Musical Instruments Crafts

Help your child make this great Christams Jingle Bell musical instrument and then send them off to be with their grandparents. :)

Material:

Pipe cleaner
Bells

Kids love making noise and giving us headaches. If your little one loves making noise and you are up to it ... :) then go ahead and do this musical Noise Shaker crafts project with them. For this musical arts and crafts project, your children and you can read the Instructions for making a small noise maker using empty film containers on the About.com page that you go to when clicking on the link.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Film Container
# Curling Ribbon
# Pony Bead
# Glue
# Rice (or other options from below)

Kids!! Learn how to make your very own Rain Stick (A musical instrument that sounds like real rain). You can bring the sound of nature inside with this cool Rain Stick Crafts activity. Join a dozen kids and make a musical rainstick with these great instructions from Canadian Living.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

• Sturdy cardboard tube, 46 to 120 cm (18-1/8 to 47-1/4 in) long, such as mailing or drafting tube (available at stationery stores) or tube from fabric bolt (ask at fabric stores)
• 22-gauge hobby wire (approx half a roll for short stick, 1 roll for long stick), cut in 30 cm (11-7/8-in) lengths
• Dry rice, beans and lentils (approx 125 mL/1/2 cup for short stick, 375 mL/1-1/2 cups for long stick)
• Clear packing tape, 48 mm x 66 m (approx 1 roll for 20 sticks)
• Construction paper
• Gift wrap
• Permanent nontoxic coloured markers
• Coloured feathers
• Stickers
• Sequins
• White craft glue and brushes for glue
• Scissors and ruler

You can teach your kids how to celebrate Mardi Gras by making these fun to make and fun to play with Mardi Gras Noise Makers. This is an easy-to-make arts and crafts activity for your children and even you. And with these easy enough for kids instructions, you can both learn how to make these festive, Mardi Gras noise makers out of paper plates and a few other items found below.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED FOR THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

# 2 Paper Plates
# Crayons, Markers, or Paint
# Crepe Paper or Other Streamers
# Dried Beans
# Stapler or Tape
# Craft Stick
# Tape

Kids can learn how to drum up this arts & crafts Tribal Drum project and beat something original. Kids will love this easy & fun Tribal Drum arts & crafts tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

* Mod Podge
* Craft tissue
* Acrylic paint, your choice of colors
* Round paper maché box, 3-inch
* Wood beads, 2
* Paintbrush
* Scissors
* Ruler

Hey Kids! Learn to make a Curious Cookoo Whistle with this educational & fun arts & crafts project tutorial. - So called because of the curious way it works.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
heavy card (around 280 microns

Christmas Cup Bell Arts & Crafts Idea - Instructional tutorial for making a Christmas bell using a communion cup.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Communion cups (Lord Supper Cups)
* Acrylic paint
* String
* Small jingle bells
* Drinking straws
* Craft glue or hot glue

Bonko Music Instrument Children's Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Make this bonko out of old cans and make a bonko for after-dinner music

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* tin cans (you'll need at least 3 cans of the same size
* can opener
* sturdy tape (masking tape is okay, but plastic packing tape or duct tape works best)
* towel
* wooden spoon
* pencil

Bonnie Bagpipes Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Make bonnie bagpipes with this easy & fun children's arts & crafts activity tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Gel Markers
* No-Run School Glue
* Blunt-Tip Scissors
* Construction Paper
* yarn
* lunch bags
* rubber band
* recycled gift wrap or paper towel roll

Bottle Cap Tambourines Children's Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial. - Make and shake these tambourines that are popular in Brazil and Africa.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Strong, Y-shaped branch, preferably hardwood
Dozen metal bottle caps
Strong wire
Acrylic paint and brushes
Assorted decorations; feathers, colored cord, or beads

Bottled Music Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial -Who hasn't blown across the lip of a half-empty pop bottle and marveled at the richness of the tone? Now kids can make their own music with this easy, fun & educational arts & crafts activity!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Eight 20-ounce pop bottles
Stickers
Water

Cardboard Box Guitar Arts & Crafts Project Tutorial For Kids - Its easy to make a variety of stringed instruments from boxes and rubber bands with this easy & fun arts & crafts activity tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
a good, strong cigar box, shoe box, or large, corrugated grocery box.
four or more rubber bands
ribbons
stickers
coloring markers, crayons, pencils
glitter
other decorations.

