How to Make Groggers at a Children's Purim Festival

Children will love their homemade groggers

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Groggers, often called graggers, are an important part of any Purim Festival. After all, children (and adults) need to make noise when that mean-old Haman's name is mentioned. Children love to decorate and make their own grogger as they celebrate Purim.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Paper plates
Stapler and staples
Dried pinto beans
One "1/3" size measuring cup
Crayons
Stamps and stamp pads
Glitter and glue
Assorted ribbons, cut in 12" lengths

Step1

With the right side of the paper plate facing you (the side that you would normally use for food) hold the plate on opposite sides. Fold these two edges together, and put a slight crease into the paper plate.

Step2

Open up the paper plate and put it on the table with the right side towards the table. You'll want to have the bottom of the paper plate facing up, because that is the side that will be decorated.

Step3

Let the children at your Purim festival have a great time decorating the bottom side of their paper plate with crayons, glue and glitter, stamps and stamp pads. Let them know that the plate will be folded in half. Many children like to make two different decorations, one for each side of the plate.

Step4

Have an adult fold the plate in half so that the decorated sides are on the outside. Using staples, join the two sides of the plate, spacing the staples about one inch apart. STOP stapling about 3/4 of the way around the plate.

Step5

Open the plate where it has not been stapled closed. Pour 1/3 cup of dried pinto beans to inside of the paper plate. Then finish stapling the paper plate closed to seal it so the beans don't come out.

Step6

Then staple the paper plate nearly closed. Leave just enough space to insert a few ribbons into the plate.

Step7

Tuck the ends of a ribbon or two just inside of the paper plate. Staple the plate closed. Be sure that the staples go through the ribbon to hold it in place.

Step8

Hold the gragger where it has been folded in half and shake, shake, shake when Haman's name is read.