DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Plate Tambourine

This is a classic craft that never loses its appeal (my 9 year old still likes making one every now and then).

Materials:

• two paper plates
    
• stapler
    
• hole punch and string/wool
    
• dried pasta, beans, sand, rocks or something like that
    
• optional:  stickers, paint, markers, construction paper, etc to decorate
  

Instructions:

• Decorate outside of paper plates as desired.  Kaitlyn has always loved painting paper plates!
    
• Fill one plate about 1/4 or less of the way full of dried pasta or beans (or similar material)
    
• Put the other plate over the first and staple around the edge (about 4 staples)
    
• Punch holes all the way around the plates (we punched 2 holes between each set of staples to make 8 holes in total).  
    
• Lace the plates together with string or wool -- Kaitlyn laced hers all the way around in one direction and then took a second piece of wool and laced it in the other direction to make her fancy pattern -- the children can do it however they like!
    
• Shake your tamborine!