We made these dandy tappers and clappers out of metal lids. We got the idea from Martha Stewart's Kids Get Crafty.

You'll need two matching lids. The kind that come on baby food jars are the most ideal, but we don't buy baby food just yet. Avril's still a little young for that, so we used lids we have saved from products we do buy like chili sauce and pickles. You will also need a hammer, nail, board, and some string, as you can see from the pictures above.

Face each lid down on the board and hammer two holes into the middle, about one inch apart. Cut the strings about eight inches long and thread them so that both ends come out on the inside of the lids.

You can tie the smaller lids to feet to make tap shoes...

...and tie larger, flatter lids to hands to make cymbals!

Use these to practice keeping rhythms with your hands and feet!