A child’s musical development is not complete without familiarity with musical instruments. And if the right tool If you don’t have it at home, you can always make it yourself. And even if it sounds completely different from the academic version, the pleasure from the manufacturing process and subsequent playing with such an instrument will exceed all your expectations.
Passionate mothers have prepared for you 4 master classes on creating a guitar, tambourine, piano and stringed instrument from scrap materials. I'm sure they will inspire you to create music with your children!
Stringed instrument
Our string instrument is made very simply, in a minute. We will need:
- a tin lid from a box for tea, sweets or cookies, preferably square or rectangular in shape so that the rubber bands hold better;
- rubber bands.
Exactly after a certain interval we pull the rubber bands onto the lid. We had rubber bands that were slightly different in length, so when you stretch and play on them, they make a little noise. different sound.
In principle, this can be achieved with the same elastic bands, just adjust their length using a knot. Let's start playing the strings with our fingers. The sound is reflected from the iron cover and becomes more melodic and loud.
Oksana Demidova and Fedya 4 years old, St. Petersburg.
To make the piano we took:
- a square candy box;
- color film;
- cardboard;
- plastic.
First, Dad cut the box to look like a real piano with a nice curve! Then he and Sonya began to cover the piano with colored film (there was no black film, so they made the piano red). Due to the presence of bends, I had to use my mother’s hairdryer to ensure that the film lay flat. Dad made a plastic insert inside (so that the structure would not sag) and covered it with light beige film.
Cardboard was glued to the bottom of the piano, which protruded slightly from the front. A keyboard was glued onto the protruding part (found on the Internet). Dad made three legs and a lid holder from plastic. The legs were glued with double-sided tape, and the holder was special glue. Now you can organize puppet concerts.
Olga Silina with her daughter Sofia (4.7) and her husband Andrei from Moscow.
Acoustic guitar
I'm a big music lover. I especially like string instruments. Therefore, it was decided to make something from strings. My eldest son and I spent a long time choosing what to make: a guitar or a balalaika. The guitar won. To make it you will need:
- box cardboard (the thicker the better);
- PVA glue (or glue gun);
- double sided tape;
- pencil;
- awl;
- several rubber bands for money;
- stationery knife (or a regular one);
- two paper clips.
First you need to cut out the silhouette of a guitar from cardboard. You will need three parts with a neck and a hole in the body (socket) and two parts without a neck and hole. It is most convenient to cut with a stationery knife. Next you need to glue the two parts with the neck together. We used PVA glue for this.
Do you want to play with your child easily and with pleasure?
Then, stepping back a little from the bottom edge of the hole in the body, draw a line about 7 cm long and make a shallow slot along it. Insert a pencil or stick into the slot (first cut off a piece from the pencil required length) and make four cuts in it with a knife. This will be the string nut. Below the line, mark four points at equal distances from each other and make in these places through holes using a thick awl (you can use a screwdriver with a thin drill). On the top of the fingerboard we do the same, only here the length of the pencil will be approximately 4 cm. This will be front side guitars.
Now we take 4 rubber bands for money, cut them and tie one end of each rubber band to a paper clip. We thread each elastic band into the hole at the top of the neck so that the paper clip remains on the wrong side. We stretch the rubber bands and thread the second end of each of them into the holes in the bottom of the guitar (under the hole in the body) so that the ends of the rubber bands are again on the wrong side. There we tie them to the second paper clip. If you pull the rubber bands with different strengths, you can get different pitches of the “string”.
All that remains is to glue another cardboard part of the guitar silhouette with the neck on the wrong side so as to cover the paper clips with the rubber bands tied. And glue two parts of the body without holes on top. This way we get something like a guitar body with a resonator.
All that remains is to dry the craft and, if desired, color it with felt-tip pens or paint.
By the way, if you tension the strings well, the guitar sounds tolerable and you can play something on it.
Jaromir 4.6 years old, Arthur 1.8 years old and mother Anastasia Kalinkova, St. Petersburg.
Tambourine
To make a tambourine we needed following materials:
- paper ring from tape;
- multi-colored tape;
- glue;
- containers from shoe covers;
- various cereals;
- nails.
My husband screwed 3 shoe cover containers onto a paper ring using tape. We decorate the ring. We covered it with multi-colored tape. Beans, buckwheat, and corn grits were poured inside.
