It’s Saturday, November 2, 2019, and time for Art at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
AHC – Arts & Crafts
(https://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/musicalinstrumentsartscraftstideashandmadekids.html)
Age Range: 4-16 (Tots to teens, with parental supervision)
This website provides free instructions for arts and crafts projects that enable you to make your own musical instruments.
When you get to the site, scroll down the page slightly to the menu of categories that includes:
- Make Guitars, Banjos, & Stringed Instruments
- Make Noise Makers, Maracas, Shakers
- Make Drums
Then, click on a topic and a new page opens where you will discover how to make:
- African Drums
- Bells on a String
- Bongo Drums
- Bagpipes
- Tambourines
- Guitar
- Cymbals
- Didgeridoo
- Maracas
- Castanets
- Kazoo
- Rainstick
- Banjo
- Flute
- Oboe
- And Many More!
You’ll find information about the instrument, a materials list, and complete instructions with pictures. In some instances you’ll find how-to video clips.
Best of all, many of these instruments can be made by recycling things you’ll find around the house such as coffee cans, bottle caps, oatmeal boxes, paper plates, tissue paper, straws, combs, pie tins, etc.
Not only that, many of the instruments offer cross-curricular connections with Social Studies. There are instruments for celebrating cultural holidays and religious festivals.
When you’re through making a joyful noise, be sure to check out the rest of the site that offers innumerable ways to express creativity.
