We have been busy this week making these cool tin can drums. I borrowed this fab idea from Jamie as hands on : as we grow. Luckily my can opener leaves a nice smooth edge so I didn’t need to tape up the edges before we painted them. I gave the children lots of different coloured paints and they were off!
I use plastercine to fix them to the table so they didn’t move around whilst the children were trying to paint them.
Look at that concentration!
We used poster paint to paint ours, but we have also used acrylic paint in the past.
Then we just had to wait for them to dry.
Some of us found it difficult to wait until they were dry to give them a go!
Once dry, I cut the thin part off of a balloon and stretch the remaining part across the top of the tin.
With the addition of a stick, we were ready to make music:)
Although they made a reasonable amount of noise when banged with a stick, J found that by stretching the balloon and then releasing it, it made a much cooler sound!
And here are our finished drums.
I think these are so fab that I’ve have added one to our music wall.
The rest have been taken home for parents to enjoy:))
Links to EYFS:
CLL: Handwriting (showing good control of the paint brush)
CLL: Using Equipment and Materials (demonstrating good hand-eye coordination)
CD: Being Creating Music and Dance (creating sounds by banging / tapping, singing / making up songs, tapping out rhythms, exploring how sounds can be changed)
