How to Make a Trumpet Out of a Garden Hose

A great activity for you and your child or for a music class is to create instruments. Making instruments will help you grow an appreciation for the real instruments and help you learn how they make sounds. An easy instrument to make is a trumpet. You can construct a trumpet out of a garden hose with a few tools. With a varying amount of breath you can make many noises with your homemade garden hose trumpet.

Things You'll Need

• Knife
• Garden hose
• Circular hose clamp
• Flathead screwdriver
• Funnel

Instructions

1. Cut out a three foot section from a standard garden hose. Slide a circular hose clamp onto one end of the hose.

2. Insert a small kitchen funnel into the end of the hose. Slide the circular hose clamp onto the end of the hose you stuck the funnel in.

3. Screw the clamp tight to hold the funnel into the end of the hose. Blow varying amounts of air through the other end of the hose to make trumpet sounds. Try variations of loops in the hose to make different sounds too.

References

• Make Garden Hose Trumpet