Create Your Own Musical Instrument

  • Cardboard flute -- The cardboard flute is very easy to make and is made of simple, cheap materials. It's easy to play all sorts of melodies on the cardboard flute!

  • Waterbottle boomer-- The waterbottle boomer is a new take on blowing across the tops of bottles. All you need are waterbottles and some H2O to make this instrument.

  • Balloon drums-- The balloon drums may be small, but they have a big sound! The length of the tube give the drums a distinctive sound. The balloon drums are very easy to make.

  • Xylophone--The xylophone is a fun percussion instrument that can play all sorts of tunes. The xylophone is used all over the world and in the USA as a tool for teaching music in elementary schools. This xylophone is easy to make and play.

  • Tube trombone-- This instrument is unique because it utilizes many of the components that the trombone, a brass instrument with a mouthpiece, uses, while only being made of cardboard. Again, the only materials needed to make this instrument are cheap and easy to find.

  • Shaker-- Although the shaker is one of the most basic percussion instruments, it is still loads of fun to create! The sound of the shaker is unmistakable.