- In addition to typical child-sized instruments, provide miscellaneous sound sources: coffee cans, paper bags, or oatmeal containers filled with beans, beads, rice, or sand; coffee-can or oatmeal-box drums; different-sized stainless steel mixing bowls; blocks of wood; kitchen tools; and a variety of rocks. A prop box, including scarves, streamers, elastic bracelets or anklets with bells sewn on them, and rag dolls or stuffed animals to serve as dance partners, can further encourage creativity.