Do you have any old clay pots around? Use them to make a fun, outdoor musical instrument!
Office rings or paper clips
Yarn or twine
Various sizes of clay pots
Spoons, sticks, etc.
1) Tie a metal office ring with a 1.5-2 foot piece of yarn or twine (if you’re going to leave these up for a while, I would recommend twine or rope). Thread it through the hole in the bottom of a clay pot. The pot will be upside down and the ring will be inside it.
If you don’t have office rings, you can manipulate a paper clip to form a circle. I used paper clips on two of mine. We actually think those two make the best sounds when struck. Hmm…
2) Tie the pots to a rod of some sort. We used the swing set bar! You can also do this inside using a pocket chart stand, hanging stand, or something like that. Explore the sounds by using various objects to hit the pots (spoons, pens, sticks, etc.).