You can build your own guitars if you have all the proper materials and a handful of creativity.

You can create your own ocarina if you have all the proper materials and a handful of creativity.

You can build your own entertainment center if you have all the proper materials and a handful of creativity.

You can build your own maracas if you have all the proper materials and a handful of creativity.

How to make a Kazoo:
Materials:
-a plastic comb
-one or more of the following:
-a sheet of paper
-wax paper
-plastic shopping bag
-plastic wrap
Instructions:
Put the comb to your lips and stretch your material across the other side.
Hum a little tune into the comb. The material will vibrate along with your voice (this is called sympathetic vibration). Try one or two [...]

Materials:
An empty plastic milk or soda jug.
Some string
Different colored beads, shells, or other small trinkets, each with a hole large enough for the string.
Time! (this is great to do while you’re listening to music!)
Directions:
First make a braid out of three long strings. Tie your braid like a loose collar around the top of your jug.
Now [...]

A tambourine is both a drum and a shaker. Make one from stuff you find around the house.
Directions:
Find two aluminum foil pie pans — the kind from frozen pies.
Put them together with the bottoms facing out. Use duct tape, packing tape or stapes to fasten the edges together halfway around, making a pocket.
Put a handful [...]

Materials:
A small box, plastic container or hollowed gourd for each child
Fishing line
Brass fasteners or packaging tape
Instructions:
Put the “body” (box, plastic container or hollow gourd) of your instrument on your desk
Cut 6 strings from fishing line. Each piece should be long enough to be flattened from one end of the container to the other.
Using fasteners or [...]

The next step beyond making music with your body is making music with an instrument. An instrument is an extension of your body. A drum echoes the stamping of feet, a flute sings like a human voice.
Drums and rhythm instruments are found in every culture around the world. Each instrument has its special tradition. Balinese [...]

Find the music around you!
Make a musical instrument out of objects you see everyday! This is really an exercise in observation, imagination, and resourcefulness.
First have your students look carefully around them at home, in the classroom, wherever they go. Have them listen carefully to the sounds that they hear from everyday objects, such as the [...]