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Jamie's Nighttime
Tambourine
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This is how I made my Nighttime Tambourine.
First, I went to the store to buy supplies. Mom and
I couldn't find a base for the tambourine.
My Mom went to Home Depot to buy a base. She
found an 8 inch duct cap for the base. We sound the
other supplies at Joanne Fabrics, Meijer, and
Norm's Hobby Shop.
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Later my Dad took me down to the basement to
prime paint the 8 inch duct cap. After it dried I
spray painted it blue. Another day I designed the
pattern for the tambourine on a piece of paper.
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On a different piece of paper I made a model of
a clock. I did that so that I could pick where we
would drill the holes. Then I scraped off some of
the paint so that I could tell where to drill the
holes. I scraped twelve holes. I got to pick out
the drill bit and put it in the drill. My Dad
drilled the holes. My Dad also damaged the paint
while he was drilling.
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My Dad squeezed out the two part epoxy blue and
then I had to mix the glue. I scraped off the paint
where I wanted the jewels. I glued the jewels where
I had scraped paint off. I taped the jewels down so
they would stay glued.
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Another day I made a stencil for the stars. Then
I painted the stars silver using the stencil. I
made the moon silver without a stencil. When they
dried, I painted three extra coats of paint. It was
hard to make the stencil. It was hard to do the
moon, too.
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Later I used pliers to cut blue craft wire. Then
I strung the bells on the craft wire and put them
through the holes. Later I measured 11 inches of
the sequin string and cut then blue and silver
sequin string. Then I put glue on the ends of the
sequin string so the sequins wouldn't fall off.
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The next day I glued the sequin strings on the
side of the tambourine going blue then silver. I
put tape on them so they wouldn't fall off the
tambourine. I tried the epoxy glue but it didn't
stick. So I used Elmer's glue instead. When they
dried I pulled off the tape and pulled off two of
the sequin strings, so I had to glue them back on.
It took about two weeks to get finished.
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When my tambourine was finished I played it. I
hit it and shook it to make music. To make loud
dynamics you hit it hard and shake it hard. To make
soft dynamics you hit it softly and shake it
softly.
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The little bells make a high pitch when you
shake them. The big bells make a low pitch when you
shake them. To make a high pitch sound from the
base of the tambourine you must hit it in the edge
of the tambourine. To make a low pitch sound from
the base of the tambourine you must hit it in the
middle of the tambourine.
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The tambourine has two timbres. The bells sound
jingly and like Christmas when you shake them. The
base sounds like a drum and has a weird metal
sound.
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