Introduction: Cardboard Guitar and Drum Set

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

Step 1: Design Shapes

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.

Step 2: Collect More Material

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.

Step 3: Base of Guitar

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

Step 4: Glue Second Piece

After, hot glue the top of the guitar on.

Step 5: Cut and Glue Circles to Bridge

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

Step 6: Cover Circles With Bendable Cardboard

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.

Step 7: Glue Guitar Together

After that, glue the neck onto the guitar.

Step 8: Cut and Glue the Bridge

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

Step 9: Skewers and Details

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.

Step 10: Skewers and Holes

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.

Step 11: Attach Rubber Bands and Finish

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

Step 12: Drum

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

Step 13: Bring Drum Together

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

Step 14: Finish

All finished! You did it!!