Jane's Hello Kitty lunchbox had a crummy latch on it -- it kept popping open and her lunch items would fall out. This weekend I made a guitar out of it for my 4-year-old niece. It's her Christmas present. It's the best sounding guitar I've made so far!

I'm writing a project book for dads and kids and I'm including instructions for making lunchbox guitars.

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Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Woody Smith

Way cool! Now I can’t wait for my grandchild’s Hello Kitty lunchbox to malfunction….
Rickenbacker4001

I am so doing this with my Evil Kneivel and 6 Million dollar man lunch boxes.
http://twitter.com/badtux99 Bad Tux

Baby’s gonna play the blues, yo. (Most of the early bluesmen got their start on home-made guitars of this sort, a store-bought guitar was a luxury that poor black kids in Mississippi couldn’t afford).
http://twitter.com/alanapaints Alana Dill

I’m a face painter. When kids ask for “Hello Kitty” I paint a mouth on her. Seen and not heard? no. “Hello There Kitty”: loud and proud.
alphagirl

Oh wow. I have a Muppet Show lunchbox that is just screaming for this. Then I can learn to play Rainbow Connection and be very very happy.
o4cryingoutloud

Really cool idea…but why does it have to be for “Dad” and kids? Mom is the handy tool user in this house. Dad couldn’t pull this off, but he makes the best mashed potatoes. Anyway, Oh well, just sayin’
http://justinkent.me/ Justin Kent

I have a Fallout 3 lunchbox that is BEGGING for this!
http://www.facebook.com/Sincerely.Goofy Maggie Ahrens

Holy wow – sharing this with the folks at @TheYorkEmporium:disqus (York, Pa) They have an awesome Cigar Box Guitar Festival, and there were also some tinbox banjos.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pennsylvania-Cigar-Box-Guitar-Festival/122995721068990

Hello Kitty lunchbox guitar

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