How to make a drum

Look around the house and find one or more of the following:

A biscuit or cake tin with or without a lid

A large yoghurt pot.

A biscuit box

Anything else you can find such as a tin of baked beans.

If none of those are available then a saucepan makes a big noise.

Then find some used or new wrapping pager, stickers, coloured paper and decorate your drum to look very bright and cheerful by covering up any of the writing.

If no suitable sticks are available then wooden or metal spoon will be fine.

Now that you have your drum, try playing the drumbeat for Pastime in Good Company.

Other Props activities:

Fish for a Feast

Make fake fish for staging banquets and parties – but not for eating!

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Stage Props from Salt Dough

Make fake pies and chicken drumsticks from salt dough.

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These activities will be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. The activities are rated according to difficulty and level of parental involvement: these descriptions are intended as a rough guide only. We have rated them to help parents of children aged 8-13, on the assumption that above this age supervision is rarely required, and that below it, supervision is generally required.

: Set it up and off they go.

: Some help needed.

: Challenge yourself.