Hello beautiful people from #hivediy today I bring you a tutorial on how to make one of the typical musical instruments of my country Venezuela that my beautiful niece Lupita asked me for her end-of-year exhibition.
It is an honor for me to bring this tutorial knowing that it is a typical musical element of my folklore, and although it was not so easy to make it because my stapler was damaged, I still had a lot of fun doing it here I leave the step by step for you to dare to do it.
💞MATERIALES//MATERIALS💞
💞 Caja de cartón.
🎶 Silicón líquido.
💞 Pinturas al frío blanca, amarillo, azul y rojo.
🎶 Papel crepé dorado.
💞 Hilo pabilo.
🎶 Regla.
💞 Tijera.
🎶 Palillos.
💞🎶💞 PASO A PASO // STEP BY STEP 💞🎶💞
💞🎶💞 PASO 1 // STEP 1 💞🎶💞
We take the cardboard box and with the help of a pencil or a pen we draw the figure of four, not very big because it is for a little girl, after drawing with scissors we cut out two equal figures, one for the front and one for the back.
💞🎶💞 PASO 2 // STEP 2 💞🎶💞
Then we draw on the cardboard a long strip 6 cm wide and 2 cm tabs on each side and cut it out.
💞🎶💞 PASO 3// STEP 3 💞🎶💞
Then we cut the tabs and apply the silicone and stick to the two covers that we have cut.
💞🎶💞 PASO 4 // STEP 4 💞🎶💞
Then we glued the long strip to the sides with the silicone and since my stapler was damaged, fasten it with a clip to stick well.
💞🎶💞 PASO 5-6 // STEP 5-6 💞🎶💞
In a piece of cardboard we cut the pegs of our four and with a little silicone we stick them.
💞🎶💞 PASO 7-8 // STEP 7-8 💞🎶💞
In this step we proceed to paint it, first the yellow color, then the blue and finally the red and then with the white paint draw the 8 stars.
Then chop the toothpicks and glue them to simulate the frets of the cuatro.
💞🎶💞 PASO 9 // STEP 9 💞🎶💞
With a piece of foami, we cut two rectangles and place one on the top and one on the bottom. I also cut out some pegs and glued them on top of the cardboard ones that I had already glued.
💞🎶💞 PASO 10 // STEP 10 💞🎶💞
Then we glue the wick pretending to be the strings of the four and as a final touch I glued the golden crepe paper around the edge of the figure, thus concluding our creation.
💞🎶💞 FOTOS FINALES// FINAL PHOTOS 💞🎶💞
Well my loves I hope this tutorial has been to your complete satisfaction, for now I say goodbye reminding you that life is beautiful and in colors, until next time.
📸 All photos were taken with my Xiaomi readmi 9T phone and are my property.