They sealed them with glue so they wouldn't open. The result is a tambourine that can even be given to children.
Svetlana Chaika, Vitya 4y. 5 months, Moscow, pos. Kokoshkino.
Noisemaker made from pistachio shells
We took the idea of making a musical instrument from pistachio shells from a magazine. First, we soaked the shells for about a day to make them softer, then we made holes in them. It turned out to be difficult, but a special tool for punching holes helped me with this. Then they put one shell on a thread and ordered a knot. It is better to make the balls not long, as they get tangled during the game. I really enjoyed playing the noise, the sound is pleasant, not loud.
Irina Sartakova, son Nick, 5 years old.
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In a children's store in the musical instruments department, a girl caught my attention. She looked with curiosity at the metallophone with bright colored plates, the funny accordion, the pot-bellied drum... A fun activity was broken by dad’s remark: “Why do you need this? Let’s go and buy an educational toy...”
Dear parents, do you really doubt the ability of musical toys to develop? Children's music playing is an active activity in which the child's thinking is improved; The ability to show initiative and independence develops. And most importantly, his emotional sphere is enriched - a kind of immunity from life’s failures. After all, emotions make it possible to evaluate current events from the point of view of their significance for each of us.
In the process of playing instruments, each individual’s individual traits clearly manifest themselves: presence of will, emotionality, concentration, imagination. For many, this type of activity helps to reveal the spiritual world and overcome shyness and constraint.
Nowadays there is a huge selection of children's musical instruments in stores. But not everyone is able to purchase these toys. Yes, and there is no need for this. After all, the child grows and develops so quickly, and the previous toys no longer satisfy the child’s cognitive needs. And the need for their renewal is growing every day.
There is a good way out. You can design toys yourself and update and modify them over time. A handmade tool will help you teach your child to work together. To design, you don’t need much - desire and a little imagination!
You can start with the simplest thing - rattles. For the base of this toy, any plastic bottles (from yoghurts, drinks, creams) can be suitable, as well as filling material that will make noise and attract the child’s attention. Any cereal or buttons will do different sizes, beads
Take a bottle and pour it inside a large number of material so that the toy is light in weight. When choosing a material, pay attention to the fact that too sharp sounds cause discomfort in the baby. Please also pay attention to the strength of the packaging. Remember that the crumbled small parts Rattles can get into your baby's mouth and nose. The toy will bring joy to you and your baby if it is safe, loud, and also bright. You can decorate the toy with self-adhesive colored paper and satin ribbons. And if you glue or draw eyes, a nose and a smiling mouth on top of colored paper, the toy will “come to life” and become the baby’s faithful friend.
I would also like to suggest one of the drum design options. I am sincerely convinced that in the process of making a tool you will have a large number of original ideas. Try to organize the design process in such a way that the baby takes part in it as much as possible.
To make a drum we will need:
- metal box for cookies or tea;
- semolina;
- satin ribbon (can be replaced with any wide braid);
- body from two used gel pens;
- shoe cover capsule (or plastic egg from kinder surprise);
- filler for sticks - rattles (beads, small buttons, beads or any cereal).
Drum body
- Take metal box- this will be the drum body. Using an awl, punch 2 holes opposite each other closer to the top edge of the wall and two holes in the lid.
- Inside the box, pour a 1 cm layer of semolina (to slightly muffle the sound of the drum).
- Connect pairs of holes with the end of the tape
- Close the lid tightly, tighten the tape in a knot and wrap tape around the junction of the lid and the box to prevent the semolina from spilling out.
Making rattle sticks
- Take 2 cases from used gel pens:
- unscrew the tip from the body;
- open the shoe cover capsule;
- Using a knife, cut a hole in the cap of the capsule with a diameter slightly smaller than the thread of the pen body.
- Place the handle housing in the hole and screw the tip tightly to it.
Now the capsule can be closed. This capsule, by the way, can be filled with small buttons, cereals, beads and then the drumsticks will turn into funny rattles.
The drum is ready for use.
After some time, the drum can be updated. Just decorate it with colored self-adhesive paper. Not only will it change appearance instrument, but also its sound.
Let musical toys become a faithful ally and assistant in the development of your baby. And I wish you joy from joint creativity!
