Let's Make Music!
Musical instruments are fun and easy
to make. Add a special cassette recording of your child singing a song and
you've got a great gift from your child that any family member or special friend
will cherish for years.
What you'll need:
Recyclables, like toilet paper and paper towel cardboard tubes, margarine tubs,
yogurt containers with lids and paper plates
Construction paper
Tape
Dried pasta and rice
Yarn
Children's scissors
Contact paper
Markers, crayons
Glue
Hole punch
What to do:
Invite your child to make a musical instrument. An older preschooler may jump
right into a project and discover her own way of using the materials while a
younger child may need a little prompting.
Try to give your child freedom to use the materials her way as much as possible.
Shaker – Cover one end of a cardboard tube with construction paper, taping the
paper to the sides of the tube. Add some rice or dried pasta. Seal the other
end. Decorate with paper, stickers, markers or crayons.
Drum – Make a drum from any container that has a lid, such as a margarine or
yogurt container. To decorate, cover with contact paper, construction paper or
stickers.
Tambourine – String yarn through the holes in the pasta. Punch holes along the
edge of a paper plate and string the yarn with the pasta through the holes.
Enjoy the instruments by playing along with a favorite cassette or the radio.