How Do You Make Craft Musical Instruments For Children?
Give your elementary-school-age children an engaging way to spend an afternoon by creating musical instruments out of craft supplies and recycled materials. The kids can assemble their own percussion and wind instruments with items ranging from toilet paper rolls and dried beans to metal washers and ribbon. Encourage the kids to use the handmade musical instruments to write a new song, play along with pop music idols or perform a number at a birthday party, holiday event or family gathering. Make maraca-inspired kids’ instruments by covering one end of an empty toilet tissue paper roll with a four-by-four-inch piece of decorative paper secured with tape. Pour two tablespoons of dried beans or rice into the roll and seal the other end with a four-by-four-inch piece of paper and tape. Let your child decorate the sides of the roll with markers and stickers. Let your kids decorate paper plates with stickers, markers or paints to become the base for paper tambourines. Create holes one inch
