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Making Music – Homemade Harmonica

January 27, 2016 By Vicky 10 Comments

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Our church has a great child care program and they often inspire me with their craft ideas. In my youngest daughter’s class, they made these clever homemade harmonicas. When my daughters twin sisters saw her harmonica, a few fights occurred, so to keep the peace, I made them some of their own. They were super simple to make and my kids made more than one Homemade Harmonica. They had enough to start their own band. If you kids can’t get enough of homemade instruments, check out Making Musical Instruments with Kids and our Didgeridoo Craft.

Homemade harmonica - simple craft that will delight your kids!

How to make a homemade harmonica

Supplies You Will Need:

  • Craft sticks (tongue depressor sized)
  • 3 rubber bands
  • 1 sheet  Construction paper
  • Scissors
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First you will want to cut out two construction paper strips. I cut mine 1 inch wide by 4 or 5 inches long. The kids could not decide on a single color so we did pink and purple, but you only need one sheet of construction paper.
   homemade harmonica craft
Wrap your strips on each side of the craft stick making sure to keep them near the edge with a bit of craft stick still showing.
   making a homemade harmonica
Wrap a rubber band around the length of the craft stick.
   easy homemade harmonica instrument
Place the second craft stick under the one with the construction paper strips and using another rubber band, wrap the ends together.
homemade harmonica musical instrument

Do the same with the other end and you should have something that looks like this.

Homemade Harmonica

Now your homemade harmonica is ready for playing. Make sure your kids blow on the wooden middle part and not the part covered in paper. Playing this homemade harmonica will require some practice. At first my girls were biting down on the stick which will not allow the breath to travel. But with some practice, we were making music!
child playing homemade harmonica
If you liked this homemade harmonica, you’ll love:
Making Musical Instruments with Kids
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Didgeridoo Craft for Kids
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Comments

  1. Cranberry Morning says

    February 28, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    What a fun and simple toy! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Gerianne says

    February 28, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    Fantastic! I can't wait to try it with my students!

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    February 29, 2012 at 5:00 am

    What a fun idea! I may try this craft with the children in our MOPS program(mothers of preschoolers). Now all I need is a bible lesson. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      October 17, 2012 at 7:44 pm

      I see a "make a joyful noise" Bible lesson 🙂

      Reply
  4. Brooke says

    February 29, 2012 at 5:56 am

    We have to try this. My 3 year old loves the harmonica.

    Reply
  5. Kate says

    March 6, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Love this idea! Cannot wait to give it a try!

    Reply
  6. Sarah Rivera says

    May 25, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Amazing! I tried it out, and my 5 year old is addicted!

    Reply
  7. Sarah Rivera says

    May 25, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Amazing! I tried it out, and my 5 year old loves it!

    Reply
  8. Shay says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    I'm just wondering how you secured the construction paper strips… With tape or glue?

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    • Vicky @ Mess For Less says

      April 29, 2015 at 4:16 pm

      The rubber band holds them in place, no tape or glue necessary.

      Reply

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