Tag: instruments

Music sessions

Using instruments along with pots and pans

We’ve been joining in with ‘Little Star’ free online music sessions with the wonderful Curly Cath!

She has been uploading music and movement sessions to her YouTube channel during the lockdown. We have really enjoyed singing, dancing and discovering new ways of making music.

We’ve had fun trying some of her ideas for homemade instruments, such as using an old tin can and a pencil to make a great guiro.

Making instruments

Rice and snack pots for musical shakers

We’ve been making instruments with things from around the house. Here we have little snack pots which we are filling up with rice.

Take away boxes for drums

Here we have used old take away boxes for drums and a selection of spoons, pens and pencils to try making different sounds.

Plastic box and elastic band guitar

This worked surprising well! We’ve used a take away box but any similar box would work such as an egg carton or old ice cream tub. We used different elastic bands for guitar strings which make a great sound when strummed.