{"id":23,"date":"2016-05-19T10:53:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T10:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsoncrafts.org\/?p=23"},"modified":"2016-05-19T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T10:54:40","slug":"how-to-make-a-cardboard-box-guitar-in-20-minutes-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/how-to-make-a-cardboard-box-guitar-in-20-minutes-or-less\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Cardboard Box Guitar in 20 Minutes or Less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to create something fun and exciting with your child, you can do so by creating your very own guitar. This won\u2019t be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gear4music.com\/Guitars.html\">wooden guitar<\/a>, but it will be an affordable, easy-to-make box guitar that your kids will love.<\/p>\n<h3>Materials Needed<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"shoe box\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box-48x48.jpg 48w, http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box-186x186.jpg 186w, http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box-184x184.jpg 184w, http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shoe-box.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Markers<\/li>\n<li>Ruler<\/li>\n<li>Rubber bands (6)<\/li>\n<li>Colored tape (or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duct_tape\">duct tape<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Decorative paper<\/li>\n<li>Shoebox (kid-size)<\/li>\n<li>Paper towel tube<\/li>\n<li>Dry cleaner tube<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Make a Cardboard Box Guitar\u00a0in 6 Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Cover the shoebox, lid and paper towel tube with decorative paper. Make sure the paper is fun and exciting.<\/li>\n<li>Cut an oval in the center of your lid to be used as the \u201chole\u201d that the strings go over when the guitar is played.<\/li>\n<li>Place the tube on the table against the short side of the box. Center the tube along the bottom center of the box and trace a circle around the tube using a marker.<\/li>\n<li>Draw one horizontal and one vertical line down the middle of the circle. Cut the lines with a utility knife and slide the tube through the created hole.<\/li>\n<li>Stretch your rubber bands around the length of the box and lid (over the oval hole). You can tape or glue the lid in place if you wish.<\/li>\n<li>Use dry cleaner tubing to create elevation for your strings (rubber bands). Place the tube above and below the oval you cut earlier and glue them in place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now you have your guitar ready to be played. Simply strum away at the strings and get started. While this obviously is not going to be a Gibson guitar or a <a href=\"http:\/\/intl.fender.com\/en-GB\/guitars\/stratocaster\/\">Stratocaster,<\/a> this will be a fun and easy project that kids of all ages will be able to do.<\/p>\n<p>The best part is that you can now decorate the guitar any way you please.<\/p>\n<p>Let your mind go crazy with possibilities. Draw designs, use colored or textured paper, or let your kids decorate their guitars the way they like best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to create something fun and exciting with your child, you can do so by creating your very own guitar. This won\u2019t be a wooden guitar, but it will be an affordable, easy-to-make box guitar that your kids will love. Materials Needed Scissors Markers Ruler Rubber bands (6) Colored tape (or duct tape) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/handsoncrafts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}