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To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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X is for xylophone

Submitted by on May 14, 2012 – 3:28 amOne Comment

After the success of our peruvian drums, we built a colourful xylophone with some old pencils, polystyrene and cardboard.  It is very easy to make and you can easily find all you need for this project in your crafts box.

1. Cut a piece of cardboard 24 cm long, with 14 cm width at one end 9 cm at the opposite end.

2. Cut two strips of polystyrene (height 18 cm – width 3 cm – depth 1cm).

3. Attach the polystyrene strips to the cardboard with glue.

4. Dig 8 grooves in the polystyrene with the scalpel leaving regular spaces in between. The grooves on one strip need to correspond exactly to the groves on the other polystyrene strip as the pencil will need to slot in.

5. Paint the polystyrene strips and the base and let I dry before moving on to the next step.

6. Make sure your pencils are different in colour and size; then start slotting them in the polystyrene grooves from the longest to shortest alternating the pointed side.

7. Once you are happy with the positioning of the pencils attach them with glue.

8. Put a heavy book over the top to help the pencils to stick better to the glue in the polystyrene grooves.

9. Make two playing drums with two wooden kebab sticks and two wooden beads.

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  • What a fab idea! I will also dare to say this would be a quieter version of the real thing? I know what we’ll be making over the holidays! xx

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