Instructions for making Didgeridoos and Clapping...

Home made instruments created by Raylee Siebuhr 1

Instructions for making Didgeridoos and Clapping Sticks • For the didgeridoos, use the cardboard centre from a roll of material, a Postpak or

other cardboard tube and paint it with a base colour. For the clapping sticks, use dowel or an old broom stick. Cut two pieces the same length and sand until smooth.

• Research Aboriginal signs and methods of painting animals or dot painting. Choose one style and paint your own original pictures or designs in this style.

• Give your design several coats of lacquer and dry for 24 hours between coats. • Dip blowing end of the Didgeridoo into hot melted wax to enable you to wipe it down

with a damp antiseptic cloth after each use. For hygiene reasons, this instrument should only be played by one person or used for the purpose of display.

• Note that it can be culturally insensitive for women or girls to play the didgeridoo. Check this with your local Aboriginal Community or Elders


Instructions for making Drums 1. Tin Drum • Remove the lid from your tin. • Drill a hole in the side of your container. Place a small piece of wood behind

the hole you have just drilled and screw a small metal ring through the hole into the piece of wood in the inside of the tin.

• Replace the lid and thread a piece of material or tire tubing through the metal ring to hold on to. This will allow your drum to hang free when you beat the sides.

• Decorate by painting or cover the sides with contact.

2.Flat Drum

3.Skin Drum

4.Monkey Drum

1.Tin Drums


Instructions for making Drums (2) 2. Flat Drum • Remove the inner circle of a wooden embroidery hoop and cut two circles of material

larger than the hoop. • Wet one circle of material and stretch it tightly over the inner frame then tack into place

at intervals inside the frame. • When dry, brush stretched circle of material with PVA glue as this will create a better

sound. Trim away any excess material. • Flip frame over to the other side and repeat the process, but this time tack material to

the outside surface of the inner frame. Brush with PVS glue. • Cut two lengths of cord and thread a large bead or collection of smaller beads onto each

cord; tie a knot at one end so the beads do not come off. Tack the other end of the cords to the inner frame, one on each side.

• Place the outside frame over the inner frame and secure by tightening the wing nut at the bottom of the hoop. Decorate the material, if desired.

• To play this drum, hold in one hand and twist your wrist back and forth causing the beads to strike the drum.

3.Skin Drum • Cut both ends out of a large tin. • Cut two circles of leather or old tire tubing larger than the size of the top of the tin,

adding a generous overhang. • If leather is used, soak it to achieve maximum stretch and sound. • Punch holes an even distance apart inside the outer edge of the leather circles. • Thread cord in and out of the holes all the way around the outside edge of one piece of

leather circle; place on top of the container and draw in cord until the leather fits snug and tight down around the edge; tie off.

• Repeat the process on the second leather circle and fit to bottom of container. • Take a long piece of cord and tie onto the cord already threaded through the top leather

circle; zig-zag alternatively from top to bottom of the leather circles, applying as much tension as possible; tie off leaving enough cord to allow you to tighten the tension again when it becomes slack. Cut off any excess cord.

4. Monkey Drum • Fit two funnels together; one should be a little smaller than the other so that the narrow

end of one will fit inside the narrow end of the other. • Cover the top of each funnel as indicated in the instructions for the Skin Drum. • Complete lacing together both top and bottom; leave for a few days before tightening the

zigzag cord for the second time; secure it tightly. • Tie a piece of cord around the centre of the zig-zag lacing, giving the appearance of an

hour glass; leave 2 lengths long enough to strike both skins either end. • Tie a heavy bead to each end of both cords. ª Play your Monkey Drum by holding in one hand and twisting your hand backwards and

forwards allowing the two strings with the beads to fly backwards and forwards striking the skins alternating from one side to the other to make the sound.


Instructions for making Metal Bells and Whips 1. Whips • Cut 3 pieces of timber: Bottom section (#1): 400mm x 80mm; Large top section (#2): 250mm x 80mm; Small top section (#3): 70mm • Place piece #2 in top of piece #1, lining up one end. • Place small piece #3 on top of the other end of #1 with one end meeting end of

#2, leaving an overhang of timber on #1 to create a handle. • Attach hinge by screwing piece #3 through hinge to piece #1. • Screw other side of hinge through piece #2 but DO NOT attach to piece #1. • Attach cotton reel or handle to the centre of piece #2 to lift the top slat up and

down to create a sharp sound similar to cracking a whip.

1. Hand Bell (Potato Masher)

2. Bell Shaker: Broken Saw

3.Metal Jingle Stick

1.Whips


2. Bell shaker: Broken Saw • Wind wire around one end of the saw where the blade was originally attached,

making sure all sharp edges of wire are safely tucked away and not protruding. • Thread nuts and bolts or anything that will jingle, along the wire. Secure the wire

to the other end of the saw where the opposite end of the blade used to be attached. Tuck in all sharp edges of wire.

• Create sound by shaking backwards and forwards causing the threaded objects to slide backwards and forwards along the wire to create the sound.

