room2blog: Recycled musical instruments

Name: Arabella

On Thursday we are going to share our packaging. Everyone at Carew is going to make something out of recycled things. Room Two are making instruments. I have a chime.

How to make a chime

1. Get a big cardboard tube

2. Tie some length of string around some nails.

3. Make the sure that the nails are evenly spaced along the cord.

4. Thread the ends of white string through the cardboard tube.

5. Tie them together at one end.

6. Get a bolt and tap on the nails.

7. Congratulations you have made it!

Name: Satevah

How to make a drum

1. Get a baby can of baby food.

2. Drill a hole in the sides.

3. Thread the string through.

4. Put paper mache over the tin.

5. Paint it or spray paint.

6. Decorate it.

7. Get a stick or knitting needle and that’s how you make a drum.

8. Thank you for waiting.

Name: Gian

I made a guitar.

I made it out of cardboard boxes.

First I got an oblong box and then I cut a hole in the end of it.

Next I sellotaped a long skinny box in the hold to the arm.

Then I sellotaped a small box on the other end.

Next I put a hole shaped like a circle in the middle.

Name: Jayden

We made our instruments for our singing about “Little Boxes” We are singing at the hall and I put paper on my

Drum. I put glue and then spray paint on my drum. It is for our concert on Thursday night time for our parents.

Name: Shelby

How to make a drum

1. First you get a box

2. Then we paper mache it.

3. Spray paint it gold.

4. Decorate it.

5. You play it.

Name: Sophie Leigh

What you will need to make a drum

1. You will need a can of baby powder (probably empty)

2. Paper mache the tin.

3. Spray paint it.

4. Decorate it.

5. Drill 2 holes on each side of your drum.

6. Put a piece of string through the holes.

Name: Solomon

1. First I got a Milo box.

2. Next I got cardboard.

3. I sellotaped my cardboard to the box.

4. Everyone wants spray paint so we did it outside.

Name: Alana

How to make a drum

1. You get a box that is strong.

2. Paper mache the box.

3. Spray paint it silver or gold.

4. Decorate it however you want with things and stick them on with a glue gun.

5. You play it.

Name: Daniel

Making a Drum

First I got a tin.

Then I put paper on it.

Get some string.

Put on some spray paint.

Name: Islay

Making a shaker

My instrument is as silver as a river when the sun is shining. I like it because it is as colourful as a rainbow and it makes a big sound. If you make a chime you might not get a good sound. It will make a quiet sound so you might need a big metal thing like a spoon.

My instrument is a shaker. The shaker makes a big sound. The sound it makes is very loud like jumping beans jumping on a hill or like popcorn in a pot. If you make a guitar you will use fishing line but it is best to use rubber bands because fishing line is loose.

I made a shaker because I thought it would be easy.

Name: Jivarn

What you use to make a guitar

1. Get a box or a cereal box.

2. Stick a glad wrap box on the cereal box with Sellotape.

3. Then put paper mache on the guitar.

4. You can spray paint or paint it.

5. Put string or a rubber band on your guitar.

Name: George

How to make a guitar

1. Get a cereal box.

2. Get a long present wrap cardboard tube.

3. Join it together with Sellotape.

4. Get paper and put it over with glue.

5. Spray paint it with gold.

6. Get green orange coloured paper

7. Then cut like a snake, or fire, or stars.

8. Get the hot glue gun and stick on the decorations.

9. Play it.

Name: Grady

On Wednesday we made instruments. We paper mache our bottles and spray painted it and we decorated it. We had a band practise and we did it again today.

We cut out decorations and glued them on to the bottles. We covered the bottles with paper mache and spray painted it and let it dry. After that we were finished.