Children's Marching Drum Supplies

Series Summary

One of the easiest ways to introduce your child to the world of artistic exploration is to allow them the freedom to initiate and participate in their very own arts and crafts projects. One very simple but truly fun project for children and adults is the creation of a children’s marching drum using a variety of art supplies and, naturally, creative vision! Parents who are drawn to such timeless and innovative hobbies as scrap-booking and homemade frame-making will delight in the project featured in this series. Your kids will love creating their own designs and watching their mind's eye create something for friends and family, and you will open your creative spirit wide as you help your child discover their artistic potential.

This free crafts video series will take you from choosing supplies to adding finishing touches to your children’s marching drum. Learn how to gather supplies, paint, measure, construct and decorate your creation. Get started watching these videos and you’ll have a fun children’s marching drum before you know it.

Video Transcript

"Today I'm going to show you how to make a drum. A drum is a type of toy that can keep any child busy for a long, long time, and we're going to decorate it; we're going to make it really attractive. It's going to be a lot of fun. Let me show you the supplies you're going to need to make a drum. We're going to be using a can. This is a can that used to have some dry oatmeal inside. You can really use any type of can, but this is going to be the drum itself, and the noise is going to come from banging a Styrofoam ball on top of the plastic lid. You can use whatever you have around the house; any type of can that you have. That's going to be the main part of the drum. We're also going to be using some corrugated paper. That is going to be cut, and used as a decoration. We have some crocheting yarn. That is also going to be used for decoration. We have a ruler because the corrugated paper has to be cut, and we want it to be measured, so that when we cut the strips we're going to be using, we cut it nice and even. We'll be using two skewers; one, I'm going to attach a Styrofoam ball to the end, and that's going to be used to bang the drum. Because the skewer has a sharp end, I 'm going to use the other one to poke some holes into the corrugated paper to push in some fasteners. That's going to help us for the decorations, so I have two on hand. I'm also going to be using some paintbrushes for the glue, and to apply the paint for decoration. I'm going to need some glue. I have two types of glue on hand. One is a regular white glue; craft glue. The other is a rubber cement type of glue. I have a lot of markers on hand, also for the decorations, and I also have a pencil for our measuring; making some points onto the paper, and of course we're going to need a scissors, if we're going to be cutting the paper. I have some various colors of paints, and I'm also going to be using a white base paint. It's a thick white paint. We put a coat over the project to cover up any colors, and this way it will make it easier when we want to decorate it. I also have pins; they're more like fasteners. They're going to go through the corrugated paper, and they're going to help me decorate, and again, there's my Styrofoam ball that's going to attach to the end of the stick for a drumstick. That's all the supplies we're going to need today to make our drum."