Celebrate winter with an adorable penguin music craft that's perfect for classrooms, music activities, winter parties, and seasonal crafting!

Kids will enjoy transforming their own wooden maracas into playful penguins using black, white, and orange tempera paint. This hands-on activity combines art and music while encouraging creativity, fine motor development, rhythm, and self-expression. Once finished, kids can shake their penguin creations and explore music and sound.

Kit Includes:
Colorations® Decorate Your Own Wooden Maracas – Set of 12
(each maraca measures approximately 6-1/2" L; recommended for ages 4+)
Colorations® Paraben-Free Simply Tempera – Black, 16 oz.
Colorations® Paraben-Free Simply Tempera Paint – White, 16 oz.
Colorations® Paraben-Free Simply Tempera – Orange, 16 oz.

How to Create:
1.) Paint the rounded portion of each wooden maraca black to create the penguin's body.
2.) Add a white belly and face using the white tempera paint.
3.) Use black and orange tempera paint to add eyes, a beak, feet, and other penguin details.
4.) Paint the handle or add additional winter-inspired details to personalize your penguin, then allow the maraca to dry completely.
5.) Shake your finished penguin maraca to explore rhythm, music, and sound during winter classroom or group activities.