Celebration Cymbals

Celebrate Chinese New Year, Carnival, Cinco de Mayo, or whenever a musical mood strikes. Join your friends for a musical parade.

1. Get ready to march in a band! Lead the beat with your own colorful, fun cymbals. Long ago, these delightful percussion instruments were invented in Asia. Musicians around the world play cymbals in parades, orchestras, and bands.

2. Using Crayola® Gel Markers, doodle and design patterns and shapes, swirls and curls on both sides of two aluminum pie pans. Create a look as striking as the sounds you’ll make!

3. Hold the pans by their rims and clap them together. Make your own drums and other instruments, too, with recycled things. Left, right, left, right….

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

Bursts of Color Tracings

Color Wonder™ Wiggle Snakes

Two-Turtle Tango

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Gel Markers

household supplies

• recycled aluminum pie plate

"At the end of each week, my daughter leads a parade with crashing cymbals to celebrate her efforts."
Rinehart S., father of a 6-year-old.

"We made lots of different percussion instruments from recycled materials. We often march through the neighborhood, where everyone can enjoy our work."
Selma E., family child care provider.

Marching bands were used to direct movement of troops in battle a long time ago. Today many of the terms still used in the band have military roots. Even traditional uniforms have a military feeling.