The Lansing JazzFest had a great response to last year’s Kidz Beat area, so we’re working on making this year’s Kidz Beat bigger and better than ever!

In order to do that, we’re looking for donations of items for the children’s activities (making instruments and more). Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • 100 postal tubes with caps, all sizes
  • 300 plastic rings that hold 6-packs of cans together
  • Bags of rice, beans, &/or peas
  • 100 bracelets, carabiners, or other items to tie ribbon onto
  • 100 small wooden rods
  • Ribbon: 1″, 1/2″, or 1/4″ (no wire – must be able to float easily when moved in the air)
  • 100 aluminum plates
  • 100 clear, extra small cups
  • Small beads
  • 100 soup/deli containers with lids (preferably paper type so the kids can draw on them)
  • String
  • Hole punch
  • 50 2-foot lengths of 1/2-inch/schedule-40 PVC sprinkler pipe
  • 300 rolls of pennies
  • Duct tape in various colors and patterns (lots)
  • 200 glue sticks
  • Sparkles, various colors, 6 large jars of each color
  • Stickers (all types – puffy stickers go over well)
  • Markers
  • Crayons
  • Other easy-to-apply items: feathers, small jewels, pictures thin enough to affix with a glue stick, etc.
  • Large paper (for take-home art)
  • Easels
  • Buckets of chalk in various colors
  • Face paints
  • Small brushes
  • 100 kazoos
  • 100 egg shakers
  • 100 pairs of kid-size drumsticks
  • Sticks that could be used as drumsticks
  • Any kind of musical instrument that you no longer use

If you have donations, feel free to drop them off at 1210 Turner St. labeled “Kidz Beat Donations” during regular working hours. Thanks!

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