Video: Making Box Guitars with Shoe Boxes & Rubber Bands

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Make a box guitar with shoe boxes and rubber bands! An expert will show you how in this free instructional video. Build shoe box guitars with your kids and play together!

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gustavodore May 20, 2011
Thank you very much for the video! =) Nice mom!
Chuck Apr 02, 2011
Thank you so much for all these ideas. I work with kids (After school programs) and these have been fun projects. We might even set up a "band". once again thank you so much!

Video Transcript

We are learning how to make musical instruments out of everyday household items. Today we are going to make a lute or a guitar. What you will need is shoe box, a variety of different rubber bands, some scissors, a couple of pencils, and that will be it. The first thing you are going to do is actually make a hole in the shoe box. So take some scissors and cut out a hole in the shoe box lid. Now we have a hole. Make sure that it is nice and smooth. Then next thing we are going too do is put on our elastic bands. Start with your thickest closes to you. Depending on how big your shoe box is will depend on which way you put your elastic bands. I'm going to put the next largest one on. Then the next largest. Then one more I could either do four or six strings. I'm just going to do four. Then you take two pencils and you are going to put them towards the end of the box. On both sides. This is your bridge so now this is our guitar.

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Making Box Guitars with Shoe Boxes & Rubber Bands

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