Little Drummer Boy or Girl

It's might seem utterly absurd for a parent let alone a stay at home parent to actually seek out a noise making toy. That's precisely what we did, the fun is in the making of the drum not necessarily the usage of it. Once again this craft was born from having too much of something and wanting to make use of it before it ended up in the garbage.  Just like our tin can jack-o-lanterns this will use old coffee cans. This was quite a fun little craft and I think it turned out really well

Items Needed

•  Large Coffee Can
• Construction Paper
• Clear Packing Tape
• Sissors
• Glue
• Decorations, glitter, paint, stickers, stamps, ribbon, crayons....

Directions

• Clean the can and remove label .
• Tape the top of the can with opposing layer to ensure complete coverage. Make sure the tape is tight and sealed were overlap occurs.
• Apply glue to the top of the tape and the glitter .

•  Allow to dry for several minutes the apply two more opposing layers of tape.
•  If you would like to add a strap, cut to size the tape to the side of the can.

• Cut construction paper to appropriate size then glue to the outside of the can. Tape ends if two pieces are needed.

•  Decorate, we wrote her name in glue then covered in glitter. Stamps, stickers, whatever your child finds fun a will stick to construction paper.