One of my suggestions for the epic list of 50 fun activities for the school holidays was making musical instruments. Well, I have spent the afternoon scrawling the world wide web for the best prototypes! (There are a lot of iffy ideas for homemade instruments out there…)
Here are six that vary across age ranges and difficulty, there should be something for everyone. Rather excitingly, the sites I have chosen have a million other ideas on them so I really recommend you delve into their archives!
1 – A beautiful drum kit from A Beautiful Mess. I love that this drumkit is made using the real principle behind traditional drums – and it looks gorgeous. Do set aside some time on A Beautiful Mess as it is DIY HEAVEN!
2 – Easter Egg Maracas, this is the perfect homemade instrument for the Easter holidays! They would create a lovely sound and I know the kids would enjoy crafting them up too.
3 – Tube Guitar. This guitar is the next level on from the elastic bands around a shoe box string instrument. This site has comprehensive tutorials for a load of instruments and will be ideal for older children.
4- Garden Xylophone – every garden needs an enormous wooden xylophone like this! THis is 100% on my to do list.
6- Finally, I love this simple idea for toe tapping fun – tap dancing shoes! Children love to get really involved with the instrument – my daughter Juno tries to play our ukulele with her feet – so I think this super simple idea would go down a treat!
Let me know if you have made any successful musical instruments for your kids!
Are there supposed to be links to the sites with instructions?
There are! They just aren’t underlined
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