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Activities: DIY Percussion / CREATE Singing Straws

Create Singing Straws [age 2-6]

What you need


Instructions

  1. Arrange the straws in groups of two.
  2. The first pair will be the longest, and do not need to be trimmed with scissors.
  3. Trim each of the following pairs so that they get shorter and shorter by one-inch increments.
  4. Cut a long strip of sticky tape and put the straws on the sticky side, arranging them in twos from the shortest to the longest ones.
  5. Secure with more tape working your way down the length of straws.
  6. It’s time to start piping!
 

Source: http://krokotak.com/2013/04/singing-straws/