How to make drums with your own hands. DIY musical instruments project

The first thing you will need to do is to decide why you need a drum so that after finishing work it does not gather dust in the corner. Next, you will learn how to make a drum at home.

Fiberboard drum

The main material will be plywood, which is a supporting structure. We take a five-layer sheet of plywood 30 cm by 122 cm (the diameter of the drum will be 38.83 cm). To bend a sheet of plywood into a cylinder, you need to use a hot bath (40 - 60 ° C), since plywood can break in its usual form. It is necessary to immerse the sheet at night, but you will have to ensure that the water does not cool down. After this time has passed, you need to take a strong rope, and carefully bending the sheet, fix each position with it. You will need to achieve such a position that one end of the plywood plate goes to the other (the number 6 should turn out). The next morning, you need to swap the ends, that is, now the second should go to the first end. Then you need to draw the ends so that the joints are strictly connected to each other, secure the luck with a rope (you can put spacers) and immerse it in hot water again.

Before you make a drum with your own hands, you need to cut a fiberboard sheet of the width you need, the length should be slightly less than the length of the plywood. Do not remove the rope. Insert the resulting sheets inside, to attach the fiberboard to the plywood, use Epoxy or glue. After that, you need to wait a day, and only then remove the rope.

For exterior decoration, you need a fiberboard sheet, the length is a little more than plywood, the width is like plywood. We also glue with epoxy, and gradually fix each position with self-tapping screws (the distance should not be more than 15 cm). Any excess must be ground off or cut down.

They are made of fiberboard and water clamps. It is necessary to cut thin strips (2-3 cm) from a fiberboard sheet, slightly longer than the drum. Of these, a movable ring will be made. For the ring, 2 strips are needed, one is 1-1.2 cm longer. Gluing must be carried out on the instrument itself, while it must be closed with polyethylene.

Then we build a tensioning mechanism from clamps (diameter 4-5 cm), straighten them and cut them, drill holes. We make slits in the ring, insert the end of the clamp inside, fix it with the smallest screws. We stretch the other end to the full, fit the ring to the edge of the tool, fix the clamp on the surface of the drum.

The last step is the installation of the membrane. Why you need to remove the ring from the clamps, insert an elastic film that will act as a membrane, return the ring to its place, tighten it again and tighten the membrane by twisting the small clamps on the sides.

paper drum

Next, we will talk about how to make a drum out of paper. First of all, we draw circles on paper (you can use a bowl), cut them out. Next, we draw lines along the sheet of paper, which will play the role of fastening between the lower and upper circles of the drum. The cylinder is made by gluing the seams with PVA glue. And the last thing left from the technical side is to glue them and the top of the drum, between which there is a mount. Everything is ready. It remains only to decorate it from the outside. Markers can be used like drumsticks.

Drum for a field of miracles

Next, you can learn how to make a drum box wonderland at home. For this drum, you need to divide the circle into sectors that you need to sign their values. We need prize amounts, the “zero” sector, the “bankrupt” sector, the “plus” sector, the “x2” sector and the “prize” sector. The drum is made from a children's top, where the arrow is attached, and all values \u200b\u200bare applied. A board with a hidden word can be made from a drawing board, where letters are written and covered with black squares.

If you think that nothing but your headache will come from a children's drum, you are mistaken. There are many benefits to be gained from this craft. Even if you decided on it on the instructions of a kindergarten teacher.

A do-it-yourself drum for a kindergarten is often offered to be done not in order to add worries to parents. Most likely, this is done for some kind of developmental activities or matinees, which in itself is a sacred thing.

Among other usefulness, there is one, not entirely serious advice, rather a joke. But as you know, in every joke there is some truth. See how else you can use a children's homemade drum, if you have already decided to do it yourself.

Look around and you'll find all sorts of used packages, tins and other things that can be turned into a beautifully beating drum. Even if you haven't stocked anything for crafts, everything can be found in the house.

Yes, and there are benefits for your family and at home in this activity (or you can find it, if you wish). There would be a desire, but there is always a reason ...

