Diy xylophone

Munchkin UK on Instagram: “If you’re looking for creative ways to keep your Munchkins entertained this Sunday, why not try making a DIY Paper Tube Xylophone with…”

Rainbow xylophone tutorial: how to make a homemade xylophone for kids out of recycled materials

Here's our DIY xylophone for you. It's a fun and challenging project for you or for you kids. It's not as easy as it looks but it's certainly a great piece to finish. #xylophone #diy #musicalinstrument #furniture #diywoodworking #woodworking #didyproject #woodworkingproject #diyfurniture #easyproject #diymusicalinstrument #instructions

flowerdog's Project

If you've been following my blog, you know how much my boys love DIY instruments. They are the most requested activities by my oldest son...

Again, I'm using up wood scraps. This time for a play xylophone. And...the best part? It actually works! This idea was suggested to me last weekend...and I went with it. All I did was select pieces in ascending order. I nailed equally spaced finishing nails on two boards shaped like a V. I then secured the ends to a solid piece of wood. A narrow piece of felt was placed before I added the parts that make music. They're removable, so one can change them up for different tunes. The mallets…

Wooden xylophones are percussion instruments that have a long, rich history. Found in Africa, parts of the Americas, Indonesia and Malaysia, just to name a few, wooden xylophones commonly consist of a series of varying lengths of wood, which are sometimes suspended above open holes, dried gourds or even metal tubes to ...

Xylophones can produce a range of sounds, and that’s partly due to the type of mallets used to play the instrument. Heavy mallets deliver loud sounds, and very light ones can create hollow metallic sounds. Mallets are composed of a ball on the hitting end, connected to a long, thin stick.

Kids Kitchen Science: Water Xylophone experiment - mixing water and science for a colourful sensory activity for kids!

Designer Sam Gensburg has created this special packaging for beer bottles — in this example, the adorably-named “Southern Bells,” — that can be transformed into a tone-accurate xylophone.