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Macaroni Crafts ~ Make your own maracas to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

By Anna Hall, Hickory NC Publisher Mom May 1, 2014
Kids will love this fun and easy Cinco de Mayo craft.  Use paper or styrofoam cups and beans/rice to make musical maracas.

What you will need:
- 2 styrofoam or paper cups
- colored tape or hot glue gun
- paints in various colors
- decorative accents such as pom-poms, buttons, sequins, stickers, etc
- glue
- rice or beans or unpopped popcorn kernels

What to do:
- Fill one cup with rice and/or beans and/or unpopped popcorn kernels; you only need a handful inside the cup
- Turn the other cup over and place on top of filled cup, lining up rims
- Use colored heavy-duty tape to tape the cups together (can use hot-glue gun to glue cups together; I used black electrical tape!)
- Decorate the cups by painting as you wish and gluing on decorative accents (you may choose to paint the cups before taping them together)
- Allow to dry
- Shake and enjoy your maracas!