Make your own instruments:

Paper Mache Fruit Shakers

Materials:

·   Vegetable Spray

·   Pieces of Fruit

·   Shredded Newspaper

·   Paste (made of 3 parts water

           and 1 part glue)

·   Acrylic Paints

·   Clear finish (water- based

           Polyurethane)

·   Paint Brushes

Instructions:

    Put a thin coating of vegetable spray on a piece of fruit.  Then, dip pieces of newspaper in glue, removing excess by pulling paper between fingers. Completely cover fruit with several layers of newspaper. Allow to dry for a few days. Then, cut fruit in half with a serrated knife, and remove fruit and skin. Put rice  or other filler in paper fruit, and use small amount of masking tape to seal halves together. Repeat with several more layers of glue-dipped newspaper, and again allow to dry.  Paint with appropriate fruit colors, and seal with Polyurethane.
 

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