I can’t even tell you how much FUN Clara had with our make-shift drum table this morning! I laid out a bunch of old pots and pans, lids, and some wooden spoons on her play table.
Then it was time to Rock N Roll!!!
She experimented using the spoons as drumsticks, and later hitting the pans with her hands bongo-style!
There was lots of singing to go along with all this “music”!!
She played her little heart out all morning!!
I think companies should do this before every meeting — it’s great stress relief!
Have fun!!
Dear Valerie,
Now do I have to look in the toy bin every time I want to cook?
Love,
Mark
What do you mean every time “you” want to cook??? When exactly is that? 😉
and… .yes, quite possibly. O:-)
pots and pans make the best percussion instruments!
Agreed!!!
I always loved the idea of this but never the practice. Those pots and pans are loud! Did you quickly take the photos and then run to another room? 😉
They are VERY loud!!!!
I joined in! (though only for a few minutes) It’s kind of like when two people eat garlic, they cancel each other out. 🙂
Future noise violation at work. 🙂
LOL Exactly!!!
clara looks so happy..
maybe someday she become a famous drummer 🙂
Maybe!! She has decent rhythm…. LOL!
We use round tins (like you get fancy butter cookies in) for our drum set. I can recommend chopsticks as a slightly quieter sort of drumstick. You can check out our set at http://jrlentblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jacob-inventor.html
Thanks for a great blog!
Fantastic!!! Jacob looks like he’s having a super-fun time with his drum set, and I love how you/he recycled the tins to make drums!
Big plastic canisters work nicely too. It’s one of our favorite when-daddy’s-not-home activities 🙂
LOL It’s good to enjoy some when-daddy’s-not-home activities once in awhile. We didn’t have any big plastic canisters, but I’ll be saving them if we come across some!
Sometimes I think that’s exactly what’s happening at my remote coworkers’ houses when they join my conference calls 🙂
ROFL!!!! 😀
Oh Clara, you make me wanna sing…
“I don’t wanna work- I just wanna bang on the drum all day…”
I felt like singing that song all day!!
In my previous life as a music therapist, I actually facilitated quite a few corporate drum circles! Some really cool companies actually do bang on a drum for stress relief and team building. 🙂
That is the most AWESOME thing EVER!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha! I am not so sure that I am as brave as you:)
LOL Once in awhile it’s fun — but I don’t think I could take all the noise ALL the time!! 🙂
Fun! We made cardboard box drums – not quite as noisy. Cutting arches along the bottom of the box allows air in and creates a cool sound that you wouldn’t otherwise get from the box. Once in a while though we do pull out the pots and pans because the kids love to make noise.
I love Mark’s comment and your response!!!!!
I hope Emily is enjoying school. I look forward to hearing a little about it, even though that is not typically the type of thing you post here. HINT HINT, we bloggers are nosy! Sorry.
Love the idea of cardboard box drums!
Emily seems to be enjoying school quite a bit. The first day she came home and said that she is both having fun AND learning! I’ll be posting more about it soon!!
Looks like she had a great time.
🙂 Yes, I’d say so! LOL
Great idea! I’m a stay-at-home mom, and I’m always looking for creative, fun and CHEAP ways to play with my son at home. I love the homemade drum set idea. I’m a mommy blogger, too (www.mybossisteething.com).
Hi, and welcome to FFFB! You’ve come to the right place! 🙂 I’m off to check out your site — love the name of it!!
Rock star!! Love this!!