Maracas

Materials:

• 2 Paper Cups
• Rice
• Masking Tape

Procedure:

• Take 2 paper cups and put a handful of rice in one,
• Tape the 2 cups together with masking tape and voila maracas.

Bottle Cap Rattles

Materials:

• Metal Bottle Caps
• Small Piece of Wood
• Nails

Procedure:

• Take metal bottle caps and punch holes in the centers.
• Then nail two back to back (loosly) to a small piece of wood.

Kazoos

Materials:

• Cardboard Roll
• Tissue Paper
• Rubber Band

Procedure:

• Kazoos are very easy to make.
• Get an empty TP tube and a piece of tissue paper to cover the end.
• Secure it on with a rubber band.
• With a needle, poke a small hole near the other end.

Pop Bottle Shakers

Materials:

• Clean, Dry 16 oz. Plastic Soda Bottles
• Rice, Beans, or anything that will make noise
• Hot Glue

Procedure:

• Use empty, dry, 16 oz plastic soda bottles....fill with all kinds of interesting things, such as popcorn, colored paper clips, water, oil, blue color mixture, old beadednecklace, pasta...on and on!!!!
• Hot glue the top on!
• You cCan also glue paper around it and decorate!

Bass Fiddle

Materials:

• Coffee Can
• Large Dowel or Broomstick
• String
• Heavy Tape

Procedure:

• Punch a hole in the bottom of the coffee can, thread string thru the hole and secure on the inside.
• Tie the other end of the string to the end of the dowel. (You might want to put some heavy tape on it so it doesn't slide down.)
• To play it, put one foor on the can to hold it in place, rest the end of the dowel without the string on the coffee can or on the floor, which ever is more comfortable for the child, and tilt the dowel back until the string is tight.
• Then pluck it!

Paper Cup Telephone

Materials:

• Paper cups
• 6 meters heavy string
• Sharp pencil
• Paper Clips

Procedure:

• Make a small hole in the center of the bottom of each cup with a pencil.
• Pull each end of the string through the holes in the cup.
• Tie a knot in the end of the string or tie the string to a small paper clip.
• Do the same thing to the other paper cup
• Pull the string tight
• Have a friend talk into one cup while you hold the other cup over their ear.

Musical Bottles

Here's a KEWL way to mix music with science.

Materials:

• 8 (or less) identical glass soda bottles
  
• A pitcher of tap water
  
• A spoon

Procedure:

• Place all of the bottles in a straight row. Pour a small amount of water in the first bottle, a moderate amount in the second bottle, and a larger amount in the third bottle. Continue filling each bottle with more and more water till you run out of bottles to fill up.
• Blow across the tops of the bottles. Don't blow into the bottles, just blow across the openings on the top. This may take a little practice, ask an adult for help if you need it.
• You can add or pour out water to change the tone of each bottle. Maybe you can create a scale, or a song.
• Now try hitting the bottles with a spoon. Do you hear a different noise from each bottle? Why is this happening?
• See what happens when you blow air across the top of the bottles. Which bottle makes the highest sound? Which makes the lowest? Do different size bottles sound different? What happens to the sound, if you pour more water in that bottle? You might even be able to play a simple melody.