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DIY shakers bottle cap craft

April 19, 2021 By Kate Leave a Comment

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Do you keep plastic lids from milk bottles? You should, because we have a fun bottle cap craft idea to share with you today – turn them into a set of DIY shakers!

We originally made this easy recycling craft in 2014. It’s been updated and reshared for today’s audience.

You might also like these 40 fun recycling craft ideas

shakers bottle cap craft for kids

Here’s a craft you can pull together in around 5 minutes from stuff you probably already have at home. It then becomes a fun DIY toy for the kids, gotta love that!

This bottle cap craft was actually dreamed up by my 5-year-old. The original version was made out of beer bottle caps taped together with rice bubbles inside.

Creative yes, but it didn’t make that much of a noise so I changed it just a little bit by using plastic milk bottle lids and colourful duct and electrical tape.

Here’s how we made them…

DIY shakers bottle cap craft instructions

materials needed for bottle cap craft shakers

You will need:

  • Plastic milk bottle caps washed and dried (2 per shaker)
  • Small plastic beads
  • Duct tape
  • Scissors

How to:

Put some beads inside one milk bottle cap.

step one to make bottle cap shakers

Put a second cap on top and tape it together with duct tape.

Step 2 bottle cap shakers

Cut out a little shape from duct tape to decorate.

Step 3 bottle cap shakers

The simpler the shape, the easier this step will be because the duct tape is very sticky.

bottle cap shakers craft for kids

Make lots of shakers so you can make even more noise! 

bottle cap shakers craft for kids

That’s all there is to it. Now it’s time to play…

More DIY musical instrument craft ideas

  • Make a mini lid banjo strung with loom bands
  • How many musical instruments can you make from a paper cup? This is a fun STEM challenge for kids
  • Create a set of gorgeous paper roll shakers 
  • These DIY musical ribbon wands are so pretty and fun for play

Check out our craft and play board on Pinterest for lots more fun DIY toy ideas

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  • Kate GronoKate GronoCrazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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