| There are hundreds of different kinds of musical | | | | used as bottle shakers. Glass bottle xylophones |
| instruments in the world. Some of the basic | | | | can be made at home by filling old glasses or |
| instruments can be made at home while others | | | | bottles with different amount of colored water |
| have to be made professionally. In some cases, | | | | and using spoons or lead pencils to tap the |
| homemade musical instruments can be an | | | | containers to create a new musical tune. Old |
| excellent business venture if the knowledge and | | | | pieces of dowling cut into shorter sticks and |
| expertise has been passed down from ancestors. | | | | painted can be used as rhythm or lumi sticks. |
| For some it may be for solely recreational | | | | Simply using an empty coffee can or oatmeal box |
| purposes while others may indulge in it for artistic | | | | painted or covered with contact paper can be |
| reasons. Children may also get involved in making | | | | used as drums. Stringing three to four bells onto a |
| musical instruments at an early age. This is usually | | | | large pipe cleaner can make wrist bells. This pipe |
| introduced in craft classes at schools or at holiday | | | | cleaner can be twisted around the wrist. |
| camps through vocational training. | | | | These homemade musical instruments can be left |
| Learning how to make musical instruments is a | | | | plain or decorated. Musical instruments can be |
| process that requires a lot of practice unless it is | | | | decorated with a combination of buttons and |
| just for fun. By using materials that are easily | | | | glitter or sequins and yarn. Materials such as |
| available at home or in the market, musical | | | | ribbons, beads, sand, cellophane, crayons, |
| instruments can be made. Old pots and pans can | | | | markers, paint, nail polish, construction paper etc |
| be used as drums and old wooden spoons as | | | | are other decorative items. Hence, making musical |
| drumsticks. A coconut cut in two, with the | | | | instruments at home is a fairly simple and |
| coconut meat removed, can be used as musical | | | | enjoyable activity but requires some amount of |
| clappers. Old plastic drink bottles and containers | | | | creativity. |
| filled with dried beans, dried corn, or rice can be | | | | |