A few weeks ago I went to the “Shekel Store” in Tel Aviv, an Israeli equivalent of American Dollar or 5 & 10 stores. I walked through the entire store filling up a basket with what was basically tons of crap– I got a bunch of little plastic animals, some popscicle sticks, a small toy gun that shoots blanks, birthday candles, dominoes, bubbles, drink umbrellas and more. By the time I got out of the store I was 100 shekels poorer (about $28) and had 2 bags full of stuff that I probably don’t need, but had to have just the same.
My purchase also included a little yellow toy saxophone, a ton of balloons and some pipe cleaners. When I got home I used these items to make the following video, which I have called “The Saxaphoon.” The music is John Coltrane’s rendition of “These Are a Few of My Favorite Things.” I hope you like it!
I plan to start making a lot more stop motion animations with all of the “crap” I bought at the Shekel Store, so keep an eye out! I should be posting more soon…
i love it! the balloons look like ice cream cones when they’re coming out of the sax! and the pipecleaners are the best!
more skekel store animations! more more more!!
Woo, thanks! I thought that they looked like ice cream cones too
Hooray!
This instrument is interesting, but it must be very hard to play. Even an artist like Coltrane seems to have difficulty with certain notes. I found the balloon title at the start, striking.
Thank you.
Awesome Megan! Love the idea especially the pipe cleaners. John Coltrane is my all time favorite musician.