Make your own musical instruments

Make your own musical instruments

Triangle

• Tie a string around the top of a wire coat hanger and bend the hook closed. Hold onto a string and hit the hanger with a metal spoon.

Guitar

• Wrap rubber bands around a small sturdy topless box. Play by strumming your fingers across the rubber band.

Wrist bells

• String 3 or 4 bells onto a pipe cleaner. Twist the ends together to form a bracelet.

Finger Cymbals

• Punch 2 holes into identical small jar lids. Thread a pipe cleaner through the holes and twist to make finger handles. Put one onto each pointer finger and bang the lids together.

Drum

• Get out a cooking pot and beat the bottom of it with a wooden spoon.

Outdoor musical wall

• Cre­ate an outdoor musical wall using kitchen uten­sils and anything noisy you have to hand! Just fix the utensils to the fence or an old pallet and let the fun begin. It’s a great way for kids to have fun and learn different sounds.

Form a band

• Make a few of the instruments above and get your kids to form their own band and play along to their favourite nursery rhymes..

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