Why make a drum

For instance:

Joint creativity, as you know, brings together.
It's a fun activity to make such a cool toy yourself.
An excellent opportunity to develop a sense of rhythm and train coordination of movements. Try to march yourself, and beat the drum, maintaining the rhythm.
An occasion to offer the child not just to beat with drumsticks, but to try to play a familiar song in rhythm.
You can keep a child busy in the country with a homemade drum for a long time, which is also a plus.
If you want to take revenge on noisy neighbors in a city apartment, a drum and a child are just what you need (just kidding, but ...).

Do not forget to buy earplugs or a pair of headphones for each family member who is not participating in the action of retribution.

The simplest do-it-yourself drums

Coffee tin

This do-it-yourself drum is the simplest craft of all that we will now offer you. A coffee tin with a plastic lid is all you need. So that the lid does not come off every now and then, fix it on a film and, for fidelity, put it on glue.

Holes in the cover, which will be the impact surface, can not be perforated, that is, do not make holes in it. The sound will be muffled, but it will be. And our drum will not break through.

Do an experiment and see what kind of sound the sticks make. You can use Chinese chopsticks for sushi by wrapping (tightly) cotton balls around them. Well, you also have to take care of the rope with which your proud drummer will hang a new toy around his neck.

Although for the delicate neck of the child it is better to take a wide ribbon or a mother's gas scarf. Here you will have to show ingenuity: involve dad and tools or tie a cunning knot around the can.

But this must be done in such a way that the tape does not tear off the already not very firmly seated cover. Otherwise, you will not end up with tears.

Cool drum from a plastic bucket with a lid

A very simple and most successful drum made of a plastic bucket with a lid. (For revenge on the neighbors, it’s better not to come up with (again, a joke ...). You can decorate or decorate it as your fantasy tells you. You need to take a bucket of the size or make several drums of different sizes to get a whole drum set. Their covers hold firmly and take care of that she will not have to fly off.

We make sticks from improvised materials, pencils, felt-tip pens, and a design like the one in the photo are suitable. Even mom's silicone brushes for greasing the pan will give an interesting sound. Let the child try the sound of whatever he wants. Don't nip the fantasies of a future celebrity in the bud.

Hanging such a drum-bucket around your neck is not just easy, but very simple. Therefore, this homemade drum is number one in a series of do-it-yourself drums in terms of ease of execution, sound volume and time costs.

Corrugated cardboard drum

You will have to sit over this drum and it is hardly suitable for an enthusiastic drummer. Something tells me it won't last long. Rather, a decorative option (for show, so to speak), but it has the right to life. The main thing is that it looks good and a do-it-yourself drum for kindergarten will be made. For check.

Do-it-yourself step-by-step photos of a drum from a can

Not the easiest way to make a drum with your own hands for kindergarten. But if you can find a tape that's thick enough for the hitting surface, or a tape that can handle the tightest tension possible, your drum will be a drumming winner.

DIY souvenir drum

To decorate the premises of kindergarten groups for New Year's parties, a paper drum is perfect. Often they are asked to do something New Year's with their own hands for New Year's decoration.

What do parents do the most? That's right, Christmas compositions with cones. Your decorative drum will stand out against the general background of New Year's crafts and educators will be sincerely grateful to you. Original jewelry is always in short supply.

Drum made of paper, cotton buds and gift paper with a printed or musical print

Such a paper drum will require rolls of scotch tape, or cardboard cartridges from paper towels. The size of the drum also depends on the size of the cardboard cartridge. Twine, and wire, and beads, and even the remnants of thread from knitting will come in handy.

You can make a very small paper drum and hand it to the paws of a teddy bear or doll. Put under the Christmas tree or hang on branches as Christmas decorations. It can be used in garlands or as an element of a winter composition to decorate a room.

A do-it-yourself drum for a kindergarten can be both real, performing its musical functions, and symbolic. Listen to the request of the educators and specify for what purpose they are asked to make a drum with their own hands.

Where will it be used and what quality should it be. We have provided you with options. Go ahead and be sure to involve children in the creativity. They remember such moments for the rest of their lives, in contrast to the joint viewing of regular cartoons.

A great idea, according to psychologists, is to teach a child to music from an early age. You can either buy a drum at a toy store or make your own. A simple tin can and a little imagination can help you easily implement your plan.

Benefit or noise?

