Cardboard Guitar and Drum Set

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Cardboard Guitar and Drum Set

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We made a guitar and a drum out of Cardboard!

Supplies

  1. Cardboard
  2. Bendable cardboard
  3. Rubber Bands
  4. Scissors or laser cutter
  5. Hot glue gun
  6. Skewers

Design Shapes

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On a laser cutter app, you will design a guitar outline like you can see on the image above. You will then laser cut it onto Cardboard.

Collect More Material

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Then, cut 2 long pieces of cardboard. Make sure they're bendable, because you'll need to fit them around the base of the guitar.

Base of Guitar

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Next, glue the strips onto the base to give your guitar height.

Glue Second Piece

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After, hot glue the top of the guitar on.

Cut and Glue Circles to Bridge

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Then, you will laser cut 6 semi circles and glue them onto the neck of the guitar that you laser cut on step 1.

Cover Circles With Bendable Cardboard

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Over the bridge, place a bendable piece of cardboard so that you cannot see the cardboard semi circles. Finally bend the remaining handle of the neck upwards.

Glue Guitar Together

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After that, glue the neck onto the guitar.

Cut and Glue the Bridge

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Then, laser cut a tiny bridge and glue it onto the guitar.

Skewers and Details

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Take your wooden skewers, cut them at about an inch to an inch and a half each and glue them onto the neck of the guitar. Then, use a sharpie to draw dots between skewers to add detail.

Skewers and Holes

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Then poke 4 holes into the head of the guitar and put 1/2 inch skewers in each of them. Repeat this for the bridge.

Attach Rubber Bands and Finish

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Finally, attach rubber bands across the skewers on the head and bridge of the guitar and your guitar is done!

Drum

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The Drum is simple. Take two circles of carboard and one large rectangle of bendable cardboard.

Bring Drum Together

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Slowly wrap the bendable carboard around both circles while applying hot glue. Then let the glue dry!

Finish

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All finished! You did it!!