OK how about having them make a Dulcimer.

http://www.satisfied-mind.com/make/dulcimer.htm

Here is a good like if you would like to make an easy one with the kids.

http://www.satisfied-mind.com/make/thumb-piano.htm

Wendy, here is the site, http://ktabs.theirhouse.org/ktabsMain.php . You can download the reader for free. You can also download some hymns for free.

Thanks Phil, Jim, Meg. Lol, here's a website I just found where you can play the thumb piano on your computer. http://pbskids.org/africa/piano/thumb_piano.swf

Really neat, Wendy. You did a nice job on it.

Oops, here's the thumb piano kit instructions http://www.harpkit.com/mm5/pdf/Instructions/thumkit.pdf

I recommend Musicmaker's Kits, haven't built anything from scratch yet but here's what the thumb piano kit looks like http://www.harpkit.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=thumbpiano

Love it. I have been wanting one of them for sometime after I played around with one awhile back. But it didn't look as cool as this one.

Thanks CB, by the way, it's a decal, I don't paint, at least not on purpose

Thanks Patty, what's the friends of the thumb piano website?

Wendy, this is beautiful You have 12 keys. You should be able to play many songs. I got a web site you can check out.