Homemade Musical Instruments
Strike up the band with these homemade instruments.
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- Jam on a Wooden Harmonica
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- This wooden harmonica is fun to play, and kids over 5 can whip it up in minutes.
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- Magical Music Tree
- Add true kid appeal to your home with this enchanting backyard musical creation.
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- Make a Spin Drum
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- Ring in the new year (on December 31 or on January 23, the Chinese New Year) with this homemade noisemaker, a hand drum based on a traditional ... Read More
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- Make a Tambourine
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- Add some jingle-jangle to your next sing-along with an inexpensive, homemade tambourine. (Hesitant parents take note: this instrument is ... Read More
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- What's the Buzz?
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- If you've ever wanted to chirr like a cicada or buzz like a bee, just take this humming noisemaker for a spin.
- A Little Bottle Music
- Blow across the top of a bottle, and you get a single tone. Fill a bunch of bottles with different amounts of water, and you've got yourself an ... Read More
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- Backyard Melody Maker
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This interactive musical rod is simple to make and easy to use -- and makes a metallic twinkling sound, similar to that of a rain stick.
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- Birthday Party Craft: Cardboard Guitar
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- For your superstar's next party, have partygoers customize cardboard guitars.
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- Drumroll, Please
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- Help your toddler participate in the joyful noise of music.
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- Food and crafts that spotlight African world culture from FamilyFun
- Moroccan Castanets
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- The Berbers, widely known for the rugs that bear their name, are a people with a long tradition of lively music and storytelling. Among their ... Read More








