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I created this funky drum for our Day of the Dead celebration. It was super easy and fun.
I created this funky drum for our Day of the Dead celebration. It was super easy and fun.
Gather your supplies and prepare your work surface.
Start by taking your 2 cardboard piecse and fold them in half length wise
lay the ends of the cardboard pieces onto a piece of masking tape, making sure you have enough to go around
it should look like this
tape the other 2 ends in the same manner, forming a boat shape
tape popsicle sticks every few inches vertically inside the ring
break a few popsickle sticks in half and lay them on your masking tape
tape the broken pieces horizonally along both edges of the cardboard, forming a ring
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
fold your vinyl in half and place the ring on top
cut a circle around the ring a little larger than itself
make slashes in the vinyl, fold pieces up one side and tape down with masking tape
Here I cut out leopard print wrapping paper and using my spray adhesive attatched it to the inside to hide the ugly tape
using asharp object, poke a hole in the drum, take heavy nylon string and add a key ring to it
triple knot that sucker on the inside, you wont be able to see it if you match it to the paper
finish the opposite side the same as you did for the first side, and then duck tape the ring solid
using spray adhesive, attach fabric to the ring, trim the excess of the edges
next using craft glue, tack on trim and set drum aside
this will be fo rthe drum sticks, cut out 2 circles
hand gather the edges, stuck with fill, glue in a dowel, triple knot and wala.
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.