Coffee Can Drum

Materials

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

Directions

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).
Glue plastic lids on each end of the can.
Create a drumstick by gluing the lead end of a pencil into the hole of an empty thread spool.
For a variation, an empty paper towel roll and an empty oatmeal box will make a soft but authentic drum for your toddler.

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