Marching Drum

march to the beat of your own drum

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I created this funky drum for our Day of the Dead celebration. It was super easy and fun.

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You Will Need (14 things)

  • Wire Cutters
  • Wire
  • Popsicle Sticks
  • Lanyard
  • Key Ring
  • Trimmings
  • Stretchy Fabric
  • Polyester Stuffing
  • Card Board
  • Craft Glue
  • Masking Tape
  • 1/2 Yd. Clear Vinyl
  • Scotch Tape
  • Wooden Dowels

Steps (21 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Gather your supplies and prepare your work surface.

  2. 2

    Start by taking your 2 cardboard piecse and fold them in half length wise

  3. 3

    lay the ends of the cardboard pieces onto a piece of masking tape, making sure you have enough to go around

  4. 4

    it should look like this

  5. 5

    tape the other 2 ends in the same manner, forming a boat shape

  6. 6

    tape popsicle sticks every few inches vertically inside the ring

  7. 7

    break a few popsickle sticks in half and lay them on your masking tape

  8. 8

    tape the broken pieces horizonally along both edges of the cardboard, forming a ring

  9. 9

    cut 2 pieces of strong wire and tape them to the egdes of the cardboard ring, tape 2 pieces of wire on the inside of both edges as well, this will hold the shape of the circle

  10. 10

    fold your vinyl in half and place the ring on top

  11. 11

    cut a circle around the ring a little larger than itself

  12. 12

    make slashes in the vinyl, fold pieces up one side and tape down with masking tape

  13. 13

    Here I cut out leopard print wrapping paper and using my spray adhesive attatched it to the inside to hide the ugly tape

  14. 14

    using asharp object, poke a hole in the drum, take heavy nylon string and add a key ring to it

  15. 15

    triple knot that sucker on the inside, you wont be able to see it if you match it to the paper

  16. 16

    finish the opposite side the same as you did for the first side, and then duck tape the ring solid

  17. 17

    using spray adhesive, attach fabric to the ring, trim the excess of the edges

  18. 18

    next using craft glue, tack on trim and set drum aside

  19. 19

    this will be fo rthe drum sticks, cut out 2 circles

  20. 20

    hand gather the edges, stuck with fill, glue in a dowel, triple knot and wala.

  21. 21

    two drum sticks to match! after I finished the drum sticks, I added a piece of trim to each edge, covering any unsightly flaws and attached the lanyard.