Flower Pot Bells

1st-4th Grade

Bells

Materials:

  • Small Terra Cotta Flower Pot
  • About 12" Rope
  • Large Wooden Bead
  • Stickers, Sponge Paint, Markers, Sequins, Glitter, etc. for decoration

Instructions:

  1. Tie a knot in one end of the rope. Thread the bead on the other end of the rope until it reaches the knot.
  2. Tie a second knot 1-2 inches above the bead. This measurement will vary depending on the height of the pot you are using.
  3. Thread the end of the rope without any knots or beads through the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot so that the bead is inside the pot and the remainder of the rope is coming out the bottom.
  4. Loop the rope over and tie the end around the portion of the rope just above the drainage hole creating a looped handle.
  5. Decorate with sponge paint, sequins, markers, stickers, etc. We found paint and stickers to work especially well.
Hold the bell by the looped over rope and swing it back and forth to make it ring.
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