Shulakova Veronica,
singer-choirmaster, music teacher
Article provided by the Pampa Green children's club
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You're probably already playing with with their kids different music games , read to them musical tales, listen to the beautiful music. In the meantime, the baby does not yet go to musical school and doesn't play there for real musical instrument, you can make simple ones at home DIY children's musical instruments from the most available materials.
Of course, now the store has a huge selection of toys. musical instruments, but the manufacturing process will not leave the child indifferent. In addition, if you have noticed, children love to play on homemade drum from a pan than on a ready-made toy. So let's show a little imagination and see what we can come up with.
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The child grows and develops so quickly, and the previous toys no longer satisfy the child’s cognitive needs.
You can start with the simplest thing - a drum.
It can be made from a mayonnaise jar. Cover the jar with colored pictures, make holes on the sides and thread colored strings. For drumsticks You can use any sticks, either wooden or plastic.
Take clean, dry cans and make holes in the sides, insert bells and decorate with colored pictures.
Rattles.
For the base, any plastic or metal bottles (from coffee, ketchup, yogurt) are suitable, as well as filling material that will make noise and attract the child’s attention. Any cereal, buttons of different sizes, beads will do.
Ratchets.
Make holes in the wooden plates and thread thick braid through them, decorate the plates with colored leaves.
Wooden box.
In a wooden box without a bottom, make a hole at the top and thread a ribbon with beads. Decorate the box with colored pictures.
I am sincerely convinced that during the manufacturing process tool you will have a large number of original ideas. Try to organize the design process in such a way that the baby takes part in it as much as possible. I wish you creative success!
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What can I say if once upon a time a bowl was a drum? Learning music is very important for a child's intellectual development, so below is a list of 10 ways to make homemade children's musical instruments.
Children are often in love with music and sounds even before birth. They always react to her and jump from the sound of daddy's kisses while in their tummy.
Parents, in turn, often try to reinforce a love of all things musical, including dancing, songs and sounds. One of the best ways Homemade musical instruments with your own hands can help achieve the goal, so if you are also looking for ways to instill musicality in your child, this is the place for you.
A musical instrument does not have to be cool and expensive, why we can all appreciate homemade options. A thousand ways to recycle what you don't need and use craft supplies for DIY musical instrument crafts for kids takes you one step closer to an instrumental family party!
Whisk - maracas
If you have a couple of extra whisks lying around, you can quickly transform them into maracas. You just need to find a couple of bells and string them on a wire and attach them inside the whisk. You can even make maracas with different sounds by choosing different sized whisks or bells.
Rubber rope - guitar
The craft couldn’t be simpler: an old empty box and rubber bands. The more colorful the gum, the merrier. The thickness of the rubber band changes its sound - so try it out and decide on your own ballad.
Cymbals
What child doesn't love to knock on things?! We certainly don't want broken glass tops or broken appliances. Thus, perfect solution- metal jars for spices. If you hit all the covers at once, the sound is “gorgeous”, but, fortunately, not very deafening.
Rattlers and noisemakers
Again about metal cans. Fill one side with nuts and/or beans, close with the second jar, and tie with an elastic band. You can also use plastic Easter eggs.
You can also make a children's musical instrument, a rattle, using a large oatmeal container. Just secure the lid with rubber bands so that the sound does not deteriorate and the contents do not fall out. If you decorate the box beautifully, it can even be used at some school parade.
Drum set
If you just need to rattle, take an old tin and some kind of kitchen utensil that can be used to slide along the edges of the can. If your eye falls on a more complex musical device, use sticks, cans and fasteners to make a whole drum set(Most importantly, make sure all sharp edges are sanded or capped).
Xylophone
Wooden, metal or water in glasses - xylophones are different, and their sound even more so.
The simplest type of xylophone is glasses filled with water and the technique of sliding your finger along the rim. More complex ones include options for making a wooden xylophone, but the Internet has a million tips for any level of complexity.
Home outdoor play areas
Some people spend a fortune creating a mini orchestra at home, but it doesn't have to be that big or expensive. Stretch several ropes in the yard, hang rattles, noisemakers, maracas on them, and place large “drums” nearby. The neighbors are guaranteed a rock concert.
rattle drum
This homemade musical instrument made from pink striped socks is perfection. This is a rattle drum. For kids - a great introduction to the world of music, and even funny toy for older children. You just need to look around the house for a few things: a piece of hard cardboard and some twine, and you can make your own tool in a fun and easy way.
