FamilyFun: Shake Your Own Shekere
Instructions on making a shekere from a plastic jug and beads.

Festival Shekeres
Step-by-step instructions for shekere making, with color close-up photos of details in shekere design.

How to Make A Sheker
Steve Tierra provides detailed instructions on how to make the instrument from a gourd.

Shekere: Make and Shake
History, construction, and how to play the shekere.

Drum Journal: Making a Shekere or Beaded Shaker
Illustrated instructions and links.