You simply close off one end of the shaker using paper and tape, fill it with pasta, and then close off the other end. Once the shaker is closed on both sides, kids can decorate the shaker however they’d like!

🛒 Supplies

Notes on Supplies:

Pasta- We made this craft using leftover, uncooked orzo from our Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo Recipe. However, you can swap out the orzo for rice. More people have rice laying around the house, and it’s less expensive. In reality, any small uncooked pasta or rice will do the trick!

Decorations– While we decorated with markers and tissue paper, a variety of supplies may be used (e.g., markers, paint, tissue paper, decals, stickers)

🎼 How to Make Homemade Shakers

securing top of toilet paper roll with tape

Step 1: Using masking tape, tape the bottom of a toilet paper roll/tube closed tightly.

adding orzo to closed toilet paper roll for homemade shaker craft

Step2: Fill a cardboard tube with the orzo.  Tape the top of the tube closed tightly.

decorating toilet paper shaker

Step 3: Decorate your shaker instrument with markers, paint, stickers, decals or tissue paper. 

Now time to play!

orzo shaker craft

✔️ Expert Tips and Tricks

  • If using scotch tape, it might make sense to decorate the shaker before adding in orzo.
  • To minimize the mess, pour the orzo over a plate or empty bowl to catch the falling pieces.
  • If you don’t have tissue paper, decorate your homemade shaker with markers, stickers, paint or even string! The options are endless!

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Shaker instrument craft
5 from 1 vote

Homemade Shaker Instruments with Pasta

Total: 10 minutes
Our Orzo Shakers musical craft is easy on the ears and simple for even the littlest ones. Use what you have around the house to make music!

Equipment

  • Elmer's Glue Sticks 
  • tape (masking tape, duct tape, or packing tape)
  • 1/2-1 cup uncooked orzo pasta
  • 1 toilet paper roll
  • decorating tools (your choice: markers, paint, tissue paper, decals, stickers)

Instructions
 

  • Using masking tape, tape the bottom of a toilet paper roll/tube closed tightly.
    securing top of toilet paper roll with tape
  • Fill a cardboard tube with the orzo. To minimize the mess,  pour the orzo over a plate or empty bowl to catch the falling pieces. Tape the top of the tube closed tightly.
    adding orzo to closed toilet paper roll
  • Decorate your shaker with markers, paint, stickers, decals or tissue paper. 
    drawing on shaker instrument

Notes

  • If using scotch tape, it might make sense to decorate the shaker before adding in orzo.
  • To minimize the mess, pour the orzo over a plate or empty bowl to catch the falling pieces.
  • If you don’t have tissue paper, decorate your homemade shaker with markers, stickers, paint or even string! The options are endless!

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