Making Rattle Toys at Home

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Making rattle toys at home Author: Pankaj Gill, Asstt. Prof., PCLS Govt. PG College, Karnal, Haryana, India. Rattles are small toys for babies that make sounds to attract their attention. These are used to entertain babies through their sense of hearing. These can make any baby smile and giggle. These sound creating toys have the ability to keep babies engaged by diverting attention from other things or persons. Many kinds of rattles are available in market. One can make rattle toys at home also. It is not difficult, rather it’s a fun. One can express one’s creativity and relish the crafting of unique toys. Various kinds of waste things can be utilized for this purpose, so the toy will not be expensive. Mainly one needs an empty or hollow object in which beads or bells can be inserted so that an attention grabbing sound can be created. Later the object can be decorated to look appealing. The hollow object may be an empty package of candies, toffees, toys, pins, toothpaste, cosmetic creams, powders, etc. The rattle can be with or without a handle. Other things which may be needed are glue, adhesive tapes, acrylic paints, stickers, gift wrapping papers, colored papers, etc. Empty roll of kitchen foil can also be used to make a cylindrical rattle by inserting grains or beads, closing both ends and covering with a silver or golden paper. Adhering colored tapes on it can give it a stripy look. A plastic ball can be converted into a rattle by making a hole, inserting beads, and attaching a pencil as its handle. The ball can then be painted in a desired style and the pencil can be covered with a green tape. Other readymade toys, which are hollow, can be converted to rattles by inserting pebbles, etc. One can even use disposable glass, disposable bowl, disposable plate, etc for making distinctive rattles. A single disposable glass can be painted after inserting

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