Sunday, January 6, 2013

The cardboard drums

I hope you all had a good time for the New Year's Eve!

We continue having fun with recycled materials - we've celebrated the New Years Eve in this way as well.

I've mentioned in the previous post that I have prepared a surprise for our little guests on New Year's Eve celebration.

Ta-Dam, here it is: the cardboard drums!







The original idea comes from Spoonful.com but I've simplified it and adapted to the materials we already had. 

I've wrapped cardboard boxes in a nice decorative paper (this step is not necessary, but it certainly contributes to the aesthetic aspect) and pasted them one to another, in the desired shape. I also filled balloons with oatmeal flakes (really gives a great, rustling sound) and tied them with a decorative bow at small toy brooms, which I then fastened to the box by adhesive tape. And that's it! It was really not hard at all, my biggest problem was to find a piece of decorative paper large enough to wrap the entire box, as you can see from the photos.




Instead of the brooms, I originally intended to use cardboard rolls, but the girls tore them, while I was wrapping the boxes. In the meantime they began fencing with these small brooms quite near TV set, so I quickly found a replacement for the cardboard rolls.

Try it, it 's really not hard, I would like you to write in the comments how you've done it.

This year for our New Year's celebration, I also tried some new recipes and I intend to make them available as a mini e-book, so feel free to stop by again these days.






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12 comments:

  1. This is fabulous! I think my favorite part is that they won't last forever ;)

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  2. That reminds me I've forgotten to describe in the post - unfortunately, the drums "ended their career" when a 2 year old tried to sit on them

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  3. WOW! That is super creative and original! I bet the kids loved them...my kids would totally use the brooms as weapons, too! ;) Stopping by from SITS.

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  4. Glad you like it! Yes, the kids were thrilled, and the grown-ups too, since it wasn't as loud as it would be with real toy-drums.

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  5. It's always great to have something little ones are allowed to pound on. What a fun thing.

    Stopping by from SITS.

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  6. Hi, thanks for stopping by! The kids definitely shared your opinion :)

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  7. So cute! My boy would love this... anything that lets him bang around.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! Let me know if he liked it!

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  8. Love this idea! My kids bang on my pots and pans all the time! This might be a quieter idea! Stopping by from SITS today.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! Yes, definitely a quieter option, although the Older had an idea of banging with two lids while the younger was on drums, so I'm not sure whehter this was quieter

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  9. Fun! And much quieter than real drums. (My son has a full drum kit! OY!)

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  10. Oh how fun! Thanks for sharing at Throwback Thursday.

    xoxo
    Denyse

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