At-Home Craft: Make Your Own Trombone

It’s craft time! Join Sarah from the Seattle Symphony’s Education & Community Engagement team as she shows you how to make your own trombone.

What you’ll need

Trombone template
Coloring supplies
One pipe cleaner
One popsicle stick
One paper straw
Scissors
Tape

Steps to make your instrument

Print the trombone template
Color your trombone
Cut out the trombone
Tape the popsicle stick to the back of your trombone as a handle
Slide the pipe cleaner into the straw, leaving a little bit poking out at the end. Bend the bit sticking out of the straw into a slide handle.
Tape the straw to the back of your trombone, with the slide handle sticking out.
Play your trombone by moving the slide in and out using your slide handle!

Don’t have the needed materials? No problem! Check out this website where you can color a trombone online for free.

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