Make a Guitar Out of Cardboard
Encourage your child to express themselves through music and art by making a guitar out of simple materials around your house.
Carmen looks for guitar strings in Delhi, India, and learns about a different stringed instrument called the sitar. She learns that the sitar is similar to the guitar but they are not the same.
In this activity, help your child create their own guitar or stringed instrument. Maybe they’ll even make up their own songs like Carmen and Gaja!
Materials
Directions
Cut a hole on the front of the box for the soundhole and on top of the box to attach the guitar neck.
Make small cuts around one end of the tube.
Insert the bottom of the tube into the hole at the top of the box and attach the tub to the box with the duct tape.
Wrap rubber bands from the top of the tube to the bottom of the box, securing them in the cuts you made. Tape in place.
Encourage your child to play along with their favorite song or create their own song.
This craft was originally created by Jen Goode, a work-at-home mom of three and the "doodler in charge" at JGoode Designs. Jen found her love for art at a very young age, and it grew with her into a career. She shares ideas to inspire children and their families to explore their own creativity through a variety of websites. Projects for Preschoolers, offers crafts, games, recipes, and other fun activities for children ages two to five. Also, 100 Directions features ideas to inspire creativity for all ages.
Photographs by Edwin Sherman.
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