Musical Jars

Did you know you could play music with just baby food jars, water, and a plastic cooking spoon? You totally can! At Learning Zone we called it a Xylophone.

It was super duper easy and fun! I just prepared the baby food jars by ripping off the paper labels so that you can see through them.

I gave each child 4 jars to make their own music. But before we could make music we had to fill the jars up with different amounts of water. One jar had just a small amount, the next a little more, and the next a little more, and the last one ALOT more.

Once your jars have the right amount of water you can begin to make your music. Make sure to have enough plastic cooking spoons to go around. I found the plastic spoons to work a lot better than wooden, but wooden will still work. To get the best sound from your xylophone tap the jars on the side. The top does okay, but you can really hear the difference when you tap them on the side.

Have Fun!