How to make a Didgeridoo

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You will need:
paper tubes (magazine pages rolled into a tube,  kitchen towel or multiple toilet rolls)
white paper
crayons/marker pens
sellotape

Instructions:

Ask the children to work in pairs helping each other to make their instrument

Join several toilet rolls/kitchen rolls together to make a fairly long tube.

Cover the tube with white paper to make it stronger.

Draw patterns on more white paper and wrap around the tube again.

Cover the whole tube with clear sellotape to ensure the didgeridoo is stiff and firm.
How to play a Didgeridoo.

The larger the tube the deeper the sounds made.

Sit the children on the floor with one leg outstretched and place one end of the digeridoo at an angle to the floor, with the foot raising it slightly.

Blow into the tube by quickly breathing in through the nose and slowly breathing out through the mouth, down the tube.

Let the children experiment making sounds and “tunes”