Coffee Can Drum

Encourage your toddler's musical activities by building a drum out of a coffee can.
by: Trish Kuffner, author of The Toddler's Busy Book

Coffee Can Drum


Materials

  • Empty coffee can with 2 plastic lids
  • Contact paper or your child's artwork
  • Glue
  • Pencil
  • Empty thread spool

Directions

  1. You can create a drum for your child by cutting the bottom out of a coffee can and covering the can with contact paper (or letting your child draw a picture on some paper and gluing it around the can).
  2. Glue plastic lids on each end of the can.
  3. Create a drumstick by gluing the lead end of a pencil into the hole of an empty thread spool.
  4. For a variation, an empty paper towel roll and an empty oatmeal box will make a soft but authentic drum for your toddler.