Chinese Dizi Flute Musical Arts & Crafts Project Idea For Kids - Make a Chinese Dizi Flute with this easy & fun kids musical instrument arts & crafts activity tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Gel Markers
* Model Magic®
* No-Run School Glue
* Blunt-Tip Scissors
* yarn
* thread (optional)
* recycled gift wrap or paper towel roll

Homemade Instruments Arts & Crafts Project Ideas Tutorial For Kids - By making their own instruments, with this educational, easy & fun arts & crafts activity tutorial kids learn how sounds are created and gain concrete experience with music fundamentals, such as timbre and pitch.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

COPPER-PIPE GLOCKENSPIEL
1 10-foot length of 1/2-inch copper pipe
• Yardstick and pencil
• Pipe-cutter (the best inexpensive cutters are tubing cutters with no exposed blades) or a hacksaw (which should be used only by a parent)
• 2 strips of foam rubber

THE RAIN STICK
• 1 1 1/2-inch-wide mailing tube (or 1 3-inch-wide mailing tube) per child
• 1 lb. 1 1/2-inch nails (or 3-inch nails) per child
• 1 hammer per child (borrow from friends)
• Wide plastic tape (only if your tubes don't have their own stoppers)
• Funnel
• Selection of sand, rice, lentils, popcorn kernels, dried beans
• Origami paper, wrapping paper, contact paper, colored electrical tape

Jingle Bell Mitts Arts & Crafts Project Activity Tutorial For Kids - Instructions for making jingle bell mitts to play music.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Felt
* 1/2 to 1 Inch Size Jingle Bells
* Glue
* Needle and Thread

Make Your Own Kazoo with this great Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Toilet-paper roll
Tape or glue
Scissors
Crayons, markers or paint and brushes (or all of them)
Construction paper
Waxed paper
Hole punch

Margarine Container Drum Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial For Kids

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
a small margarine tub and lid,
colored duct tape,
a 3/8-inch dowel cut to an 8-inch length,
two 6-inch pieces of string and two wood beads.

Musical Instrument Arts & Crafts Project Ideas Tutorials For Kids - A lot of cool instruments to create with these easy & fun children's arts & crafts activity tutorials.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Drum Craft
Empty container of oatmeal, instant potatoes, or other tin food can.
1 1/2 pieces of construction paper
crayons, markers, or whatever else to decorate the drum

Kazoo Craft
Toilet paper roll, paper towel roll, plastic wrap roll, aluminum foil roll, or Hefty Baggies
Rubber band

Trombone Craft
Supplies Needed for Each Child
1 empty paper towel roll
1 empty toilet paper roll
9 inches string (or yarn)
tape
scissors
Art supplies: crayons, markers, paint, etc.
Crayons, colored pencils, markers, fabric, paints, etc.
Wax paper

Musical Maracas Children's Arts & Crafts Activity Tutorial. - Make these cool musical maracas with this easy & fun arts & crafts project tutorial for kids.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
A 10 x 22-inch rectangle of newspaper
Small plastic-lidded containers such as yogurt containers, baking-powder cylinders, or specialty-coffee tins (like the General Foods International Coffees cans)
Masking tape
Beans (or rice, a walnut, bells, et cetera)
X-Acto knife
Plastic adhesive putty (available at most drugstores and craft stores)
1 x 6-inch strips of newspaper
Papier-mâché paste

How To Make A Paper Kazoo Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial For Kids

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Empty toilet roll
Scissors
Greaseproof paper
Rubber band
Decorating materials

Learn How To Make A Shekere Musical Intsrument Arts & Crafts Project Tutorial for Kids - Shake up your next celebration with our version of a Shekere (pronounced SHAY-ker-ray), an African percussive instrument used today by world music performers all over the globe.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Plastic jug
Beads
Craft lace
Paint
Scissors

Silvery Flute Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial For Kids - Make a silvery flute with this easy & fun kids arts & crafts activity tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Gel Markers
* No-Run School Glue
* Blunt-Tip Scissors
* yarn
* clear adhesive tape
* recycled gift wrap or paper towel roll

Slinky Drum Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial For Kids - It is time for your slinky to do more than crawl down stairs.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Cardboard
Concrete-pouring tube or metal can, 5 inches or more in diameter
Small handsaw
Clear packing tape
Scissors
Recycled Tyvek envelope
Markers or crayons
Sticky brown-paper craft tape
Mini metal Slinky

