Balloon bongo, rice shaker & güiro!
We’ve been having a lot of noisy fun with this 3 in 1 homemade instrument. It’s a balloon bongo, rice shaker & güiro all rolled into one and is a doddle to make! It was inspired by this really cool balloon bongo video by Lullatone that I found on flickr.
How to
You will need:
♥ Some empty, clean tin cans
♥ Rice/lentils
♥ Balloons
♥ Elastic bands
♥ Chopsticks/sticks
1. Begin by putting a small handful of rice or lentils into an empty tin can. PLEASE make sure the tin can has smooth edges (you can buy tin openers that open tins without leaving a sharp edge).
2. Cut the end off the balloon and simply stretch over the end of the tin.
3. Secure the balloon with an elastic band and Bob’s your uncle!
I gave my son a couple of chopsticks so he could play the edge of the tincan like a güiro.
11 Comments › Leave yours
Leave a Reply
- All I need… (my mum's blog x)
- Arvindgupta Toys
- Beci Orpin
- Chez Beeper Bebe
- Colossal
- Craftgawker
- Crow roosters crow
- Curly Birds
- diy or die
- Fine Little Day
- Handmade Charlotte
- Hello Kiddo
- IDN Magazine
- Kickcan & Conkers
- Kireei
- le dans la
- LMNOP
- Lullatone home orchestra
- Meet me at Mike's
- misako mimoko
- Officers (my cousins band)
- Papercrave
- Piles of washing
- Poppytalk
- Red Ted Art
- Sausage Jar
- Swiss Miss
- Tattly
- Wabi-sabi wanderings
- What I Made
- Whipup
Nisha #
what a GREAT idea! … go to try this – thanks
Patsy #
You are so clever, Kate – these look great fun. Congrats on the Babble, you deserve it.
Holly #
This looks fun, and so easy to make! Thanks for the tutorial.
Sabrina #
Do you find the balloons will come off on their own, or do they stay pretty well? Would glue work, possibly? My girl has prying fingers!
Kate #
Hi Sabrina,
The balloons stay pretty well but they can come off and only last so long if they are being bashed a lot.
I think glue would corrode the rubber IYKWIM?
You could try gaffa tape or electrical tape.
It also depends on her age. I would say 3+ for this tin can shaker. I used to make plastic shakers for my two when they were little. Just rice…in a yoghurt pot or small bottle with a plastic lid taped on. They loved them!
valeria #
happy to discovere your blog! Loveit! Love your pictures!!!
thank you
Richard #
This balloon idea is not new, it is a very common thing, but still the combination of shaker, guiro and drum is good! Nice Photos! The balloons just last as long as they last, just pull on a new one, if it’s destroyed.
It won’t come of, if you leave enough of the narrow part when cutting of the end…
Kate #
this is awesome and will be my official first DIY of the year! Thanks!
aven #
Thanks for the project for science it will really help me n it’s also benifical at home thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amanda Carman #
Just wanted to stop by and say we loved your homemade drum post/idea. We tried it out and had so much fun we just had to share it with our readers too (giving you a link back of course)! Thanks
http://excited2learn.com/blog/summer-fun-art-music-ideas/
Abbey101!! #
me and my younger brother are sooooo going to make one today!