Visual Arts Activities Week 5 Foundation
This week in visual Arts I thought we would focus on something slightly different and look at making our very own instruments. After lengthy talks with MS Penza we thought that we’d join both visual arts and performing arts to create sing, dance and make instruments to enjoy!.
Let’s look at making mini tin can drums
I’m very very excited about creating these colourful and creative drums. I hope you are too!
Mr Penza will be very impressed I’m sure!
The materials you will need for the mini Tin Can Drums are:
- Small tin cans
- Paint and paint brush
- 20 inch balloons, one per can
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Craft glue or hot glue is best (adult only).
- Wash and dry your tin cans, removing the label.
- Now add your paint. This is where you can get really creative. These are your drums, so decorate them any way you’d like. We added some zig-zags, even some black DecoArt Twinkles paint for some extra sparkle! Let the paint dry completely.
3. With your scissors, cut your balloon. You’ll want to cut farther down than you think, just about where it starts to get big toward the base. You can always cut more, so it’s best to start cutting closer to the top.
4.Stretch your balloon over your tin can. You need to stretch it as much as possible to get the best drum sound. If you’re having trouble with the stretching, you can help it stay in place with tape or glue dots. My balloons were good at sticking to the can and staying in place.
5.With your glue, add your ribbon to the seam of your balloon. This will help glue the balloon in place as well as glue on the ribbon.
6.Now it’s ready for some drum sticks. We used paper tubes, pencils, and paint brushes, all worked well! We even discovered that the sides of the tin can makes a great sound too, when you rub a pencil down the ribbed side. It’s an all-in-one musical instrument!
So now that you’re armed with a few ideas that will hopefully inspire you to make and create other musical instruments, it’s time to share what you’ve been crafting!
Please remember to share all your magnificent pieces with me via email or google docs!
The website below is yet another clip by Mr Maker if time permits you may also like to try making these drums!
As this Sunday is a special day of remembering mum I thought it would be extra special if mum/grandmother/carer was to receive a card designed, crafted and made especially by you!
Here are some examples you might want to use to design your very own Mother’s Day card for that special woman in your life!
Here are some examples of a website I found for ideas to write in your mother’s day card. I hope you find this useful!
What to write in a Mother’s Day
Also, be ready for yet another sketch Book entry coming your way this week.
Looking forward to seeing last weeks entries of all my fabulous students detailed sketching of their backyards!
CONTACT DETAILS
Teresa Velardi (Visual Art Teacher)
tvelardi@stgeorgepreca.catholic.edu.au
Please feel free to contact me and share the magnificent pieces you children are making and creating!
Until next week ciao for now and ALWAYS ALWAYS get CREATING!!!!