Students listen to Caribbean folk music and discuss maracas and their role in music. They construct and design pairs of maracas using paper mache, then perform a Puerto Rican folk song using their maracas.

Young scholars create and decorate paper mache maracas.

A great multicultural art lesson plan that also connects visual art to music. Learners create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the opportunity to...