Make Your Own Bullroarer
You and your students can make your own bullroarer with some paint stirrers from a paint or hardware store. You can also use a piece of wood with these dimensions: 12 inches long, 1 1/2 inch wide, and 1/4" thick. You will also need some sandpaper, a drill, some paint and paintbrush, and 2 feet of heavy cord or leather lace.
First you will need to sand your wood surfaces thoroughly. On one end of the stick you'll need to drill a hole large enough for your cord or lace to flow through. Usually paint stirrers already have holes one one end. Each side of the stirrer can have designs or Indian hieroglyphs, such as a Thunderbird or lighting symbol. Of course, your students can always use whatever design they like. Stripes and geometric shapes work well. Paint your designs with acrylic paints and let the designs dry completely.
Now you are ready to pass the cord through the hole of your paint stirrer. Make sure to tie the cord or lace securely with a double knot and make a hand loop.
To hear the authentic bullroarer sound, have your students take their creations to an open area and let them swing their art in circles around their heads or at their sides.
You can decorate your bullroarer with wolves to make it really "scare" wolves. Other Arctic animals work well also.
Your students may also want to make a handle for their bullroarer. To do so, drill a hole in the middle of a short piece of dowel rod. Pass the cord or lace through the hole and double knot it very firmly.
Now your students have their very own authentic bullroarers!
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10 Comments
Post a Commenti am hoping to make a bull roarer that makes a really eerie sound when you spin it aroun=d! i hope it works!!!!!!!!!
:)
this was used to summon
deity
my guess this is an example of the
internetstate seperatists
trying to piss on any religion it can find that might interfere with
a corrupt, superficial, defiling, spying-internet web,
greed.
kids, you are not supposed to screw around with old things or anything or anyone,
stick to learning truths first,
and assinine projects later.
forgivable, probably, but...uh
its a bad habit.
ask the person about a "taxman crucifix piss usb occams razor atheist roarer", that might scare away some "wolves"...
ima kid and i am going to make one of these i hope it works!!
all of the negative comment regarding the ability of Pueblo Indians do not realize that the Indians were very involved in trading. The American Indians traded back and forth. Obisidian found only in the Rocky Mountians has been found in the mid west, The Indians were not isolationist.
i tried making these but it wont make a noise. =/
I made bullroarers with my second grade class. One of the students fathers cut the wooden pieces about 12in. long and and then tapered the ends to resemble a fish shape. Students did research on the computers / internet and found out about the many ways bullroarers were used in several different cultures. My students loved this mini-unit and my current class is driving me crazy to make them. I intend to do another mini-lesson in May so we can go outside and use them.
Pueblos with whalee baleen and walrus tusk.... hmmmmmmmm, you are an ass!
Not a bad craft but this person has no clue about Indian cultures.
The Pueblo Indians made bullroarers. These were made from wood carved from a tree that had been struck by lightning.(TRUE) The heavy cord or lace attached to the end of the wood was made from the baleen of whales and a small piece of walrus tusk. When spun around, it makes a sound like a moaning or howling wolf, hence the name "wolf scare".(What? The Pubelo are a desert people with no access to Arctic animals. No whales or walrus in Arizona)
I hope teachers do some more research before presenting this to their students.
You're welcome! I hope it turns out just like you want it!
This has been great, I am going to try to create my own bullroarer. But I have only heard them called spirit catchers today. Thank you