Mouse Whistle

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• Step 1

  Blow up a ballon and coat it in clay 1/2 inch thick.

• Step 2

  make a tube and score/slip it onto your clay ball so that it'll stick. Then remove the circle of clay to the balloon that's in the middle of the tube- this will be your mouth peice (the mouse's nose/mouth)

• Step 3

  about 1/4-1/2 of an inch away from the top of the mouthpeice make a straight incision, should go perfectly straight up and down.

• Step 4

  use the incision as a front wall and hollow out a perfect square facing away from the mouthpeice.

• Step 5

  slant the wall farthest away from the mouthpeice, it should be a 45 degree slant, and very flat. Test it by blowing into it- if it doesnt make a sound adjust it until it does.

• Step 6

  The clay should be almost dry by now (because this project will take a couple days) so pop the balloon and take it out throught the opening (use an exacto knife)

• Step 7

  Add pitch holes (optional) anything more than three pitches will decrease the sound value of your whistle.

• Step 8

  Decorate your whistle, I made mine into a mouse.

• Step 9

  Put the whistle into the kiln for (I think it was) a day or two.

• Step 10

  Add three coats of paint evenly on the exterior of the whistle, make sure that you do NOT paint the little square that you cut out.

• Step 11

  Put the whistle into the kiln again and burn it.

• Step 12

  You're done!

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Haruhi · 2 projects 30th July 2008

ohhh! i love it!

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CO + K User

July 25th, 2008

ohhhhh soooo cute!
your really creative!

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Gabrielle R. · 9 projects 25th July 2008

Yeah it really does.

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 24th July 2008

Awww so cute, does it work well as a whistle?

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Emily · Springfield, Missouri, US · 8 projects 24th July 2008

ooOoOOh we made these in art class a couple of years back. i think mine was a cow...i dont remember where that is....

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