Submitted by Sandy Elder, Michigan

Idea posted March 1, 2002

I made didges with my EI class this afternoon. Big Hit!!!

Materials: glue, duct tape, scissors, scraps of wrapping paper, plain white paper, markers, cardboard tubes (the stiffer the better: poster tubes, wrapping paper tubes, etc...)

  1. Duct-tape one end leaving a rectangular shaped hole approximately the size of a half dollar. Be sure to wrap a long piece around the outside perimeter to seal up the funky tape ends that are folded over the edge.
  2. The kids then cover them with wrapping paper and/or self-made designs on plain white paper.

Voilá! Not quite the real thing, but a good knockoff version that's CHEAP and EASY!

Take them to a couple web sites to hear the real thing, and if possible, demonstrate on a real didge. I let them all try mine, and they were all able to get the drone going.