Watermelon is arguably the perfect summer food. Take the enjoyment beyond the edible and continue the watermelon theme with these easy shakers. They’re perfect to shake around the house or to bring along on your next picnic!

First we needed to fill a paper coffee cup with rice – Travis was very excited for this step!

Place a second coffee cup over the first, and add pink duct tape around the middle – you’ll probably want to use careful adult supervision until the seam where rice can escape is completely covered.

Now cover the tops and bottoms of the cups with green duct tape – voila, a watermelon in a rind!

We added black dots with a permanent marker for seeds.

Now shake-shake-shake!

Surprisingly, the maraca held Travis’s attention for only a short while.

But he did soon want to make his own tape and cup creations. He told me this was a cow and a pig:

And that this was a lantern!

Just goes to show you never know what creativity one craft will spark in your child.