How to make rattles

1, first take a bottle cap and draw a shape on the paper, then cut it out with scissors and decorate it a little.

2. Then take two beads and a thread and stick them on the bottle cap and paper.

3. Finally, take a paper roll as the base and make a simple rattle.

The rattle is an ancient and traditional folk musical instrument and toy, which appeared in the Warring States period. The main body is a small drum with two projectiles on each side and a handle under the drum. A projectile rotating the drum handle makes a sound when it hits the drum. Drum body can be wood or bamboo, mud and cardboard; The drum surface is made of sheepskin, cowhide, snakeskin or paper, among which the wooden rattle with sheepskin surface is the most typical.

The early rattles in China were musical instruments rather than toys. Rattles are very popular all over the country and are widely distributed all over the world, on five continents.

Speaking of the appearance of rattle, it has a long history. The rattle was produced after the drum. As early as the Neolithic painted pottery, the suspected drum was found. 1978, a bronze drum was unearthed in Leigudun, Sui County, Hubei Province. A column is inserted on the base, and the center of the column is a drum. The drum body is a long wooden drum, similar to today's waist drum. This sword drum is definitely shaped like a giant rattle, but it has no ears.

During the Warring States period, there was also a kind of "drum platform", which was extremely flat and covered with drums on both sides. The drum is fixed with two rows of staggered drum nails, similar to the drums used by modern "Drum Tree" rappers.