Ideas and case studies

• The longer the string or elastic, the lower the note.
• The more stretched the elastic band, the higher the note.

• Make a tambourine: staple or glue two paper plates together, and then attach craft bells around the edge with some string.
• Drums can be made by stretching greaseproof paper over the top of a tin (e.g. of drinking chocolate) and fixing it in place with an elastic band.
• Cymbals - saucepan lids (the same size) make great (noisy) cymbals.

• You can make an oboe with a straw.  Squash one end of a straw (about 2 cm), and cut it to a point. Lightly squeeze the cut bits together between your lips and blow. The shorter you cut the straw, the higher the note.
• Comb 'buzzer' - an old favourite, but easy to make. Wrap a piece of thin paper (e.g. tissue) over the the tooth edge of a comb. Hum through the tissue paper.