Australian Didgeridoo
Materials: PVC Pipe or Long Cardboard Tube, Glue, Scissors, Beeswax for Mouthpiece (optional), Acrylic Paints (optional)
Instructions:
• Make pipe or tube length between 3 to 6ft, width 1.2 inches
• Decorate pipe or tube with Australian Aboriginal Art
• If desired, use strips of beeswax to mold mouthpiece to one end of tube
Difficulty: Easy
Timeframe: Short
To play: Blow into tube with short breaths. Inhale through nose, and long exhale out of mouth; experiment with differed lip pursing. Once initial sound mastered, try different animal noises and clucking
Mexican Maracas
Materials: 2 balloons, 2 toilet paper rolls, beans or rice or popcorn kernels, flour, hot water, large mixing bowl, newspaper strips, tape, scissors, acrylic paints
Instructions:
• Insert desired amount of beans/rice/kernels into balloons, blow up balloons and tie; careful to avoid swallowing beans/rice/kernels
• Attach toilet paper roll to end of balloon with tape
• Paper Maché: Slowly mix 4 hot water to 1 part flour in large mixing bowl; beat until mixture is smooth; let cool 10 minutes
• Dip newspaper strips into paper maché; remove excess mixture; wrap newspaper strips around balloon + toilet paper roll until covered
• Let maracas thoroughly dry overnight
• Once dry, paint with acrylic paints and once again set aside to dry
Difficulty: Medium – Difficult
Timeframe: Long
To play: Shake maracas to create rhythm; short, quick shakes better. Often 2 maracas are held in one hand, crisscrossed over one another.
Chinese Gong
Materials: circular pie tin, string, square picture frame wider than pie tin, wooden spoon, cloth, paints or markers
Instructions:
• Pierce a hole at 10 and 2 on pie tin
• Tie strings from hole to top corners of picture frame
• Wrap cloth around wooden spoon to form mallet & tie with string
• Decorate picture frame & pie tin with Chinese symbols and art
Difficulty: Medium
Timeframe: Short
To play: Softly strike gong with mallet to produce a resonating percussion sound.
Spanish Guitar
Materials: shoebox, 3-5 elastic bands, pencil, long cardboard tube, ribbon, paints
Instructions:
• Paint shoebox and cardboard tube as desired
• Cut oval shaped hole in lid of shoebox
• Wrap elastic bands around shoebox length ways
• Stick unsharpened pencil under elastic bands between oval and edge of shoebox
• Attach cardboard tube to top end of shoebox to act as neck of guitar
• Attach ribbon loosely from top of neck to bottom of guitar to act as strap
Difficulty: Medium
Timeframe: Medium
To play: Strum or pick elastic bands (strings of guitar) to create twanging sound. If desired, adjust elastic bands’ tautness to create different notes/pitches.
Chilean Rainstick
Materials: long cardboard tube, tape, beans or popcorn kernels or rice, aluminum foil or push pins, paints or decorated paper
Instructions: (2 versions)
Version 1:
• Cover one end of tube with cardboard and tape
• Fill tube with beans or kernels or rice
• Cover open end of tube with cardboard and tape
• Carefully insert push pins into tube at random intervals
• Decorate as desired
Difficulty: Medium
Timeframe: Short – Medium
Version 2:
• Cover one end of tube with cardboard and tape
• Twist aluminum foil into one long thick piece, then spiral and place in tube
• Fill tube with beans or kernels or rice
• Cover open end of tube with cardboard and tape
• Decorate as desired
Difficulty: Easy
Timeframe: Short
To play: Slowly tip over rainstick to create the sound of rain.
Latin American Castanets
Instructions:
• Fold cardboard rectangles in half
• Attach 2 bottle caps to each end of rectangular cardboard with superglue so they line up when folded onto each other
• Attach loose string loops to act as finger loop holders
Difficulty: Easy
Timeframe: Short
To play: Insert index finger and thumb through top and bottom string loops. Clap bottle caps together to make a tapping or clicking noise.
Native American Drum
Materials: large metal coffee tin, leather piece, hole punch, string, paints
Instructions:
• Tautly attach leather to open end of empty coffee tin
• Punch holes into ends of leather
• Loop string through holes and under tin continuously until secure
• Paint Native American hieroglyphics or other Native art onto leather
Difficulty: Difficult
Timeframe: Long
To play: Using tips of all 4 fingers, tap hand on top of drum with flat hand to create a resonant beat sound.
Tambourine
Materials: 2 paper plates, popcorn kernels, stapler, hole punch, string, 10 metal bottle caps or 10 small circles cut from aluminum pie tin
Instructions:
• Staple paper plates together ¾ of the way around
• Insert popcorn kernels into opening, then staple opening shut
Optional:
• On ridges of paper plates, punch 5 holes equal distance apart
• Punch holes into middle of bottle caps or aluminum circles
• Using string, attach 2 bottle caps/aluminum circles to each hole on ridge of paper plates
Difficulty: Easy - Medium
Timeframe: Short - Medium
To play: Holding tambourine in one hand, tap against other hand or thigh to the beat.
Bracelet, Anklet, or Belt with Bells
Materials: string, bells, beads.
Instructions:
• Cut 2.5 x desired length of string for bracelet/anklet/belt.
• Fold string in half; at fold secure a loop by tying granny knot.
• Alternate tying on beads and bells onto both pieces of string, being sure to secure each one with a knot
• At end, ensure desired length, and end with a bead small enough to fit through loop in order to secure.
Difficulty: Easy
Timeframe: Short
To play: Put on bracelet, belt, or anklet, and shift wrists, shake hips, or tap foot to beat or rhythm for a jingling sound.
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