Mexican Guitar Craft
This fun Mexican guitar craft lets kids combine music, color, and creativity as they design a festive paper guitar.
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Bold & Bright Markers
- Ruler (optional)
- Mexican Guitar Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the top of guitar piece to the upper end of the neck piece.
- Gue the completed neck to the top of the guitar body just above the sound hole.
- Use a ruler and white Bold & Bright marker to draw straight lines across the sound hole to create the strings.
- Glue the eye pieces below the sound hole and just above the smile.
- Draw the eyebrows above the eyes with a marker.
- Color in the mouth area with the red Bold & Bright marker to make the tongue.
- Glue the body decoration to the bottom part of the guitar body.
- Finish up with decorations. Use markers, stickers, and any other materials to embellish the guitar.