Shakers Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Tutorial - Make Noise maker shakers arts & crafts projects from film containers with this easy & fun tutorial for kids.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Container:
Film canister, plastic egg, small plastic drink bottle, or paper towel tube

* Filling:
Rice, beans, pebbles, dried corn or sand (each "filling" creates a different sound - so be creative and make several different ones)

* Decoration:
Paint, markers, stickers or pictures or glitter for decorating

* Other:
Glue or tape

Native American Leg Rattle Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea - Find out how you can make a neat leg rattle.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Lightweight Cardboard (from a cereal box)
* Paint, Crayons, or Markers
* Fabric Scraps
* Beads

Make Your Own Kazoo Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea - Kids love making music! Make this Kazoo, put on some music and play along!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Cardboard tubes (from toilet rolls, plastic or foil wrap, paper towel)
Waxed paper
Scissors
Elastics
Ruler
Pencil
Markers or crayons

Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Instructions for making a maraca out of a cardboard toilet tissue roll and rice.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Cardboard Paper Towel or Toilet Paper Roll
* Packaging Tape
* Dried Rice

Rubber Band Guitar Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea - Pluck and play. Notice how rubber bands of different sizes make different noises.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* A plastic or tin container
* Rubber bands that are large enough to stretch around the container

Trash Can Drum Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea - Young percussionists can march to their own beat on this easy-to-make instrument.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Small trash can or bucket
Canvas square
Duct tape
String
Spray bottle filled with water
Length of rope
2 wooden spoons

Mexican Maracas Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Shake your maraca.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
paper mache and strips of newspaper
I make paper mache with one cup of flour and 4 cups of water. Boil the paper mache stirring frequently just long enough for it to thicken... take off the stove and put in a separate bowl. Add 4 ice cubes and stir those in
You can make cold paper mache with equal parts flour and water. It takes more flour and isn't quite as smooth, but it works just fine.
dried beans or uncooked rice
cardboard tube (toilet paper ("TP") roll is best)
stickers, paint, markers, construction paper, etc to decorate
glue and masking tape

Straw Oboes Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Reed-like instruments are created from plastic drinking straws.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* plastic or paper drinking straws (paper straws work better, if you can find them)
* scissors
* overhead projector (optional)

9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Children love music as much as they enjoy making things. Why not join these two creative forces and make one or all of these fun and easy musical instruments to encourage play and creativity.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
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Blow Your Own Shofar Arts & Crafts Project Tutorial For Kids

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Plastic funnel
Colored tape
30-inch length of rubber hose
Scissors
Colored cord with tassel

Rainsticks from Recyclables Kids Arts & Crafts Project Ideas Tutorials

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Cardboard carpet tube (these are usually 3" to 4" in diameter. In this case, the bigger the better)
* Corrugated cardboard (an old box will do just fine)
* Packing or masking tape that is about 2" wide
* Glue (hot glue, white glue, carpenter's glue -- its your choice)
* A power drill or an awl -- ADULT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
* Flat head spiral nails (about 2"-3" long)
* A hammer
* Scissors
* Paints & paintbrushes
* Water
* Found objects for decorating and noise making objects like rice, corn kernels, sunflower seeds or pistachio nut shells.

Sea Shell Symphony Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial

You can take a walk on a beach with your kids to find shells for this project, or, if that's not possible, check out your local craft store for bags of shells. This shell wind chime should be hung in a garden or on a porch where it will make lovely music when moved by a breeze.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Plastic milk jug
* Scissors
* Hammer
* Nail
* 24 shells
* Cord

A Spring Storybook Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial

Celebrate the coming of spring by telling a story about the season!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
· White paper (several sheets)
· Two sheets of construction paper
· Scissors
· Hole punch
· Ribbon or yarn
· Glue
· Markers, crayons, paint, glitter, or other decorative materials
· Flower petals, leaves, pieces of grass, or other spring mementos.

Kitchen Musicians Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Empty one-liter plastic soda bottles
* tape

Wind Chimes Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Round or square plastic or strong cardboard lid
* Nails of different sizes
* String
* Scissors

Rain Maker Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Wooden box measuring one yard long by 4 to 6 inches wide and 2 inches high
* 50 two-inch nails
* ½ cup dried peas

Coffee Can Drum Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Empty coffee can with 2 plastic lids
* Contact paper or your child's artwork
* Glue
* Pencil
* Empty thread spool