Many adults believe that a children's drum is of no use. It is simply a source of noise and accompanies the appearance of a headache. Nevertheless, the drum is very often instructed to make by parents together with the kids in kindergarten. However, this does not happen for the additional workload of the crumbs and the parent on the weekends. Most often, a loud attribute is intended for performances at a matinee. And you can't do without it.

Do not think that the manufacture of this item is a waste of time. Who knows, maybe the child has acting skills, and already in kindergarten he will decide on his future profession. And such a craft will bring a lot of benefits, even if it is carried out at the request of a kindergarten teacher.

What to make a tool from

In the mass of necessary tips for creating drums with your own hands at home, it is worth highlighting one not-so-serious recommendation. It is more of a comic character, but every joke has its own piece of truthful meaning. A homemade drum for a child can be used not at all for a matinee. It all depends on the imagination of the parents.

One has only to look around, each person can notice several cans or packages that are unlikely to be useful. From these materials, you can make a drum for playing with your hands or special sticks.

Reasons for creating crafts

This question certainly worries all adults. Every parent wants to find out the reasons for such a pastime with their child. There are several examples of reasons for such an activity:

Connecting with the child through joint activities.
An exciting start to the evening for the whole family.
Development of coordination of movements and a sense of rhythm in crumbs. After all, with a craft that was invented and created with your own hands, you can participate in an impromptu march.
It can be difficult for a kid to beat the drum with sticks, but try to play an interesting favorite melody from a children's song or cartoon.
Drums that are played by hand can be an excellent option for a crumbs lesson for some time in their summer cottage.
Finally, the drum can become a weapon of revenge against annoying neighbors who constantly make repairs on Sunday mornings.

It should be borne in mind that an act of retaliation for neighboring apartments can occur without disturbing the peace of adults. To do this, residents of an apartment with a newly-minted drummer need to buy ear plugs or a pair of headphones in order to muffle the noise in the room.

Plastic bucket with lid

Not every adult knows how to make a drum with their own hands from a plastic garden bucket. You can paint such a tool with simple paints, it can also be pasted over with ordinary colored paper. It all depends on the imagination of the little master. The lid on such a bucket should fit tightly. After all, the tool will be damaged if the upper part of the tool flies off at the most inopportune moment.

A plastic bucket drum can be simply held in the hands, and can also be hung around the neck. It is very easy to perform this action. The material has two holes from the handle on the sides. It is in them that you need to thread an impromptu strap, fixing it with knots.

Sticks for such a plastic tool can be selected from improvised materials. Pencils or old felt-tip pens that no longer draw can easily play this role. So, things will be given a second life and the child will be satisfied. Brushes for the kitchen, which every housewife has, can also make interesting sounds.

The child can try the sound of absolutely any object in the apartment, choose the most suitable one. Do not limit the imagination of the future musician or composer. A child needs to be given freedom of action sometimes.

paper product

A decorative drum for a little musician can even be created from plain paper or cardboard. To do this, cut out two circles of the same diameter. Their size can be any. After that, a strip of paper is cut out, which will become the connecting element for the top and bottom of the tool.

The paper structure can be glued with glue or connected with tape. You can decorate the craft with paints or pencils, paste it with various paper illustrations, stickers, cover it with bright satin fabric and sew funny pompoms on the sides. So, do-it-yourself children's crafts will find their own individuality. This part of the work, no doubt, can be done by the little mother's helper himself.

Almost any idea of a little dreamer can and should be brought to life. And for this it is not at all necessary to run around the shops and spend large sums. Do-it-yourself drums will not only look unusual and original, but will not require much time to create.

Necessary tools and materials

The basis of the craft for the child in this case will be a simple round tin can. Other required materials include:

hole punch for leather;
a small piece of fabric of a bright color (can be replaced with colored paper);
leather flap;
glue gun;
leatherette laces;
glue for fabric elements;
cotton wool

And also in the process of work it will be impossible to do without wooden sticks.

Tool making step by step

At the beginning of the work, you need to cut out a part of a suitable size from a bright fabric and glue it over a jar. The fabric can be any. In its absence, the base is simply pasted over with colored paper, which is sold in any stationery store or supermarket.

