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Metal Waste

Activity – Tambourine

You will need

  • Washed used Aluminium pie/tart dishes (2 per tambourine)
  • Paper hole punch
  • Old string, ribbon, pieces of crepe paper streamers etc
  • Small pebbles

What to Do

  • Place the 2 dishes top sides together
  • Make holes through the sides of both dishes every 4 cm around
  • Lace the string or ribbon through the holes to sew the pie dishes together but before finishing drop in some of the small pebbles
  • Ensure the 2 pie dishes are securely sewn together
  • Decorate your tambourine with crepe paper, streamers etc.

Extension: Can you reuse any other materials to make instruments?  

Maybe you and your friends could form a ‘Wake up to Waste’ band! * click on Glass or Textiles for more ideas


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