Don't kill me!! I was laying in bed nursing Holden a few min ago, and started thinking about May Day for some reason. We always go to a Festival of the May, with a May Pole, mummers and everything ... and we always bring instruments to play together. Then I was thinking that I needed to get the kids new instruments because we accidentally left our box of instruments out in the rain and forgot about it a while back and most of them were ruined :( Then I thought of making instruments ... and now I am posting yet another swap :drop:

Here's what I am thinking ... We would keep this one small, capping it at 8 people, so we have to send 9 instruments each. You could make any kind of instrument, as long as it is playable. I am going to make rainsticks. Other ideas would be:
Paper mache maracas
Paper mache egg shakers
Wooden rhythm sticks
Wooden blocks with sandpaper
Wooden sticks with bells
Bell bracelets, bell ankle bracelets
Wooden tone blocks with sticks
Wooden xylophone (for anyone who is good at woodworking!)
etc.

Is anyone interested? This would need to close in April, so that I could get the instruments back to everyone by May Day, so I am thinking a mailing date of Monday, April 10th.

Swappers:
1 - Mom2kbeth - rain sticks
2 - PolkaDot - bell bracelets
3 - Copmom - small drums
4 - Huntersmama - rhythm sticks
5 - Mcmrymoon - mini glockenspiels
6 -

Who else is with me? :)

I could do the bell bracelets..neat idea..giggles

I will join in. I will do some sort of stick with jingle bells or something- let me lay in bed tonight and dream about it! ;)

Tawnya

I would love this!! Will think of something by tomorrow!!

Edited to say: Nevermind, I will do paper mache' shakers!!!

let me lay in bed tonight and dream about it! ;)

Tawnya

LOL! I thought of thisone while laying in bed :)

Ooh - include me too! :D
My girls love music - how about small drums??

We are so bad..look at us...hehehe So where is the Swap Crafters Anon. thread...rofl!

Ooh - include me too! :D
My girls love music - how about small drums??

Drums would be great!

ACK!!!! I nurse for 15 mins and yous tart a swap...:lol:

gronilot and me please:)

I want wood rythum sticks please...i need to go get craft supplies tomorrow anyway, might as well toss another in there

but now i want to host a May swap:)

Don't you know you are supposed to nak, lol?!?

I put you and Zoe-Ann down. That brings us to 7 and we ar enow officially closed. That one filled up in about 10 minutes, lol!

This is going to be fun because it is totally different from any of the other ones we are doing :)

Bonnie I just have to say...:big hug: i :hbeat: you:smirk:

Don't you know you are supposed to nak, lol?!?

I put you and Zoe-Ann down. That brings us to 7 and we ar enow officially closed. That one filled up in about 10 minutes, lol!

This is going to be fun because it is totally different from any of the other ones we are doing :)


That is thr funny thing....I had been nak..then i laid down to put Jaden to bed:lol:

that will teach me;)

Bonnie I just have to say...:big hug: i :hbeat: you:smirk:

:big hug: :hbeat: you too !

:hbeat: me enough to send me those 2 cool craft site links again? I really should have bookmarked them when you first posted them:eyes:

http://www.craft-supplies-online.com/productnavigation.asp?CatID=18

I sent you right to the wood page

and I'll do the other in the Am - H just woke up to nurse again. g'night!

:) thank you

Nite!

:( no fair waaaaaaah!

i miss allthe good stuff...;)

This is the other one -- http://www.factorydirectcraft.com/

This is the other one -- http://www.factorydirectcraft.com/


thank you:)

Selena can have my spot... we have a whole box just of musical instruments..

Grayson has some sensory issues with noise and avoids them.

If any spots open up, Lorelei is totally enamored with music of all kinds and I'd love to be involved.

Ok, I will switch out Zoe-Ann and Selena. Anyone mind if we add one more so that Hastings can have a spot?

I don't mind at all:)

I don't mind one bit!!!

Whoo-Hoo! I know what I'm doing this afternoon :) If Selena doesn't already have dibs I'd like to do shakey eggs.

Whoo-Hoo! I know what I'm doing this afternoon :) If Selena doesn't already have dibs I'd like to do shakey eggs.


I was doing paper mache eggs but are you talking felted ones like I have seen on Selena's site?

Hmmm, Maybe I should reconsider what I am doing unless shaky eggs are in vogue this year. then we can have all different types!! ;)

My kids love the egg rattles. We have a couple of plastic ones and they are always in use when we take out the instruments. If you both want to do them, maybe one of you can do eggs and another can do another shape so they are a little different :)

Lorna loves them too! In fact all the kidlets seem to make music with them whenever they come to visit:)

ummmmmmmm - someone here keeps breaking the "no-more" swaps rule! i'll let it slide because you were milk drunk...or is that holden? ;)

luckily i probably wouldn't have joined this one - so i'm not too upset :LOL however - if someone has to drop i can fill their spot. i could probably make a mini glockenspiel

PolkaDot broke the rule first, lol!

