Optional quick idea · About 10 minutes

Make a wonderfully ridiculous orchestra

Bring Goose’s musical muddle into your own room with a few everyday sounds, a conductor and a very dramatic stop.

What you’ll need.

• A table or your knees for a gentle drum
• A sheet of paper to rustle
• Your voice, hands and feet

Let’s try it.

1. Each person chooses one sound: a knee-pat, a paper rustle, a hum or a clap. Try it softly, then try a different version.
2. Choose a conductor. A raised hand means get ready. A pointing finger brings one sound into the band.
3. Make a little pattern together. Let each player have a turn to lead it.
4. The conductor closes both hands: everybody freezes. Make the silliest silent orchestra pose you can.
5. Take a bow, swap jobs and invent a different concert. A short performance is a complete performance.

The story that started it.

Bear booms. Raccoon jingles. Nobody can hear Goose.