3. Metal Jingle Stick • Drill a single hole in a collection of metal bottle tops. Make sure the hole is larger

than the width of the nail, smaller than the nail head and long enough to allow the bottle tops to slide along the nail.

• Thread two bottle tops onto each nail and hammer nails (with bottle tops) in around a piece of dowel.

• Leave an empty space for your hand to grip the dowel. • Play by shaking or hitting a hard surface. 4. Hand Bell (Potato Masher) • Purchase a potato masher and some small bells from a craft shop or from Christmas

decorations. • Securely attach the bells on the mashing end of the potato masher. • Decorate if you wish by adding streamers or ribbons to the handle. • Shake to ring the bells hanging from the instrument.


Instructions for making Bells and Jingle Sticks 1.Bolt Bell • Use a single long metal bolt approximately 200mm long. • Tie a cord around the head of the bolt and make a loop large enough to hang

over a couple of fingers. • Use another metal object to tap the bolt to make a ringing tone. • If you use a large metal washer and tap the side, it should sound similar to a

triangle. • You can attach the washer to the bolt to prevent them becoming separated.

1. Bolt Bell

2.Tin Hand Bells 3. Plastic Jingle Stick


2. Tin Hand Bell • Use an empty tin. • Hammer down the sharp edges all the way around the inside of the tin. • Drill a hole in the centre top of the tin. • From the inside, secure a small metal ring through the hole in the tin, onto a piece

of dowel on top of the tin to use as a handle. • Tie a piece of cord or string to the small metal ring inside the tin, then tie a nut

or bolt to the bottom end of the cord or string. • When the bell is shaken the nut or bolt will hit the side of the tin to create a

sound. 3. Plastic Jingle Stick • Choose a long piece of dowel (about 1 metre long). • Sand and decorate it. • Drill a single hole in a collection of plastic bottle tops from milk, water or juice

containers. • Make sure the hole is larger than the width of the nail, smaller than the nail head

and long enough to allow the bottle tops to slide along the nail. • Thread two bottle tops onto each nail and hammer nails in around the stick. • Leave an empty space for your hand to grip. • Play by shaking or hitting the plastic jingle stick on a hard surface. • Compare the sound it makes with the sound made by the metal jingle stick.


Instructions for making Paper Plate Shakers and Tambourines, and Clapping Slats

1. Paper Plate Shakers • Staple streamers or ribbons on the edges of a paper plate for decoration. • Alternatively, marble one side of the plate and let dry. • Gently bend the paper plate in half, but do not crease. • Place a handful of beans or beads or anything that would make a noise inside the

folded plate. • Fold plate in half and again, do not crease. Glue and staple edges together, ensuring

all beans are enclosed. • Decorate with paint or crayons.

2. Paper Plate Tambourine

1. Paper Plate Shakers 3. Clapping

Slats


2. Paper Plate Tambourine • Thread two plastic bottle tops onto a short piece of string. • Secure with a large knot to prevent the lids from coming off the string when

shaken. • Knot the other end of the string and staple to the edge of the paper plate. • Repeat this several times. • Glue or staple streamers or ribbons to decorate the plate. • Glue another paper plate on top to hide the sharp side of the staples. • Decorate the front of the plate using paint, crayons or collage. 3. Clapping slats • Cut two small pieces of narrow, flat, thin wood to approximately 400mm long. • Before decorating, mark out a section on the inside where the slats connect

when clapping and leave this area unpainted. • Paint and decorate with a simple design. • When clapped together, they should create a short, sharp sound.


Instructions for making Rainmakers • Use a Postpak tube approximately 600mm long and nails that are just a little

shorter than the width across the inside of the tube. • Other rainmakers could be made using metal cans with lids or cardboard

tubes. • Hammer in the nails all the way around the tube from the top to the bottom,

following the spiral line circling the outside of the Postpak tube. • Place rice, pasta or beads inside the tube, then secure both ends firmly with

glue or Sellotape. • Make the sound of rain by slowly rotating the Rainmaker from end to end and

letting the pasta drizzle through the series of nails. • Decorate your Rainmaker by painting designs, or paste pictures around the

outside of the tube.


Instructions for making Shakers 1. Quick and Simple Shakers • Use an empty container which has a secure, screw-on lid. You could use an

empty milk bottle, juice or water bottle. • Fill with rice, beads, pastas, stones, screws or anything that will create the

sound you prefer. • Screw on the lid and shake to create a rhythm. • Decorate with stickers, paint, paper or any other method of your choice. 2. Pill Bottle shaker • Use two empty pill bottles that are the same size. Take off their lids. • Fill one with beads, pebbles, pasta or screws to make a noise when shaken. • Place the openings for each bottle together and secure them together with

good quality, wide waterproof tape so they make one instrument. • Decorate with paint, contact or paper cut-outs.

