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Music to Your Ears

by Ginny Flowers of Cloud Nine

Are the end of summer blues getting you down? No worries; jam on this fun and original guitar, made from recyclable materials, to send your blues sailing.

Jammin’ Guitar

From the craft box you will need:

• Box (Adult sized shoe box, cigar box...etc)
• Four to six Rubber bands with various widths
• Toothpicks
• Popsicle sticks (Optional)
• Glue/Tape
• Scissors
• Markers
• Shells, stickers, glitter for decorating
• Construction paper to cover the box (optional)
• Paint and paint brushes (Optional)

How to:

• Tape lid on to your box.
• Cover your box with construction or wrapping paper and secure with tape or glue.
• Or, paint the box. (Just have an adult help to avoid spills.)
• Sprinkle with glitter, embellish with stickers, draw with markers, or glue on beach finds.
• After decorating, draw a large oval in the center of the top of the box. Ask an adult cut out the hole with scissors.
• Pull rubber bands in place lengthwise around your box. Choose assorted rubber band widths to create different pitches.
• If rubber bands need to be tightened, twist around a toothpick and tape to the bottom of your box.
• To create frets, stack two popsicle sticks together and glue. Glue popsicle sticks under rubber bands on top of box, and space them out evenly.

You’re ready to rock!

November 1, 2009