I did..my Dragon Swap..;oops:

I did..my Dragon Swap..;oops:

:drop:

:lol:

ummmmmmmm - someone here keeps breaking the "no-more" swaps rule! i'll let it slide because you were milk drunk...or is that holden? ;)

luckily i probably wouldn't have joined this one - so i'm not too upset :LOL however - if someone has to drop i can fill their spot. i could probably make a mini glockenspiel


Umm, since the rules are already broken, can't we let Lorena in? Mini gloks!! How cool!! ;). Seriously though, I can do a different shape or try a maraca (paper mache). Maybe with a chicken wire base it would be quite strong and stand up to children shaking them.

I would think that even if we have two maracas or rhythm sticks or something I it will be ok because don't most of us have more than one kid? Then there could be similar objects but not necessarily the same.

I'm fine with letting one more in.

Tawnya

i was gonna offer chocolate..........but tried this instead lol!!!

You know me ..I say the more the merrier:)

You're in, mama ;)

I'll go update the OP and the sticky :)

And mini glockenspeils (sp?) would be awesome! Something totally different!

i found a way to make them very easily out of 1/2" copper pipe. they will actually be in tune! when i say mini - i mean only cutting 3 pipes for each instead of the whole range...makes it lighter. kwim? not shrinking them. although - i could probably make them mini and then include the whole range. i'll have to finagle the math.

thanks for letting me in! i get to use a hacksaw for this swap!!!

http://www.mudcat.org/kids/bongos.cfm

scroll down to glockenspiels. seem easy enough! it looks like i can shrink them no problem...they'll just be high pitched...perfect for a fairy!!!!

Awesome! I cannot wait to see these instruments! I will hopefully get started on my rain sticks soon. Just need some cash for the supplies :)

[QUOTE=mcmrymoon]http://www.mudcat.org/kids/bongos.cfm

scroll down to glockenspiels. seem easy enough! it looks like i can shrink them no problem...they'll just be high pitched...perfect for a fairy!!!![/QUO

What a neat site!!! I think mini ones would be pretty cool..and not something everyone would have either:)

don't anybody else make the nail rasp! That's what I want to do!

Tawnya

don't anybody else make the nail rasp! That's what I want to do!

Tawnya


That is cool!! I am partial the spike fiddle but won't be able to do it. All those are GREAT ideas. I also like the box drum. My oldest (Callum) got one for his 4th bday (I found it at a thrift store and loved it). He still has it but the littles keep breaking the mallets!!
I can't wait to get these instruments!!

don't anybody else make the nail rasp! That's what I want to do!

Tawnya


I think that woudl be great, i know my kids woudl love it

I'm still doing rythum sticks, but i am going to try to find a coupel diffenent types of wood to see if that changes the sound at all

I was doing paper mache eggs but are you talking felted ones like I have seen on Selena's site?

Hmmm, Maybe I should reconsider what I am doing unless shaky eggs are in vogue this year. then we can have all different types!! ;)


yeah, I am talking the felted wool ones. Lorelei has several and likes to use one in each hand, but I don't want to step on toes and can certainly do something else. I was also considering gourd calabash rattles.

Felt or gourd shakers/rattles - either would be great :)

Both sound good too me as well...what a fun swap this is going to be:D

http://www.mudcat.org/kids/bongos.cfm

I hadn't been able to get into this site (kept getting a cannot find server error) until just now ... those instruments are going to be way cool! The nail rasp will be really neat!

Updated swappers list:

Swappers:
1 - Mom2kbeth - rain sticks
2 - PolkaDot - bell bracelets
3- Copmom - small drums
4 Huntersmama - rhythm sticks
5- Mamaselena
6 - Mcmrymoon - mini glockenspiels

We've lost a couple of swappers, so there is an open spot here if anyone wants it. Mailing date is in April. Please post to the thread if you want the spot!

Did Tawnya drop out? I think the nail rasp looks cool - all my drum ideas seem really lame after seeing what others are planning. I could try the nail rasp or the box drum from the link (if my dh will help me on the box drum.)

Did Tawnya drop out? I think the nail rasp looks cool - all my drum ideas seem really lame after seeing what others are planning. I could try the nail rasp or the box drum from the link (if my dh will help me on the box drum.)

She did drop out; she was planning to have back surgery. It would be great if you wanted to try the nail rasps (or box drums), they looked really cool!

I am going to drop this one, too, I am sorry! I just can't seem to get a handle on everythign right now. Homelife is, shall we say, STRESSFUL....

Thanks for letting us know Selena. Hope everything gets better soon!

I need everyone's packages by zSaturday or you will have to mail indivisually. LMK where you all are on this one! I have packages from Sonya and Kris and myself, but that's all so far.

so is the op up to date? mailing 4?

I have these done...and will be mailing with the box on TH.:) I am shipping priority too:)

The OP is correct; there are only 5 of us left.

Thanks for letting me know rebecca :)

Lorena -- have you shipped yours yet? That is the last pkg that I am waiting on for this one :) LMK!

bonnie - i am gonna ship these individually. i was gonna sit and go through the swaps thursday at work and re-organize. i am late on a bunch and was gonna post on those.

sorry!!!

Ok, thanks for letting me know :)