Thank you for the compliment :)

I don't have any pictures of the work in progress but I can explain it to you. They where real easy to build once I figured out what I wanted to do with them.

So the one with the colored tape and the red and blue are  basicly built up the same.

I went to a restaurant and after eating there I asked them if they didn't have any large cans for me. They where happy to give them to me after I explained why. And you are right they where tomato cans :)

Then I proceeded to drill two small holes on the side of the cans. One near the top and one near the bottom. I then put a screw and bolt through the holes and connected the two cans with eachother.

The cans are open on one side so I chose that to be the bottom. Make sure you take the sharp edges off with a vile though since you don't want the kids to cut themselfs.

Then I took two normal bean cans that I had laying around. These cans are special because they have the ribbles on them. When you go over them with your sticks they make a rasping noise. The cans where added together by making a hole through the top and bolting them together. Then a hole in each of the big cans and in each of the small cans and just bolt those together.

Then when you see everything fits nicely you can add a rope by again making a hole on the side of the can and bolting it together.

As for finish. The one with the tape is decorated with electrical tape. The tape you use to close up or tie together electrical lines in your house. It's kinda rubbery and gives a nice finish. It's also fairly cheap like 4 bucks and comes in different colors. Or you can just spraypaint it and use sjablons (the music thingies) and spraypaint them on.

On the drumsticks, they are indeed corks. What I did was I took the diameter of my stick and chose a drill with the same diameter. I then drilled about 1 cm in the cork. Make sure you do this slowly as not to ruin the cork. I then put in a little glue and put the stick in. It's really thight and will never loosen up even not after extended useage.

I hope this helped if you have anymore questions feel free to ask :)

Michel

The drum is made from two beerplates (The things you use to bring beer and other drinks round in a bar). And we call the wooden sticks "slaghout" and they are used to keep the kids on the same tempo during a song. But they are also by the kids themselfs to make sound.