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Summary: Learn how to decorate shakers as homemade musical instruments for children in this free music lesson video from our professional musician and experienced music educator.
J.D. Keating is a musician, artist and educator from Western Massachusetts. For two decades he has lent his varied talents to innumerable projects in the music industry. In 2003 he...read more
"We are decorating our shakers and of course now that you've got your shaker constructed. I put crayon in mine. You did? Good job! And how did you decorate it Felix? I made a Batman on it. A Batman! A bat on it. A bat? Wow! And used a crayon? Yeah. And a marker? Yeah, actually I used just the marker. Just the marker? Huh? I use this. And you've got all these crayons as well so once you got your paper on the outside and your shakers on the inside. You're ready to take on pretty much taken on whatever artistic imaginative undertaking you wish. You can go at it anyway you want. Right guys? Uh huh. You can use pink. As you can see Ava is decorating hers with flowers. Madeleine is making it looks like some more flowers. No. What is it? It's a cat that. Oh, it's a cat. Very good. So here kids to explore not only how sound is made but they get topersonalize their own instruments. That we will later play. I made my cat! Good job! Way to go! "
eHow Article: How to Decorate Shakers: Homemade Instruments for Kids