1. Quick and simple shakers 1. Quick

and simple shakers

2. Pill bottle shaker

3. Balloon Maracas


3. Balloon Maracas • Blow up a balloon to the size you require for your maraca. • Coat the balloon with oil or vaseline so the paper maché will come off when dry. • Cover the entire surface of the balloon with small pieces of ripped newspaper dipped in

cell mix, paste or glue. • Cover with a second coat of ripped newspaper; this time mark the pieces of paper with

a coloured pen to ensure you achieve an even coverage preventing doubling up on some areas and missing others.

• When these layers are dry in a couple of days, cut a small hole in the bottom and remove the balloon.

• Place a handful of beads or beans inside the rounded shape. • Insert a piece of dowel long enough to protrude out of your rounded shape to create a

handle for your instrument. • Nail the dowel into place in the top centre of your rounded shape. • Continue adding another 3 – 4 layers of ripped newspaper. Mark each layer with a

different colour to ensure an even coverage with each layer. • When dry, decorate as you wish. • You may like to incorporate 4 – 6 strands of beads strung from the centre top down to

the handle.


Instructions for making Simple Castanets 1. Bottle Top Castanets • Using plastic milk bottle tops, drill 2 holes in the centre of each top,

approximately one finger width apart. • Thread elastic through both holes and tie off underneath. Leave a loop in the

elastic on the top, to fit a finger or thumb on each hand comfortably. • Place one bottle top castanet on the middle finger and the other on the thumb of

each hand, facing inwards. • Using each hand independently clap bottle tops together alternating each hand. 2. Yoghurt Tub Castanets • Cut two holes in the bottom of two small yoghurt tubs. • Thread elastic through the two holes and tie off on the inside of the tub. • Decorate with a marker, glue on some goggle eyes or decorate as you wish. • Play by putting one tub on your thumb and the other on your pointer or middle

finger. Tap together to create a beat or rhythm

2.Yoghurt Tub Castanets

1. Bottle Top Castanets

3. Simple Guiro


3. Simple Guiro • Cut a length of PVC pipe or a length of dowel to around 300mm long. • Paint or cover with adhesive paper or contact. • Wrap soft wire around the PVC or dowel, all the way from one end to the other,

making sure the starting point and finishing of the point of the wire is secured safely.

• If PVC pipe is used, glue a large plastic bottle top on either end to cover the ends of the wire; if dowel was used, nail large plastic bottle tops to either end.

• Play by scraping a ruler or 2nd piece of dowel across the wire, up and down the wired pipe.


Instructions for making Wave Boxes

1. Simple Wave Maker • Use a thin, empty box with a lid, e.g. an Overhead Transparency box is great

for making this instrument. • Place pasta, rice, beads or anything that will create a sound like waves lapping

on the sand, inside the box. • Secure the lid to the bottom of the box, with sticky tape, glue or both. • Decorate with paint, crayons or felt pens, or post pictures of fish and

creatures of the sea on the box.

1. Simple Wave Maker

2. Hoop Wave Maker


2. Hoop Wave Maker • Remove the inner circle of a wooden embroidery hoop and cut two circles of

material larger than the hoop. • Wet one circle of material and stretch it tightly over the inner frame then tack it

into place at intervals inside the frame. • When dry, brush all material with PVA glue as this will create a better sound when

you have completed the wave maker. Trim away any excess material. • Allow to dry thoroughly. • Place a handful of rice or beads inside. • Repeat the stretching and tacking process with the second piece of material, but

this time tack and glue the material to the outside surface of the inner frame. • Paint with PVA glue. • Place the outside frame over the inner frame and secure by tightening the wing

nut at the bottom of the hoop. • You may like to decorate both sides of the material surface with a beach scene or

use a simple stylised design for your wave make. • To reproduce the sound of waves lapping on the shore, gently and slowly tilt the

hoop back and forth at approximately a 45 degree angle.


Instructions for making Trumpets Hosepipe Trumpets • Cut a piece of clear hosepipe long enough to create a loop and leave a piece

of hose protruding either side of the loop. • Insert a plastic funnel in one end and a plastic party whistle into the other

end. • Tape the loop into place and decorate with a cord or wool. • For hygiene reasons, only one person is to use the trumpet during class and

the trumpet should not be passed from one person to another to play. • Because all parts are plastic, the instrument can be washed and disinfected

and should be dry before being played by another child.

Instructions for making Wooden Clap Blocks 1. Sand Blocks • Cut two small pieces of timber approximately 150mm x 100 mm. Cut two

pieces of coarse sandpaper the same size. • Paint timber pieces a base colour; when dry, decorate further. • Glue and screw on a cotton reel or handle in the centre top of each piece of

timber, making sure the screws do not protrude through to the other side. • Glue sandpaper onto the bottom of both blocks of wood. • Hold one in each hand and place the 2 sandpaper sides together; slide

backwards and forwards to create the required sound. 2. Clapping Blocks • Cut two pieces of timber approximately 150mm x 100mm. • Sand, paint and decorate pieces if you wish. • Screw and glue a cotton reel or knob in the centre of each piece of timber to

grip onto when in use. • Clap the two pieces together to create the desired sound.


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