Submitted by Linda Zaudtke, Florida

Idea posted October 30, 2002

Last year for Recorder Karate I did the easiest and cheapest thing that I could find. Office Depot had a variety of colors of rubber bands, some in a ball that bounces and some in boxes. Teachers thought we'd have trouble with stealing or playing with the rubber bands, but the kids were so proud of their "recorder belts" that it worked great. There was minimal breakage. (It was hard to get enough orange.)