Today is Make Music Day! It's a free, global musical celebration held every June 21, the summer solstice. This year’s event is moving to a virtual experience with BASH THE TRASH as one of the highlights! Environmental art educators will teach participants how to make musical instruments from found objects - think recycling bin, craft cupboard, junk drawer or whatever you have.
Look at the pure joy on these children's faces! It's one of the reasons I wanted to share Make Music Day with you!
Photo credit Erika Kapin Photography.
Check out the Instrument Building Lab. Above is the Percussion - 4 in 1 Can. You'll find many more instrument making videos at BASH THE TRASH.
Today participants can join Bash the Trash on a video call to get tips from expert Bash the Trash instrument builders, share their creations and play them with others! Folks who want to show off their instruments, ask questions and participate with the Bash the Trash-ers can register on Zoom, and anyone else can watch live on YouTube. Here is the Zoom registration link: bit.ly/BTTxMMD and here’s the link to the YouTube live stream: https://youtu.be/IzEloXAjguQ. Don't miss out on this fun and unique way to help the environment while harnessing the power of music!
we have done this sort of thing with the kids, and boy do they have fun with it!
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so many great ideas
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! Hands on learning is the best.
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When I was a kid we loved making instruments from found objects! My favorites were a shoebox guitar and toilet paper roll kazoo.
ReplyDeleteLove the books you feature...So many great ideas for projects!
ReplyDeleteMusic can be made from anything!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun and so many great ideas.
ReplyDeleteI remember doing activities like this in elementary school, I know my god-daughter would enjoy it too.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to see what you can do making music with things around home. We had a parade using kazoos and simple instruments for family reunions.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like such a fun way to teach kids about music!
ReplyDeleteI love the various ideas. I think I will work on doing this with my grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like such fun! I'm going to do this with my grandchildren. They all love music.
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