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Allison McDonald has been teaching young children in various capacities since 1993. She started as a day camp leader in high school, taught various preschool programs at community centers through university, worked as a tutor while pursuing a second degree in elementary education, and most recently worked as a director and preschool teacher before becoming a full time mom. Now that she is at home she keeps one foot in education while sharing that side of her life with her son and the results have been amazing.

Earth Tambourine!

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We have been talking a lot about planet Earth and music at our house.
I decided to mix the two together to celebrate the Earth with some homespun music.
I used ribbon to secure the two plates together but if I could have found my stapler, I would have used it. Stapling is by far the best way, in my opinion, to keep the plates together.

1. Gather your materials. You will need 2 paper plates, something which will make a sound (bigger is better-pasta, cereal), green crayons, blue paint, a large brush or sponge (we used this sponge because my son saw it and he insisted we use it, a regular sponge would work great), a stapler, or a hole punch and ribbon.

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2. Give children the plates and have them draw the land of the Earth with green crayons. They need to press hard for the wax to be thick enough to repel the paint. Once I showed my son how to press hard to make the green dark he was good to go! Do both plates.

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3. Cover the plates with the blue paint. The paint should be repelled from the wax. If the paint is covering it, just blot it with a paper towel. Do the second plate. Let dry.

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4. If you are using ribbon to secure the plates, punch the holes in both plates at the same time. Make sure the holes are close enough together that the stuff inside doesn't fly out.

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5. Put the pasta or cereal inside (I'm using cereal O's because they were left out after an unfinished snack yesterday and I thought that it would be a perfect example of not wasting!).

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6. Tie the plates together with the ribbon. If you are stapling, now is the time!

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Allie

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