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Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children

Simple handcrafting can always bring us endless creativity and imagination. Handcrafting itself is a certain extension of human thinking. Mothers with children at home will take their children to various handicraft classes to train their childrens innovative thinking ability. When raising children at home, they can also create handmade toys with their children. Below, the editor of the production department has compiled a hand-making tutorial for childrens microphone toys. Use discarded plastic bottles and some simple small items to make fun childrens microphone toys. The production process is also very simple. Lets try it with your children.

Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children

Microphone children’s toy handmade tutorial

  1. Prepare a round sphere, as shown in the picture, a sphere with a diameter of 5 cm.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  2. Built-in colorful beads, etc. When placed inside, it can make noises, and children will love it.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  3. Use a knife or scissors to cut open the mouth of the plastic bottle (please be careful not to injure yourself). This time, we used the mouth of a carbonated drink bottle.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  4. Put the sphere and bottle mouth together and stick them firmly with transparent tape.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  5. Use cardboard to roll into a cylinder.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  6. Put the small cylinder into the mouth of the bottle and secure it with transparent tape. Rubber bands (green) are used as a temporary aid.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  7. Fill the inside of the paper tube with plastic bags from a convenience store (any newspaper will do).
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  8. According to the diameter of the paper tube, cut a circular cardboard to close the bottom of the microphone handle.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  9. Place the thick paper over the tape and drill a hole in the center of the cardboard.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  10. Use another red rope, pass it through the hole, and tie a knot at the inside.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  11. Adhere it to the cylinder.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  12. Tape a circle with plastic tape.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children
  13. Use colored luminous paper for final decoration, and the microphone childrens toy is handmade.
    Tutorial on turning plastic bottles into treasure and making microphones for children

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