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February 11, 2015 By Chelsey 10 Comments

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts: Mini Sound Shakers

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Here’s a simple St. Patrick’s Day craft for kids that incorporates the science of sound and creative play- make mini sound shakers just the right size for leprechauns!

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St. Patrick's Day Craft for Kids: Mini Sound Shakers~ BuggyandBuddy.com

 

We’ve been having so much fun with our mini sound shakers. There’s lots of fun learning activities you can do with them, and you can even leave them out for any leprechaun visitors you might have on St. Patrick’s Day! (This post contains affiliate links.)

 

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts: Mini Sound Shakers

Materials for Mini Sound Shakers

  • Some old plastic caps (I used some little, white caps from water bottles.)
  • Various tapes in greens and golds (Here’s a few cute tapes: green chevron, green polkadots, gold dots,  gold chevron.)
  • A variety of materials to put in your sound shakers (ex. rice, beans, coins, sand etc.)

 

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Kids: Mini Sound Shakers

How to Make Mini Sound Shakers

For each sound shaker you’ll need two caps. Place your material in one of the caps. Carefully place the other cap on top and tape them together with some decorative tape. That’s it!

You can create all kinds of sound shakers by using different materials and different decorative tapes! The kids love exploring the different sounds made my various materials. Some materials you might want to try:

  • dry rice
  • beans
  • sand
  • table salt
  • small coins
  • small jingle bells
  • beads

 

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Kids: Mini Sound Shakers

Playing with the Mini Sound Shakers

1. Explore the sound shakers. Let your children or students explore the sound shakers. They love trying to guess what material is inside each one! Encourage them to describe the sounds they hear to one another. This is a great way to fine tune those listening skills!

 

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Kids: Mini Sound Shakers

 

2. Create a guessing game. Leave a small sample of each material used out on the table near the sound shakers. Invite the children to guess which material is inside each sound shaker.

 

3. Gross Motor Listening Catch. Sit across from a partner. Close your eyes as your partner rolls a mini sound shaker to you. Try to catch it by listening to where it is without looking!

 

Gross Motor Listening Game with Mini Sound Shakers

 

4. Rolling Sound Makers: Roll your sound shakers on the ground. Compare the sounds.

 

Exploring Sound with Rolling Sound Shakers

 

5. Shake More than One at a Time.  Try shaking two sound shakers at the same time. How do they sound? Try different combinations and compare the different sounds created.

 

Making Music with Mini Sound Shakers

 

6. Creative Play. These mini sound shakers would be perfect for including in a St. Patrick’s Day themed sensory box or leaving out near your leprechaun traps on St. Patrick’s Day. You never know- you might hear some little leprechauns making some music with your homemade sound shakers!

 

 

Science and Sensory Play for Kids: Mini Sound Shakers! These easy to make sound shakers are perfect for exploring sound, playing gross motor games and more!

 


 
Science and Sensory Play for Kids: Mini Sound Shakers! These easy to make sound shakers are perfect for exploring sound, playing gross motor games and more!

 

Be sure to check out STEAM Kids book and ebook for even more creative STEM and STEAM ideas!

STEAM Kids: 50+ STEAM STEM activities for kids

 

Filed Under: Preschool, Sensory Play, Sound, St. Patrick's Day, toddler Tagged With: homemade instruments, science, sound, st. patrick's day

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Comments

  1. Jennifer Altman says

    February 20, 2015 at 9:37 am

    Thanks for linking up to Share it Saturday, I am highlighting your post on this week’s linkup!

    Reply
    • Ginny says

      September 27, 2018 at 8:30 am

      These are all very cute and fun ideas. However, the pop ups and ads are beyond annoying!

      Reply
      • Chelsey says

        September 29, 2018 at 10:57 am

        Thank you so much for the feedback! I really do appreciate it. I just emailed you, and if you have time, would love to pick your brain! 🙂

        Reply
  2. Shannon says

    February 25, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    Very cute! Thanks for letting me share these in my St. Patrick’s Day Roundup 🙂

    Reply

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