| Music is the essence of life and I think that no | | | | should be almost filled to the top and the other |
| one is untouched with this beautiful gift given to | | | | one with very little water. The other bottles |
| mankind. Even children also love to play music and | | | | should vary somewhere in between the two. You |
| enjoy it when they get a chance to do so. For | | | | can use as many or less bottles as you like. A |
| this, you require various expensive musical | | | | knife or spoon would wok well as a mallet. Hit the |
| instruments but what if you make your own | | | | side of the bottle or glass gently as each one shall |
| music instruments at your home with little | | | | make a different sound. You can even |
| efforts? It is a fun and inexpensive idea to make | | | | experiment with different levels of water to |
| Gongs, xylophones, hummers and triangles for | | | | decide which note pitch you would like most. If |
| children to play. | | | | you have a piano or other musical instrument that |
| 1. To make a Gong you need an old pie tin or a lid | | | | shall make various pitches then you can tune your |
| of a large metal popcorn tin, a metal table knife | | | | bottles or glasses to the instrument. |
| or spoon for a mallet, a hammer and nail, a string. | | | | 3. Making a hummer is also very easy where you |
| You have to pound two nail holes on the edge of | | | | need to have an empty cardboard toilet paper or |
| the pie tin or on the side of the popcorn lid two | | | | paper towel tube, a rubber band and a wax |
| or three inches apart. Thread the string through | | | | paper. Cut a round piece of wax paper that is |
| the holes and tie a knot. The string should be | | | | larger than the ends of the tube. Cover one end |
| about 1 ½ to 2 feet long enough so that | | | | with the wax paper and hold in place with the |
| you can easily hold it without touching the pan or | | | | rubber band and make sounds into the opposite |
| tin. Hit the pan with the spoon or knife and you | | | | end of the tube. |
| have a loud sound. To soften the sound, you | | | | 4. You can also make a triangle with the help of a |
| need to wrap the knife or spoon with a piece of | | | | horseshoe or 4 to 8 inches of metal pipe, string |
| cloth and then use a child socks to cover the | | | | and a knife or spoon. Loop the string at the curve |
| knife or spoon. | | | | of the horse shoe or thread it through the pipe. |
| 2. To make a Xylophone you require glass pop | | | | Tie a knot at the top and hit the horse shoe or |
| bottles of same size and then shape work best | | | | pipe with the knife as soon as it dangles from the |
| for a homemade xylophone and for this purpose, | | | | sting. Make sure that the string is strong enough |
| water glasses shall also work. Fill the glasses with | | | | to hold the pipe. |
| different amount of water whereby one bottle | | | | |