Let’s get ready to rock..with a homemade guitar! This little guitar might look fancy, but it’s surprisingly simple to put together, and is made with things you probably already have around the house! Little music lovers will love having their very own guitar to play, and friends of Caitie can play along as Caitie plays guitar and sings. You can explore different sounds by using different rubber bands, and decorate your guitar any way you like. Be sure to check out the Caitie’s Classroom episode all about Musical Instruments to see Caitie make the craft, and to explore other amazing instruments and the sounds they make!
We are going to use a tissue box as the body of our guitar. First, remove the plastic parts from the opening of the box, and then paint the outside of the box. You can paint it any color you like – we used the color blue. You may need to paint a few layers to cover the pattern of your box, then leave it to dry.
We are going to use a cardboard paper towel tube for the neck of our guitar. Paint the tube any color you like – we painted it brown to look like a traditional guitar neck. Leave your tube to dry.
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Pick the side of the guitar that your neck will come out of – if you are right handed the neck will come out of the right side of the guitar when looking down at it. If you are left handed (like Caitie!) the neck will come out of the left side of the guitar when looking down at it. Hold the end of the cardboard tube to the side of the guitar body and draw two parallel lines the same width as the end of the tube but slightly closer together than the width of the tube. Connect the lines together with another line making an H shape.
With a craft knife, carefully cut along the lines and push the two tabs inwards. The hole should be slightly smaller than the tube so the tube will fit snugly in the hole without any other support. Then insert the tube into the hole to make your neck!
We are going to use rubber bands for our guitar strings! Most guitars have six strings, but we are using four strings which is a little more like a ukulele, another great instrument!
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Add the strings by stretching them around the box, moving them over the opening in the guitar body as best you can. We put two strings on either side of the neck. Experiment with different sizes and thickness of rubber bands for different sounds! To help our guitar sound better, we have to move the strings off the body of the guitar. To do this, glue two popsicle sticks together to make them a little thicker, then slide them under the strings and push them to either side of the guitar body.
The lines on the neck of a guitar separate the frets. We used colorful tape and wrapped it around the neck to mark the frets. We used pom poms for the tune pegs, and decorated the body with stickers and gems!
For more fun with musical instruments, check out our theme page for making music filled with videos, activities and crafts for making music with little learners! Whenever I play the guitar, Baby Chuck seems keen to join in. He pulls on strings, turns the tuning keys, and inevitably drops picks (and possibly raisins- ick) into the body. I figured he'd like his own guitar, so I made him this black and white cutie. It's the size of a ukulele.
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(Disclaimer: I got the template and directions fromMake It and Love It. They wrote a really comprehensive set of directions packed full of lovely photos. Check out their post for detailed directions and cute kid pics. I'm posting up this set of directions because I did things slightly differently.)
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2. Glue together two of your full length guitar pieces. Now you have a nice sturdy base. (You don't want your rubber bands to bend the cardboard.)
4. Glue your two large rectangles, one on top of each other, about 1 inch below the cutout circles on your previously glued together guitar cutouts. Glue your two smaller rectangles, one on top of another, around the neck of your previously glued together guitar pieces.
5. Now it's drilling time. (Aka- Time to call hubby because drills totally freak me out.) Drill four holes approximately 1/3 inch below your larger rectangles and about 1/2 inch above your smaller rectangles. Honestly, the measurements aren't that important. You can just eyeball it. Just make sure that (a) your holes are evenly spaced and (b) four rubber bands could potentially be strung from one set of holes to the other. Oh yeah, when drilling the holes on the head of the guitar, try not to place the end holes too close to the edge of the cardboard. Otherwise your rubber band will periodically slide off...
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7. You may notice that your cardboard starts bending. This isn't good because it will prevent your cardboard pieces from properly sticking together. Don't worry! Just use some heavy books to flatten your cardboard out. (Sadly, my two previously glued together guitar pieces were coming undone. I reattached them by squeezing in more glue between the crevices.) Let glue dry.
8. Now let's string the guitar! Cut your four jumbo sized rubber bands to make four long strands. Double knot each rubber band to a paperclip. Then, string your four strands through the holes in the neck of the guitar. Pull to make sure that your paperclip sits flush against the cardboard. Pull those strands down one by one through the holes in the body of your guitar. Double knot the strands to another paperclip. (I had some problems tying my middle rubber bands to the paper clip, so I just double knotted them to each other.) Trim all your excess rubber band bits.
9. Make four small indentations in your cardboard rectangle bits (on the front of the guitar) to keep rubber bands in place.
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10. What? Aren't we done yet? No way. Crapting is not for the weary. Time to cover up the ugly rubber band ends and paper clips. Spread a thick layer of glue on the back of your newly strung guitar and glue on your third full guitar piece. Make sure the painted neck is shown. Apply pressure to make sure the pieces stick together. Then, glue on your small guitar body on top of that. Again, apply pressure.
11. Note: I found that my pieces wouldn't stay glued together because my jumbo paper clips were pretty thick. If you find yourself with this problem too, you may need to cut out two wells in your cardboard so that the paperclips have a nice place to rest. Then your cardboard pieces should sit nicely together.Get our free 45 page Wardrobe Rehab Book when you sign up for our newsletter! Learn how to perfect your closet in five easy steps using this easy manual. Select your newsletter frequency below.
If there’s one thing I love, it’s taking something you would normally throw away, and turning it into something cute. I recently ordered a new quilt for Frankie’s bed from Sheridan and decided to use the packaging to make these adorable guitars for the girls to play with.
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The first thing to do is draw the shape of a little guitar on a piece of cardboard. You can also download and print one off and trace it out.
After cutting out the second cardboard guitar shape, use a glass to trace a circle onto one of the cardboard guitar shapes to act as the soundhole.
We then cut 6 six strips of cardboard out and rolled each up to make a stubby tube shape, securing them each with tape.
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Once all 6 pieces were taped, attach them using hot glue to the cardboard guitar shape without the soundhole. These will seperate the two guitar shapes to create the 3D effect.
I then measured, cut out and glued our 4 more longer strips of cardboard to use as the sides of the guitar. You will need to bend these pieces quite a bit to follow the curve of the guitar shape, to make this easier I rolled up each piece and unrolled it a few times to make it easier to work with.
While the paint is drying, cut out two small cardboard rectangles (one slightly longer than the other), painted them and measured 4 pieces of twine to use for the strings.
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Then, tie a little knot at the end of each piece of twine and thread the rest through these holes and up to the top of the guitar
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