Activities and Crafts
When you're looking for a fun activity to do with your kids, why not try one of these? Make your own musical instruments and then play them along with The Box of Fun song video! Or mix up a batch of Rice Krispies Treats® – Cooking With Kids has great tips for involving your little ones in the kitchen. For more ways to make play time special, check out the ideas at Connect With Your Kids.
Have a Family Rock ’n’ Roll Night
Remember when going to a rock ’n’ roll concert was the ultimate event? Share those memories with your kids, and make new ones, by creating the excitement of a rock ’n’ roll performance right in your living room. Here’s how to set the stage:
Imaginative Instruments
With a little imagination, an everyday item becomes a musical instrument!
- Tennis racquet guitar
- Pot-lid cymbals
- Pot-and-spoon drums
- Paper-towel-roll trumpet
- Hairbrush microphone
Now put on some music, and your family band is ready to rock!
Get Your Moves On
Music makes you want to groove. Try these simple moves to look like a rock star!
- Do a guitar solo on one knee
- Spin the drumsticks in between each beat
- End your song with a jump in the air
It’s that easy!
Tambourines
Materials
- Two paper plates
- Crayons or markers
- Stapler and staples
- Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® cereal
Instructions
- Have your child decorate the bottoms or tops of two plates with crayons or markets.
- Place Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® between the plates.
- Staple the plates together.
- Shake to produce a sound.
Sound Shakers
Materials
- One cardboard paper towel roll
- Clear packing tape, or colorful craft tape
- 8.5” x 11” sheet of construction paper
- Glue
- Decorating materials like paper cutouts, crayons, markers, puffy paint, glitter glue, pompoms
- Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® cereal
Instructions
- Decorate a sheet of construction paper with your own creative design. Wrap around the paper towel tube and secure with tape or glue.
- On another piece of construction paper or thin cardboard, trace a circle around the open end of the paper towel tube, twice. An adult can cut around these circles to make the end caps of your sound shaker.
- Securely tape a circle onto one end of the paper towel roll.
- Fill tube about halfway with Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®. Securely tape the second paper circle into place to cover the open end of the sound shaker.
- Shake it up! Kids can shake along to the rhythm of their favorite music, or make up their own songs to shake to, with their new sound shaker!
