Sensory Easter egg rattles are one of the simplest toys to make and also a fantastic way to introduce your kids to musical play.
They’re a perfect toy to stash in your purse for on-the-go fun and are big enough that a baby can mouth them without worries. We took one of these rattles with us on a trans-Atlantic flight and our baby was more than smitten with her new toy.
Of course, these homemade rattles also make perfect Easter basket stuffers!
Shake some creative learning play into your day. Make Easter egg rattles. {Tweet this!}
It only takes a minute to put these together and they last for ages… that is unless you’re like me and step on one, watching the insides burst forth covering the entire floor in rattle debris. Since these cost pennies to make, it’s no big deal if the homemade rattles go rolling away or get lost.
These DIY rattles are also great party favors for little ones’ birthday parties.
Let’s do it!
Materials:
- plastic Easter eggs
- unpopped plain popcorn or dried beans
- quality transparent tape, like Scotch
Make it:
Fill Easter eggs 1/3 full of popcorn or beans and seal. Secure the middle edge firmly with Scotch tape. Presto!
You’ve got the opportunity to jam-pack even more sensory learning into this activity. Involve older children in the assembly and fill rattles with different dried beans, peas, lentils, or popcorn.
Babies will love exploring the different sounds and older children will have a blast annoying you with their new percussion instruments.
For more creative learning play ideas, don’t miss these top educational toy picks for tots and make sure to follow my Tot School & Preschool Ideas board on Pinterest.
After you’ve got a set of rattle shakers, go ahead and DIY more instruments for the family band, like these:
- Colorful Rubber Balloon Bongos from Kids Activity Blog
- Tubular Cardboard Bells from Minieco
- Water Bottle Guiro from She Knows
- Homemade Kazoos from Easy Preschool Craft
- Cardboard {Fancy} Guitars from Make it and Love it
- Shoebox Guitar from Real Simple
- DIY Rain Stick at Moon Frye from Living on Love
Tell me, what are your favorite homemade instruments for kids? We’d love for you to share your own tutorials down in the comments below.
My little cousins would love this idea!
These are really cute!! Love how vibrant they are 🙂
My grandsons would love these – and I have a jillion eggs around here somewhere 🙂
Those leftover Easter eggs are exactly how I wound up with this idea. We don’t typically buy Easter eggs as they’re not a “thing” here in Costa Rica, but my granny mailed me a few stuffed with chocolate (YUM!) and I decided to use the shells to make rattles. Perfect! My kiddos love them & I’m sure your grands will too. Thank you for visiting, Lisa!
These are so fun and festive. Great colors combos, too! Please come share at our link party going on now, if you haven’t yet! http://www.delineateyourdwelling.com/2014/03/link-it-or-lump-it-party-no-30.html
Thank you, Amy! We have tons of fun making and using these rattles year-round.
Great idea, Jelli! There are always tons of plastic eggs floating around my house. It’s fun to find ideas to use with them.
Jelli, how cute are these and what a great idea! I’ve got some new little nieces and nephews that these would be perfect for (and I’ve got lots of eggs!) Thanks so much for sharing at Best of the Weekend – pinning! Hope you’re having a wonderful week!
I love this idea – these are too cute! Love how easy they are to make too 🙂
Thanks, Kelly! It’s a great way to reuse all those Easter eggs that end up hiding all over our house after the holiday’s long gone. Hope you have a beautiful weekend.
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Oooo! Yay! I get so excited when I see comments like this. Thank you so very much, Katie, for sharing my work. What a pleasure!
What a lovely idea! I have two bags of plastic Easter eggs from last year (not even sure how I ended up with so many!) and would love to make these. Thanks for sharing this at my Facebook Milestone Link Party :)!