"DIY (Do It Yourself) - let's see your creativity in various DIY skills Week32

Hello Steemians, how are you today? I hope you are as fine as I am. I am glad to be a partaker in this contest. All thanks to @mesola and the Steem kids & parents for organising this contest. Today I want to construct a musical instrument called acoustic guitar. I believe the kids and the parents of the community will appreciate it.

Materials used in construction

• Carton
• pencil
• Eraser
• Bold marker
• Evostik gum
• Top bond
• Black & white Embossed paper
• Rope
• scissors
• paper cutter
• sandpaper

Stages Of My Construction

Step 1
I drew the body of the guitar on a carton using a pencil and traced it with a bold marker. I then used my paper cutter to cut it. After cutting, I duplicate it so that one will serve as the front and the other one as the back.

Step 2
I draw a small circle on the body of the guitar that will serve as the front and I cut it out. This hole enables the guitar to amplify the sound

Step 3
I cut cartons measuring 7cm wide to serve as the width of the guitar. I also pilled one side of the carton to enable it to curve smoothly.

Step 4
I put Evostik gum at the edge of one side of the 7cm wide carton and also at the front body cover of the guitar and glued them together.

Step 5
I again put the Evostik gum at the other edge of the 7cm carton and glued it with the back cover of the guitar

Step 6
I drew a shape on black embossed paper, cut it out and used the Evostik gum to glue it at the front of the guitar

Step 7
I draw the neck of the guitar on a carton using a pencil. I cut it out and then duplicate it so that one will serve as the front and the other as the back.

Step 8
I cut a carton measuring 3cm to serve as the width of the neck of the guitar. I then used the Evostik gum to glue it with the front and back neck of the guitar.

Step 9
Here I connect the neck and body of the guitar. I first used evostik gum and later on, applied a top bond to enable it to glue firmly. At this stage, I stop work till the next day to enable the top bond to dry.

Step 10
I cut the black embossed paper to cover the front neck of the guitar.

Step 11
I cut a condemned sleeper in two different sizes, brushed it with sandpaper to make it needed and gummed one at the neck and the other at the body of the guitar. They both serve as a base and at the same time elevator of the guitar strings.

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Step 12
I cut sleepers and duplicated them into six pieces to serve as the adjusting or tune-setting notes of the guitar strings and gummed them at the top back of the guitar neck.

Step 13
I used my black permanent marker to put a black edge around the guitar's body.

Step 14
I cut sleepers into six pieces and pasted them at the top front of the neck of the guitar to help hold the strings of the guitar.

Step 15
I cut white embossed paper and pasted it at the neck of the guitar to serve as the Fred.

Step 16
Here I connect the six strings of the guitar using rope and also cut a rectangular piece of black embossed paper and gummed it on the body of the guitar to beautify it. I gummed six beads one each from the starting point of every string and also, I gummed some white dots inbetween the freds.

My selfie

Conclusion
This is my guitar construction work with the use of a carton. Thank you for visiting and following me. I invite these friends to also participate:
@shawlin
@ranartblog
@chant