Make a stethoscope

  • Create
  • Age 5+
An illustration of a stethoscope

This activity helps with:

Coping with illness and treatments

GOSH Play team says:

“Role play is an incredibly freeing thing for children. Creating and playing with an instrument that children may see on a trip to the doctors can help put them at ease with the real thing. Take turns pretending to listen to their favourite doll or teddy bear breathe – it's a great way to reassure young children that nurses and health workers are there to help them.”

Get crafty and make your own stethoscope! Take it turns with your friends and family to be a doctor or a nurse for the day.

What to do

  1. Gather together two pieces of cardboard, foil, tissue paper and two bendy straws – and you’re ready to create your own stethoscope.
  2. Tape together the two straws at the bottom end and then cut out a long strip of cardboard to loop and glue around the bottom end of the straws.
  3. Cut out a circular piece of cardboard, cover in foil, glue to the end of the long part of cardboard.
  4. You’re ready to start listening to heartbeats and breathing!

  • The materials required for step one of making a stethoscope

    Step 1

  • The materials required for step two of making a stethoscope

    Step 2

  • The materials required for step three of making a stethoscope

    Step 3

  • The materials required for step four of making a stethoscope

    Step 4

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