Shake that shakere [how to make a musical instrument]

Last week, we received a super cool box full of goodies from musician Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou. Included in the package were four homemade musical instruments and a cd titled Grandchildren's Delight - Best Loved Songs from the Good Old Days. The music is a hit here at Kinderart® headquarters, with Jannique's first favorite song being "Akin Drum" [His head was made of pizza, pizza, pizza...]. As of yesterday,  her new favorite is "Over in the Meadow." It's a terrific album with songs from days gone by. 

The musical instruments in the box included a Recycled Box Ocean Drum [you can find the blog post about that lesson plan here], A Q-Tip® Rattle, an Everything but the Kitchen Sink Rattle and a Milk Jug Sticker Shakere. These too are a hit.

Jannique immediately started shaking each of the instruments (sometimes two at a time) to see what sorts of sounds they made. Such fun!

The Milk Jug Shakere was of particular interest - I think because it was the only instrument where she was not able to immediately see what was inside. (So, of course we did some investigating).

Meanwhile, Daria was kind enough to send us a lesson plan - telling us exactly how to make our own Milk Jug Sticker Shakere. The materials are easy to find and the instrument is easy to make. She also provided us with some information on traditional shakeres. You can find all the details on our website at: http://kinderart.com/across/stickershakere.shtml

Keep creating!
~Andrea