Drum Making Tips

Here are some sites you can visit to get ideas for drum making. Remember you need to have a drum and/or shaker ready by tomorrow!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Homemade-Drum

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Drums-for-Kids

http://www.balloondrums.com/howtomakeyourown.html

Also . . .

Shakers can be made by putting stones, in side a can and taping it up or:

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/homemade-instruments-shaker.

In the past I have used the balloon method on used baked beans cans. We put stones (or similar) inside so we could get three sounds: Hit it with a chopstick like a drum, shake it, or scrape the side with a chopstick to get a 'scrapy' sound.

Chopsticks or cut bamboo make good drumsticks.