I have made a Castanet from recycled materials.
Materials
Empty plastic water/ soda drink bottles with lids
Dried rice/ beans
Funnel
Methods
Pour the dried rice/ beans into an empty plastic bottle with a funnel
Close the bottle lid tight
Now a home made Maracas is done
Kia Ora Isa, I love the instruments you have made. Its amazing to see what you can make just with stuff from around the house. Have you made anything else?
ReplyDeleteHi Isa
ReplyDeleteYou have been very creative with the recycled materials you found at home. The instruments you have made are fantastic. I like how you have written the instructions on how to make the maracas so others can have a go at making them too. What a great idea to add a video to your blog post, it was great to be able to hear what the maracas sounded like. May be you could start a band at home!
Sarah
Kia Ora Isa, this is very creative and it is great to see you upcycling materials to create something new. What other instruments have you made? Have you made a guitar before with rubber bands?
ReplyDeleteHi Miss Hart,
DeleteI would love to try making a guitar out of rubber bands and cardboard boxes as well when I have time.
Isa
Hi Isa,
ReplyDeleteThat is a very cool instrument. How long did it take you to make it? What instrument is it? Is it a shaker, a guitar, or a Ucayali. I like the taper things. Is the blue things bottle lids and the brown things cardboard?
Hi Imogen,
DeleteThe castanet took me a few minutes to make because you only need a piece of cardboard, 2 x milk bottle top and some sellotape to tape the milk bottle top on the cardboard.
The shakers you saw are called Maracas. It is also very easy to make, only took me a few minutes to make it. All you need is an empty plastic bottle, some beans or rice to pour into the bottle to make the rattling noise. Have a go and try to make some for yourself. We could have form a band ourselves one day.
Isa