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Home » Education » Music » Making Musical Washboards With Daria

Making Musical Washboards With Daria

September 9, 2013 by Crystal McClean

We just love Daria in our home!  Her music and activities inspire my children’s imaginations and creativity!  It is truly the sign of a talented artist when the mention of her name brings new ideas to young minds!

3 Musical Washboards made from recycled items, photo

Musical washboards made 3 ways

I first “met” Daria via the Kid Blogger Network a little while ago when I did one of my first reviews, Little Songs of The Andes.  She is a talented and creative artist who enjoys travelling the world and promoting an understanding of multiculturalism through her music.Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou, A Child's Life in the Andes, Book and Cd review, culture for kids, Kids learn about Peru culture, photo

Be sure to check out her Making Multicultural Music Blog as well as Music To Inspire All The World’s Children.  On her site you will find instructions for making your own pow-wow drums, Egyptian sistrums, didgeridoos, gunghroo bells, and so many more inspiring ideas.

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You’ll find out about world cultues as well, not just musical instruments.    And this is where today’s craft comes from.

The children had such fun making and creating their musical rainsticks last month and they are still using these with great enthusiasm!

Over the summer Tristan and Kallista were the lucky winners of the monthly giveaway Daria has on her monthly song page and were so happy to receive a pair of kazoos!  They love using these.  Kallista caught on first with the correct humming technique.  Now they keep these close by so they can use them when the feeling hits.

Kazoos from Daria, musica around the world, preschool musical fun, photo

Last summer the children and I were in Larne and decided to visit the Museum and Arts Centre to see the Titanic relics they had on display for the 100th Anniversary of its sinking.  One of these items was a washboard.

The children had never heard of these before, living in the UK in the 21st Century.  They were quite interested in it.  I had some extra clothes with us in case we got caught in the rain, so I brought them out and let Tristan and Kallista see what it was like to wash clothes by hand ‘the old-fashioned’ way.

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As you can see, they thought it was quite the novelty and lots of fun!  I’m not so sure they’d still think that if they HAD to do it on a regular basis, but it was a learning experience for them.

Learning to use a washboard, Larne museum, washboard music, Crystal's Tiny Treasures, photo

As I was going through family photos recently I came across this photo and Tristan was asking questions about it, so I thought it would be fun for him to make one of his own with Daria’s instructions.

How to make musical washboards

While I found some cardstock and cardboard to use the children had the important, fun, and educational job of sorting some elastic bands into their different sizes so we could find the ones we’d need.

Sorting elastic bands by size, math skills for toddlers and preschoolers, photo

While Kallista finished off the elastic sorting, Tristan taped 2 peices of cardstock together and then folded them accordian-style.

Folding paper for a washboard, Daria musical instruments, rainy day fun, make your own musical instruments, photo

Then I gave him a little hand sliding the elastics over the ends to hold the cardstock to the cardboard in every other crease.

Accordian folding and elastic band placement, making a musical washboard, photo

Then they both had fun adding some decoration to their musical washboard.

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decorating a homemade musical washboard, fun musical crafts, exploring world music with kids, day care creafts, babysitter crafts, photo

Now, as I mentioned earlier, Daria really inspires the imagination of children and this is one of the ways it happened with this craft.  Before we’d even finished up the musical washboard, I was cutting the backing piece for the washboard from the end of a corrogated cardboard box and some of the paper ripped off the box.  Tristan saw the little ripples and thought that would also make a great “washboard”!

Cardboard musical washboard, making music from junk, recycled musical instruments for kids, photo

Then a day or two later Kallista saw a plastic bottle that I was rinsing before it met the recycling box for disposal.  She saw the ridges along the side of the bottle and hollered out that it was also a “washboard”!  So now we have 3 musical washboards to choose from for musical fun!

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Playing the homemade washboards, music fun with kids, daycare craft activities, photo

Kallista loves music, and gets right into it!

Musical washboard fun with recyclables, photo

If you enjoy making musical instruments with/for your children, check out these other great things we’ve made:

  • Musical Rainsticks
  • Plastic Tube Shakers
  • Jingle Bell wrist/ankle bands

Or browse through our music page for more ideas to get your foot tapping.

What is your favourite musical instrument?

Filed Under: Music, Recycling Tagged With: Cardboard

About Crystal McClean

I am a Mom, Wife, Home Educator, and Virtual Assistant. We love to have fun together while learning and exploring our environment.

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Comments

  1. katrina day-reilly says

    September 9, 2013 at 9:41 am

    the drums

  2. Kristi says

    September 9, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    Right now, it’s the guitar for my 10 yo, the violin for my 12 yo, and anything that makes noise at ALL for the 6 and under crowd. 😉

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 9, 2013 at 4:17 pm

      It sounds like you have a very talented family, keep up the great work and have fun!

  3. Tammy Doiel says

    September 9, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    My kids love musical instruments like these! Your pictures were so cute!

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 9, 2013 at 4:17 pm

      Thank you very much 🙂 It’s great to see kis being creative and having fun.

  4. Jenn @ UpsideDownKids.com says

    September 9, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Favorite? Hmmm dose anything that makes loud repetitive noises cont? Lately it has been the xylophone and a recorder

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 9, 2013 at 4:16 pm

      Oh, I remember that combination! Here’s to a quiet cup of tea today!

  5. Jessica @ fantabulosity.com says

    September 9, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    This is great! I think music in our children’s lives is so important! Thanks for sharing!

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 9, 2013 at 4:15 pm

      Music is important, and also a lot of fun, a great combination.

  6. Adelien says

    September 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    Great idea. It would be our next music lesson. Thank you for sharing..

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 9, 2013 at 4:15 pm

      That sounds great! There are so many choices on Daria’s site, you’d have something new every week for ages!

  7. Tess says

    September 9, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    I would have to say drums. lol

  8. Missy Homemaker says

    September 9, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    What a great idea to make your own washboard! I used to have two real ones, but they got downsized.

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 11, 2013 at 4:17 pm

      It’s a shame things have to be downsized, but you can’t keep everything. We’re prepping for a clear out ourelves-how does it ultiply so fast?

  9. TheBargainBabe says

    September 9, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    Right now our 3 yr old is really liking to play pretend drums.
    Lucky us. 😉

  10. Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom says

    September 9, 2013 at 6:15 pm

    I never heard of Daria before your post. She sounds awesome!

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 13, 2013 at 12:33 pm

      I can’t speak highly enough about Daria’s music and projects 🙂 I encourage you to explore her work!

  11. Stephanie @ From the Burbs to the Boonies says

    September 9, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    Gosh, that is so neat. I think homemade musical instruments are the best because they let a kid know that music can come from anything. It doesn’t have to be bought. It is accessible to them. Very cool!

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 13, 2013 at 12:31 pm

      You took the words out of my mouth! Have a melodious weekend!

  12. Bismah says

    September 9, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    I would have to say drums are my favorite!
    Stopping over from the “Let’s Get Social Sunday” blog hop. Now following you on Bloglovin, G+, Facebook, and Twitter. Looking forward to reading more posts.
    Have a great week 🙂
    Bismah @
    Simple Mama

    • Crystal McClean says

      September 13, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      Thank you for stopping by and following! I hope you’ll find something fun to do, and good luck with our giveaways 🙂

  13. Growing Up Madison says

    September 10, 2013 at 6:19 am

    Right now Madison loves everything. She doesn’t care what it is as long as it can make a beat. She does love her Piano though so maybe that’s her favorite. 🙂

 
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