Another Noisemaker Craft for New Year's Eve

This noisemaker is so easy to make.  It only takes a few minutes.

First, I gave C and R clear plastic cups (we have quite the stash from hosting Christmas).

I told them to fill the cups a little more than halfway with bottle caps, buttons, and beads.  I wanted to add jingle bells too, but I have no idea where they are right now.

We decided the filler needed a little sparkle, or New Year's Eve bling, so we added sequins.

I hot glued plastic lids onto the top of the cups.  They are bigger than the cups; that is fine!

I knew we would forget which noisemaker belonged to which child (that would end up in an argument or two), so I pulled out the puffy paints and had them decorate the lids. 

I didn't have to tell them how to make noise though; they figured that part out on their own!

Happy New Year!

Make Some Noise

Last year we made these noisemakers for New Year's Eve:

 

I have every intention of making them again this year because C and R enjoyed them so much last year.  I figured I would post the directions from last year's post now to give you time to make your own.  This is how we did it:

Decorate two small styrofoam or paper bowls with markers, paint, or whatever you want.

Hot glue a craft stick (you may want to use two sticks to make it stronger, the bowls get heavy once filled) to one of the bowls.  Punch holes on the sides of the bowl and tie a ribbon through each hole.

Add some small items to the bowl.  We used jingle bells and bottle caps but you can use buttons, dried beans or pasta, beads, or whatever you have on hand.

Glue the other bowl on top (we used hot glue) and glue buttons to the end of your ribbons.  We also decided to add a little glitter glue at this point.  Allow to dry thoroughly.   You may want to staple the bowls together too. 

Have a very happy new year!

Noisemakers for New Year's Eve

We are getting ready to celebrate the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010.  Noisemakers are a must for ringing in the new year (not that my children will be awake at that time, but we can pretend).

Here is what we did:

Decorate two small styrofoam or paper bowls with markers, paint, or whatever you want.

Hot glue a craft stick (you may want to use two sticks to make it stronger, the bowls get heavy once filled) to one of the bowls.  Punch holes on the sides of the bowl and tie a ribbon through each hole.

Add some small items to the bowl.  We used jingle bells and bottle caps but you can use buttons, dried beans or pasta, beads, or whatever you have on hand.

Glue the other bowl on top (we used hot glue) and glue buttons to the end of your ribbons.  We also decided to add a little glitter glue at this point.  Allow to dry thoroughly.   You may want to staple the bowls together too. 

Make some noise and celebrate the new year!