Homemade Rainbow Xylophone

Do you remember the window casings that we used to create these giant letters outdoors? Well, I finally found another use for them. We made a giant homemade rainbow xylophone for our backyard. Three cheers for reusing and upcycling. Hooray! And now we can make music outdoors.

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How to Make a Homemade Rainbow Xylophone

I have seen many tutorials to make xylophones using 2x4s, but I figured that the window casings would work.  And they totally do!  It was pretty easy to make too.  The painting, however, was a little time consuming, but completely worth it, in my opinion.

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First, I asked my husband to cut the casings into bars, starting with an 8" bar and adding 2" in length until I had the longest bar at 30".

J and I spent an entire afternoon painting the bars together while K had his nap.  We used acrylic paint.  I then sealed all the pieces with a couple of coats of Mod Podge.  When they were all dry, J took some time to assemble a rainbow.

Then my husband cut two 2x4s to the same length.  I have no idea what the length was, but long enough to fit all the pieces like so.

Then we attached the bars of the xylophone to the 2x4s using a nail gun.  Then it was finally time to play!

It's wonderful, right?  I know you want to make one too...

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