Musical Instruments Made With Recycled Materials

G’day, we hope this post finds you in a good place.

As we are all aware, children love music. They love to sing and dance to the rhythm of the beat. Hey, we do too :)

We’ve put together some ways to make musical instruments made with recycled materials down below. Check them out!

🎵 Music plays a big role in children’s development as it helps children learn how words are pronounced and read. They also learn to listen and understand the meaning of the words.

Guitar

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What you need:

1. Empty cereal box/ tissue box

2. 6 Rubber bands (Tip: Different colours work well!)

3. Duct tape

4. Kitchen towel roll

5. Scissors

Directions: 

1. Cut a hole on the front of the cereal box.

2. Using rubber bands, tie them on the long side of the cereal box. 

3. Attach the kitchen towel roll in one side of the cereal box using the duct tape to ensure that it sticks. 

4. Have fun and enjoy making music!

Finger Cymbals

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What you need:

1. 2 juice can lids (from frozen concentrate cans)

2. 10” of ½” wide elastic

3. Scissors

4. Instant grab glue

5. Stickers

 Directions:

1. Wrap elastic around the middle and thumb to get a measurement. 

2. Secure those two pieces of elastics with instant grab glue and let them dry.

3. Secure the elastic finger rings on each of the juice can lid by using the instant grab glue.

4. Let the glue dry for about 2 hours to ensure that the finger rings will not come off.

5. Decorate the finger cymbals with stickers.

Maracas

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What you need: 

1. Plastic bottle

2. Toilet paper roll

3. Electrical tape/ hot glue

4. Seeds/ beans/ other fillings

Directions:

1. Clean and dry the plastic bottle.

2. Fill the bottle with any fillings such as seeds and beans.

3. Close the cap.

4. Make a straight cut on the toilet paper roll.

5. Use electrical tape or hot glue to join the toilet paper roll back together to cover the bottle cap.

6. Decorate the toilet paper roll.

Kazoo

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What you need: 

1. Toilet paper roll

2. Marker pen

3. Scissors  

4. Rubber band

5. Water colour

6. Wax paper

7. A bowl

Directions:

1. Decorate the toilet paper roll with water colours.

2. Use a marker pen to trace the line of the bowl on the wax paper and cut it out.

3. Wrap the wax paper around the end of the toilet paper roll.

4. Secure the wax paper with a rubber band.

5. Make a hole in the middle of the toilet paper roll.

6. Function of the hole: for sound to escape with the vibration of wax paper. 

Drums

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What you need:

1. Condensed milk can

2. Balloon

3. Rubber band

4. Rice/ sand

5. Scissors

6. Chopsticks

Directions:

1. Put rice or sand into the cans.

2. Use scissors to cut off the end of the balloon.

3. Stretch the balloon over the cans and secure it with a rubber band.

4. Lastly, use chopsticks as "drumsticks" to tap on the balloon. 

Japanese Pellet Drums With Wooden Spoons

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What you need:

1. Wooden spoons

2. Drill

3. Thread or string

4. Beads

Directions:

1. Drill two small holes in the middle of the spoon head.

2. Thread the string through one of the holes and tie a knot.

3. Thread the beads onto the string and tie another knot at the end.

4. Cut off any excess string.

Let us end this post on a high note, we hope you have a swell time playing with these instruments!