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If you want to celebrate Purim right – you gotta get a gragger! But there’s no need to run to the store and spend $2-3 each for every member of your family. It’s much more economical and fun to let the kids make graggers for everyone.

There are four basic parts to a making a great gragger.

1) The Container
2) The adhesive (for sealing the container)
3) The noise-making filling
4) The decorations!

Instructions

First, for the container, you can use several household items. You can take some paper bowls, a clean empty can of juice concentrate, and an empty plastic mustard bottle, even a paper plate folded in half! Anything that is unbreakable and can be easily sealed will do.

Which brings us to the next items needed for a gragger. You need some kind of adhesive to seal the container. Glue, staples or tape should do. Do NOT seal the container until the filling is inside! (See, this isn’t so hard!)

Next you need something for the filling that would make noise. Look no further than the kitchen! Uncooked beans, grains or popcorn will do. For a lighter sound, go to a fabric or craft store and get some small round bells that jingle.

Simply insert the filling into your container and seal with the adhesive. Now it’s time to decorate!

You’re limited only by your imagination and your supplies. A trip to the dollar store might be in order if you really want to do it up! You can decorate your gragger with glitter, puffy paint, feathers, pom-pom, googly eyes – anything you can dream of! (Let your kids get really creative while you go enjoy a cup of coffee & some hametaschen!)

Now you’re totally ready to hear the megillah with terrific and inexpensive graggers that your children will be proud to show! You’ve not only made a Purim craft, you’ve made memories with your children to last a lifetime!

Submitted by Sarah Zeldman