Clapping sticks
Simple poppers made from sticks for stirring paint. This is not only a tool, but also an art project for your little ones. Plus, funny and easy way reuse paint stir sticks.
Castanets
Castanets are Carmen's noise musical instrument that creates a clicking sound. This sound is somewhat reminiscent of the clicking sound of a rider when he urges his horse forward.
Castanets made from coconut halves are no worse than the original ones. Plus they are super cute and easy for little ones to use. A great way to experience new sounds and feel like a Spaniard for a minute.
A tambourine is a percussion musical instrument of indefinite pitch.
Your child can easily make this rainbow craft using: a paper plate, paints, cotton balls, glue and clothespins.
An original introduction to musical instruments for kids.
Pipe made from tubes
The flute is a folk musical instrument in the form of a pipe made of wood or reed. Using straws, your child can build such a musical instrument.
To do this you will need: tubes of different lengths, scissors, tape and thick tape to wrap the tubes. A little effort and the tool is ready.
We hope the article was useful to you and now you know how you can give old things a second life.
Your child, having made a musical instrument on his own, will demonstrate strengths creative and intellectual thinking.
I remember a bright moment from childhood: Sviridov’s “Blizzard” is performed by a musician on a broom. On a real broom, but with strings. Our violin teacher created such a “broom chord” from what we had.
In fact, if you have hearing, making such musical instruments with your own hands is not so difficult. Let's start with something simple. Percussion – we go to the kitchen for inspiration.
Even a child can make a shaker. For this you will need: a Kinder Surprise capsule, a small amount of semolina, buckwheat or other cereal. Pour the cereal into the capsule, close it and seal it with tape for security. The dynamics of the sound depend on what kind of cereal will rattle inside the shaker.
Sounding glasses
One of the most fabulous hand-made musical instruments is a xylophone made from glasses. We line up the glasses, pour water and adjust the sound. The level of water in the vessel affects the pitch of the sound: the more water, the lower the sound. That's it - you can safely play! There are three secrets to playing with glasses: choose glasses made of thin glass, wash your hands thoroughly before playing, and when playing, barely touch the edges of the glass with your fingers dipped in water.
Dudochka according to grandfather’s and modern recipes
We go to nature for materials for the pipe: we need reeds, reeds (or other tubular plants) and birch bark (or bark, dense leaves). The “tube” must be dried. Using a knife, make a flat area on the side and cut out a small rectangle on it. We cut out a rectangular tongue from birch bark, making one end thinner. We attach the tongue to the tube with tape and bend it a little. If desired, you can add several holes on the pipe.
The American version of the pipe is an instrument made from a cocktail tube. As a basis we take a tube with a bend. We flatten its smaller part with our teeth. Then, using scissors, we cut off pieces of the upper part along the edges: you should get an angle at the middle of the edge of the tube. The angle should not be too large or small, otherwise the pipe will not sound.
Coin castanets
For a real Spanish instrument we will need: rectangles of colored cardboard measuring 6x14cm (4 pieces), and 6x3.5cm (2 pieces), 4 large coins and glue.
Fold large rectangles in half and glue them in pairs. From each of the small strips we glue a ring (for thumb). Inside the rectangle, on each of the opposite sides, glue a coin, at a distance of 1 cm from the edge. When folding cardboard castanets, the coins should touch each other.
DIY percussion musical instruments
A ceramic flower pot with a diameter of 14 cm, several balloons, plasticine, sushi sticks - that’s what you need for.
Cut off the “neck” from the ball and stretch the rest onto the pot. The hole at the bottom of the pot can be sealed with plasticine. The drum is ready, all that remains is to make the sticks. To do this, attach a ball of plasticine, previously frozen, to sushi sticks. We cut off the bottom part of the balloon and stretch it onto a plasticine ball. And the elastic band from the top of the ball will help tighten this structure.
However, musical instruments do not have to be made with your own hands. Listen to the music of the streets and you will discover the music of garbage cans, pots, hoses and even brooms. And you can also play interesting music on these objects, as the guys from the STOMP group do.
