How to make a drum

Craft: Help your budding musician hit the right notes with this easy-to-make instrument

Caitlin Doherty,

Originally published in Today's Parent March 2012

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Photo: Jodi Pudge

Materials:
- empty aluminum coffee can with lid
- 2 or 3 sheets of construction paper
- an assortment of feathers, glitter, stickers, pompoms, ribbon
- fabric square, about 30 cm
- yarn
- thick rubber band
- scissors
- white glue
- 2 pencils
- 2 small Styrofoam balls

Step-by-step:

Remove the lid of the coffee can and glue the paper around the sides. Decorate as desired, with feathers, markers, stickers, etc.

Glue the piece of fabric to the lid, trimming off the excess.

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