One of the nicest ways to educate and entertain your children at the same time is to do art projects with them. Children bore easily so it would be hard to get them to sit down and focus on completing a painting or specific art project. However, making these homemade musical instruments for kids is such an exciting and easy task that children will probably want to try their hand at making all different kid's homemade musical instruments.
Some simple homemade musical instruments that you could try making are castanets, symbols, rattles or you could try following these step-by-step guides on how to make a homemade PVC musical instruments.

To make a tambourine, you will need a couple of paper plates, PVC glue, a hole puncher, some string and bells and a few crayons. First glue the plates together facing each other. Next, punch out holes at intervals around the periphery of the plates and use string to attach bells at each hole. Finally, all that's left to do is to use the crayons to decorate your tambourine and play on.

To make a homemade drum, you will require an empty box, some woolen string or yarn, pen, pencils, crayons, a couple of empty spools and some construction paper. Cover the top of the box with the construction paper and decorate it with crayons. Pin a hole in the centre of the lid of the box and through the bottom of the box. Pull some yarn through these holes to make a chain that you can use to hang the drum on the child's neck. Glue the empty spools at the ends of the pencils to make your drumsticks.