Chalk Potion Xylophone 🎶

Chalk potions are made daily in our mud kitchen so when my oldest said he wanted to put some in a bottle I knew instantly that we had to turn it into a bottle xylophone! We started by crushing chalk and mixing with water. The bottling process was so much fun – we used our funnels and tubes and had a real assembly line working! It took some pouring out, remixing, and lots of spills but eventually we got it right. I finished it off by hanging the bottles with twine from a branch in our yard. 

What you need:

1. Glass bottles
2. Water
3. Twine
4. Scissors
5. Chalk/food coloring
6. Branch/tree

What to do:

1. Mix your “potion” to create colored water.
2. Fill bottles to different volumes to create different sounds.
3. Tie twine around bottle neck and then hang from branch.
4. Repeat with as many bottle and sounds as you like!

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To hear our beautiful music check out @preschoolforyou for video!

Cereal Box Guitars

Boxes are one of my favorite materials to work with because all you need is an imagination to create something wonderful!

What you need: Cereal box, string or rubber bands, paper towel roll, tape, and paint

What to do:

1. Cut a large hole in the middle of the box.
2. Tape the paper towel roll to the top of the box.
3. Paint and decorate the box.
4. Attach strings or rubber bands.