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First my mom, dad,
Jordan, Shelly my dog and I, all went to the Dollar
Store and bought my materials such as sparkling pom
pom balls, assorted colored feathers, wired craft
ribbon, clear super glue, moon foam cutouts, blue
paint, two plastic bowls, a paint brush, and
colorful little bells. The next day, with my
paint brush, I painted the two bowls blue with my
blue paint. It took two coats of paint before I got
the color I wanted. Afterwards, I waited for about
3 hours for the two bowls to dry. I wanted to have
holes drilled into the rim of my shaker so that I
could decorate the Shaken Shaker with yarn and
bells, so when the bowls were done drying, I marked
the eight spots where I wanted them to be drilled
through. After that I asked my dad to line the
bowls up so he could drill the eight holes that I
marked. When my dad was done drilling the holes I
found a little tin coffee can and put some rocks,
nuts, soybeans, and rice in the tin can. Then I
grabbed my clear super glue and glued the tin can
in the middle of one bowl. I let the glue sit for
awhile until it was dry. |
My mom gave me the idea of
reinforcing the can with tape just in case the glue does not
hold it down. My mom showed me how to put the tape on the
tin can and the bowl, and then I did the rest. Subsequently
I put 7 of the colorful little bells in the same bowl. After
that I squeezed some clear super glue on the same bowl that
I was working on, I lined the holes up on each bowl and
stuck them together. After I let the Shaken Shaker dry for
awhile, I threaded yarn through the holes, after that my mom
stringed the colored bells on each piece of the yarn. Then I
tied the yarn together. After that I glued the wired
craft ribbon between both of the bowls. When that dried up I
put the sparkling pom pom balls, assorted colored feathers,
and moon foam cutouts on the Shaken Shaker. Then last but
not least I set it down to dry, and started to clean up my
mess. All and all the Shaken Shaker took 11 hours including
shopping. After I got the Shaken Shaker
finished I started to shake it and tap it. You can shake or tap it
lightly and the dynamics is soft, if you shake or tap it
hard the dynamics is loud. You cannot change the pitch on
the Shaken Shaker; therefore the pitch will stay low. If you
shake the Shaken Shaker hard the timbre is rough, my mom
thinks it's discordant, but if you shake the Shaken Shaker
lightly it sounds smooth. If you tap the Shaken Shaker
lightly the timbre is airy, but if you tap the Shaken Shaker
hard it sounds hollow and tinkly.
