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Find an ice cream tub or similar-sized food tub to turn into your drum. You can use paper-based, plastic, styrofoam or tin tubs. |
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Remove the container's lid. For a paper-based tub, punch a pair of holes on opposite sides of the drum. If your tub is made of hard plastic, styrofoam or metal, you can skip this part. |
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Prime the exterior of the tub and its lid with undiluted white acrylic paint. Acrylic paint will cover any prints on your ice cream tub and will prepare your container for the final layer of colored paint. Acyrlic paint will stick to plastic, styrofoam or metal surfaces. |
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Once the primer is dry, turn the container into your drum by painting it with your preferred colors of acyrlic paint or poster paint. |
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To make a pair of drum sticks, we need 2 metal shank buttons, 2 drinking straws and 2 pipe cleaners. A shank button is a button with a loop at the back. |
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String a shank button through the middle of a pipe cleaner. |
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Bend the pipe cleaner at the middle. |
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Insert the entire length of the folded pipe cleaner inside the drinking straw. |
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Cut the excess length of drinking straw. |
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Make another one to come up with a pair of drum sticks. For added safety, fix the joint between the shank button and the drinking straw with a glue gun. |
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Cut a string long enough for your drum strap. Insert the ends of the string through the holes on the drum's body. Make a knot on each end of the string. |
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For plastic, styrofoam or tin tubs, tape the ends of the string from inside. |
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Place the lid tightly on the drum. |
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As an added option, you may further decorate your drum with stickers, punched-out paper shapes, glitter glue, and other decorative materials.
The little paper stars on this drum make it into a perfect Fourth of July drum! |
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Finally, try playing your drum! Use your hands or the drum sticks to make some noise. You can also wear the drum by putting the strap around your neck. |
