How to make a guitar out of cardboard
Before work, you need to prepare materials and tools. It’s good if the master has the desired sample in front of him, for example, a picture or photograph of a guitar.
First you need to collect what you need:
- durable cardboard;
- hot glue;
- PVA glue;
- small nails;
- fishing line;
- ruler, pencil;
- stationery knife;
- finishing putty, wood putty;
- varnish;
- spray paint;
- sandpaper;
- old guitar string.
Now the process of creating a small masterpiece:
- Find a suitable image of a guitar, print it and cut it out. Transfer the template to thick cardboard.
- Sand the edges of the cut guitar with sandpaper. Cut out the second part and sand it the same way. Then put the parts together and grind them again.
- Measure the side inserts and cut strips of cardboard to the required size. Glue the parts together with hot glue. Glue stiffening ribs inside the guitar, which will help keep the body strong.
- Glue the upper deck onto the lower one. Cut off the dried glue with a knife. Sand again.
- Coat the body of the guitar with PVA. Dry and apply putty, previously diluted with PVA, in 2-3 layers. After each drying, prime with glue diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio.
- After drying, go over the workpiece with sandpaper. Apply wood putty. Sand again. After this procedure, the surface of the guitar will be very smooth and even.
- To make the neck, we cut out three cardboard pieces according to the template. We glue all parts with PVA. Using the familiar system, we treat the fingerboard with finishing putty, primer and wood putty.
- We use the same principle to make a stand for strings.
- Using hot glue we assemble all the parts of the guitar.
- We paint the instrument in the desired color and apply varnish.
- From a guitar string or fishing line, we cut out small strings for a micro guitar and attach them.
As it turns out, making a rock guitar out of cardboard is not that difficult.
Guitar strings
Guitar strings are best made from colored rubber bands. For example, long rubber bands used to secure office folders are perfect for this purpose. Cut 4 rubber bands of such length that the strings on the guitar will be tensioned later.
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Take a large paperclip and tie all 4 rubber bands to it. When tying the strings, try to maintain the same pitch.
Turn the glued guitar piece over so the holders are facing down. Thread each rubber band through the hole in the headstock. Pull the rubber bands so that the paperclip is on the plane of the head.
Turn the guitar upside down. Pull the elastic bands through the bottom holes. As you stretch each string, tie it to a second large paper clip. To ensure that the paper clips do not dangle in the future and that the strings are tensioned well enough, glue the paper clips to the guitar.
Create a template
Draw the outline of a playing guitar on a piece of paper. The toy can be any size. It all depends on the age of your child. But, of course, the guitar will in any case be much smaller than a real standard adult instrument. Cut out the drawn guitar with scissors.
If you have no drawing experience at all, you can try looking for a guitar template on the Internet. In this case, the found file will simply need to be printed on a printer and cut with scissors.
Making a guitar for a young rock star
Summer is a great time for children's projects. Today we invite you and your child to create your own group and become rock stars. Oh, this should be very interesting! You can wear incredible clothes, mom’s heels and make-up!
My child isn’t even 4 yet, and she doesn’t yet know how to play the guitar, the piano, or the drums (well, she’s a little nervous, but who can’t do that?
