Our last activity idea for the Summer Holidays series is a ‘Shake It!’ & ‘Make It!’ activity – make your own musical instruments with recycled items.
This is a great activity to get creative to see what you can find in the house and the different sounds that can be produced from them.
Here are a few ideas of instruments you can make, with what you need and how to make them. They are super simple to make too!
Tissue Box Guitar
You will need:
- 1 x tissue box
- 4 x elastic bands
- stickers
- scissors
How to make:
- Make 4 cuts either end of the tissue box (this is where the elastic bands will be held in place
- Stretch the elastic bands over the box and place each one into the cuts you made
- Decorate with Stickers
- Strum away!
Milk Bottle or Cup Shaker
You will need:
- 1 x milk bottle (1pt or 2pt is the perfect size for your little one) or 2 x plastic cups
- Rice
- stickers
- Tape
How to make:
- fill your bottle or 1 cup halfway with rice
- place lid or the other cup on and tape to ensure it is secures
- Decorate with Stickers
- Shake away!
Cardboard Tube Janglers
You will need:
- 1 x cardboard Tube
- 4 x metal bottle tops
- stickers
- Tape
How to make:
- tape on edge of your tube closed
- place bottle tops inside
- tape the other edge of your tube, the opposite way to make a pyramid shape
- decorate with sticks
- Jangle away!













What other instruments could you make with recycled items?
You can use your instruments & dance along to the songs in our Bop Tots @ Home Music Videos in The Bop Tots Club or with
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