Hi everyone! I hope you have all had a great Easter long weekend! Here is an activity you can do with your parents and family when you have the time. The activity this time does require some props. Please feel free to do them at your own pace or not at all if things get too overwhelming. The activity is meant to be fun and entertaining, and not as a stress factor.
Make a musical instrument #1 – A Shaker
Materials you will need:
A clean and dry small plastic bottle (like a juice bottle)
A piece of paper
Dried beans, lentils, popcorn or rice
A funnel
Tape or white glue and water
A paintbrush (if using white glue and water)
Markers or crayons
Scissors
A ruler
Make sure your bottle is clean and dry. Take the label off of the bottle.
Use the funnel to fill it up with beans, lentils, popcorn or rice. Something that will make a sound when you shake the bottle. Only fill it about 1/8th of the way.
Put the lid back on tightly.
Shake the bottle to make sure it sounds like you want it to. Add or take out some of the beans or whatever you used to get the best sound.
To decorate the bottle, draw and colour on a piece of paper using crayons or markers – make small pictures of things that you like.
Cut the paper to the right size to fit around the bottle.
If you used marker, tape the paper on the bottle on one side, then wrap the paper around the bottle and tape it on the other side. You are done!
If you used crayons or want to decoupage an already make picture on your bottle (from a magazine or something), mix the white glue ½ and ½ with water well.
Put some white glue mixer on the bottle. Stick the paper on to the white glue mixture on the bottle and then cover the paper with the white glue mixture. Do this to the paper all around the outside of the bottle until it is all stuck. Let dry overnight. Then you are done!
To decorate the bottle, you could alternately stick stickers around the outside if you wish.
Here are some more instruments you could make, if you want to try another one or would rather build one of these instruments!