A jar is placed on a piece of leather material and outlined. 10 cm must be added to the resulting diameter of the tool. Another circle is drawn.

Along the radius of the part, with a pencil, areas are marked where the holes will be located in the future. Do-it-yourself indentation of 1 cm is made from the edge in any version of the manufacture of the drum. Holes on the skin are made with a special hole punch.

A leatherette cord is threaded through the holes obtained. It must subsequently be tightened tightly on one side of the jar. The same steps must be repeated when creating the bottom for making a drum with your own hands. The lace is also used for additional fixation of products diagonally. In this case, the element is threaded under the lacing, which is located at the top and bottom of the drum.

The final stage is the manufacture of sticks for the drum by hand at home. To do this, a wooden stick is connected to a bead-knob. A small cotton ball is glued on top of the bead, wrapped with thread so that there are no empty spaces left. This is how a drum stick is made.

Instead of total

It's so easy to create drums with your own hands. Without a doubt, this exciting activity will appeal to the baby. After all, a child in work can act as an apprentice. And creative activities with the whole family will not only contribute to the development of the child’s imagination, but will also have a positive effect on the imagination and thinking of the crumbs. If a child seeks to create things with his own hands, then this activity should be encouraged by adults, because such a pastime contributes to the development of children, the consolidation of various household skills, and simply brings joy.

Tatyana Shubenkova

Our whole life is an interweaving of many rhythms, visible and invisible. If you listen carefully, you can hear them everywhere: our breathing, the beating of our heart, speech, walking and much more. Here is such a kind of rhythmic music that is in tune with natural life processes. That is why it attracts and fascinates us so much.

Playing percussion instruments is one of the easiest ways to develop children's rhythmic abilities. The ability to feel and reproduce the rhythm is a very valuable quality that affects the overall development of the child: motor, speech, emotional and mental. A developed sense of rhythm helps to coordinate the movements of the body and breathing. Articulation, smoothness and clarity of speech depend on the sense of rhythm.

All children love to play spoons, tambourine, and rattles, but the most favorite instrument is the drum! And you don't have to buy it from the store. The drum can be made by hand.

Master class "Our cheerful drum" to spend with parents, recommending them to organize a home orchestra. The simplest drum can be done with the guys in the group. We spent with educators in order to replenish the creative centers "Music" in groups.

For MK, you need to prepare: a plastic bucket, a knife, adhesive tape, ribbons, braid, self-adhesive paper for decoration.

Stages of work:

1) cut the bottom of the bucket with a knife

2) gradually seal the upper part of the bucket with adhesive tape (2-3 layers)

3) decorate the bucket with bright paper

The drum is ready. I invite you to our exhibition "Our Cheerful Drum"!

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To make a toy drum with your own hands, you will need:

an empty aluminum coffee can with a lid;
2-3 sheets of thick paper;
feathers, sequins, stickers, pompoms and ribbons;
fabric (square piece, side length - 30 cm);
yarn;
thick elastic band;
scissors;
PVA glue;
2 pencils;
2 small styrofoam balls.

How to make a children's toy drum with your own hands

1. Aluminum can and will be the baby drum. Remove the lid from the jar and cover the jar with paper on all sides. Decorate the drum as you wish or as your child wants - color with markers or crayons, pens, glitter, stickers, etc.

2. Glue the fabric on the lid of the coffee can, cutting off the unnecessary edges. This is necessary so that the drum that you make with your own hands has the top as round as possible.

3. Now close the jar with a lid and secure the outside with an elastic band around the circumference. Hide the elastic by gluing yarn or ribbon on top of it. This will add more musical decor for the child.

4. You can also play the baby drum with your hands, but it is better to make special sticks. Take two small styrofoam balls, push a pencil into each of them to make a hole. Put glue into the hole and insert the pencil inside again. Let dry.

After that, coat the balls with glue and wrap them in yarn. Pencils can also be decorated with ribbons, stickers, or wrapped in paper. Before you start making music on your homemade drum, let everything dry thoroughly so that neither the baby drum nor the sticks for it come apart.

Such a children's toy drum, made by you or the child himself, will definitely become his favorite musical instrument. And if one is not enough, you can always make a whole drum set. After all, who knows, maybe your future is growing up?