Coffee Can Drum
Materials:
- empty coffee can with 2 plastic lids
- can opener
- contact paper
- stickers
- glue
- pencil
- empty thread spool
Directions:
- Use a can opener to cut the bottom out of the coffee can.
- Cover the coffee can with contact paper.
- Decorate with stickers.
- Glue plastic lids on each end of the can.
- Make a durmstick by gluing the lead end of a pencil into the hole of an empty thread spool.
- Variation: use an empty paper towel roll and an empty oatmeal container for a soft set of drums for toddlers.
Source:
adapted from The Toddler's Busy Book by Trish Kuffner, 1999.