Making your own instrument is easy and many can be made from basic household items. Whether you are a professional musician looking for that next new sound or an amateur enthusiast who likes to make noise, there's a homemade musical instrument for everyone.
Singing Straws
Did you know that you could make music by blowing on straws? The different lengths of the straws make different tones.
Materials
6-8 Plastic Straws
Sticky Tape
Scissors
Directions
Cut the straws into different lengths in groups of two.
Cut a long piece of sticky tape and place the straws on the sticky side in twos, arranging them from shortest to longest.
Secure in place with additional tape.
Pie Pan Cymbals
Banging pots and pans together is one of the oldest forms of homemade musical instruments. Aluminum pans can create the same type of sound.
Materials
2 Aluminum Pie Pans
Duct Tape
Dowel or Chopsticks
Directions
Cut some tape and attach the sticks right to the back of each pie tin.
Test the sound when you bang both tins together.
March, sing, dance, and make sweet music.
Water Bottle Maracas
You can't stop the music, so just shake, shake, shake. Raid the recycling bin for plastic bottles and toilet paper rolls to turn into maracas for your next dance party.
Materials
Dried Beans
Empty Water Bottles
Directions
Empty bottle and remove labels.
Fill with fun small things like buttons or beans.
Twist cap back on and shake away!
Pringles Can Drum
What until you hear the tasty sounds of this fun homemade instrument. You’ll be keeping the beat for the pop that won’t stop!
Materials
3 Cans of Pringles
Masking Tape
Directions
Empty varying amounts of chips from the three containers so they are all full to a different level.
Tape the Pringles cans together.
Create unique sounds and rhythms by banging on the tops of the cans.
Tissue Box Guitar
Just like a real guitar, the sound is made by the vibration of the rubber band that creates a sound wave. By putting the rubber bands around the tissue box, the vibrations create a louder sound because more air is disturbed.
Materials
Empty Tissue Box
Rubber Bands
Directions
Cut off the plastic from the tissue box.
Affix a paper towel roll or dowel to the tissue box to be the guitar handle.
Wrap a couple of rubber bands around on each side of the handle.
Different types and sizes of rubber bands may be used to create different tones and sounds.
Musical Bottles
Using two different media (air and water) in glass bottles show how the speed of vibrations affects pitch. When you blow across the top of the bottle, you set the air molecules vibrating and produce sound waves. When the bottle has a small amount of water in it, the air molecules have lots of room and vibrate slower. Adding more water gives them less space to vibrate in, making them vibrate faster and producing a higher pitch.
Materials
6 Glass Soda Bottles
Bottle Opener
Water
Directions
Fill the glass bottles with different amounts of water.
Blow across each bottle to compare the various pitches.
Play the bottles to create your own musical notes and rhythms!
Musical Scale Jars
This simple activity provides a fun way to explore the different sounds made by tapping on jars filled with water. Enjoy music with this hands-on activity that provides sensory and fine motor experiences!
Materials
4 Glass Jars
Wooden Spoon
Water
Directions
Add water to your jars and experiment with the sound by tapping gently on the jar as you add, or remove, water.
Take time to find the notes you like and leave your jars full to those levels.
Gently strike the jars with a wooden spoon, a plastic drum stick, or a rubber mallet to create music!
Cardboard Kazoo
Did you know that you can make a kazoo using an empty paper towel roll and wax paper? It’s a fun craft and a great science activity for exploring sound.
Materials
Paper Towel Rolls
Wax Paper
Rubber Band
Directions
Cover the end of your cardboard tube with wax paper. Secure it with a rubber band.
Poke a hole in the side of the tube using the sharp pencil or other sharp object.
Put the open end of the tube up to your mouth and hum or say “do” over and over and to make the kazoo sound.
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