Roll 'em and Blow 'em

For this singing time, you will need 6-8 straws per singing time (6-8 per Junior and Senior because they can't share straws).  Write song titles on small strips of paper and roll them up tightly.  Stick each one in the end of a straw.

Choose a child to come up and blow through the straw - shooting the paper out.  Let them aim at a target (or aim high in the air so no one gets it in the eye!).  Once they have shot it and found the small piece of paper, sing that song!!!

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  1. I thought the straw idea was great and used it a couple of months ago, but I really had a hard time blowing the paper out. I tried several different sizes and weights of paper and finally thought I had it but only some of the children could blow the paper out. What is your secret?

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  2. Hey there! When I did it, I used those cheap plastic straws and made sure I rolled the paper REALLY tight. I used regular computer printing paper... hopefully that will help you!

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  3. I took this last week and had the same sadness! We couldn't get the papers out! It was a little stressful, but I ended up having the kids use the straws to conduct in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 instead so I wasn't without anything. I was bummer...this looks so fun!

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  4. Hey! Where did you put the roll of paper? At the front? Or at the end, where it is going to come out? Or the middle maybe?
    When I did it, I put it just at the bottom tip (at the end) where it is going to come out. Not where they blow from. That's the only other thing I can think of. Mine worked perfectly! Sorry to hear your papers didn't fly out!

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  5. Fun idea! I used this a couple of weeks ago and it turned out great! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!
    You can see how mine turned out here: http://whichcraft2create.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/musical-darts/

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