Make A Rainstick At Home

Fun and easy and not expensive at all.

Make a rainstick at home.

A good mix is lentils and something larger like red or white beans. You can even use broken up spaghetti if you don t have any toothpicks at home. Follow our crafts for kids pinterest board. Subscribe to our channel click here http bit ly 2lsle5w rain doesn t ever have to go away with a rain stick.

Learn how to make your own in this video. The kids love the creative freedom of being able to decorate their rainsticks and especially love using. To make these rain sticks we gathered the following supplies. You ll find more weather related activities on my weather unit study page.

Rain sticks are those fun instruments that you turn upside down to make it sound like rain. How to make a rain stick. Today i m showing you how to make kid friendly rain sticks that actually work. Several years ago me and the kiddos made our own rain sticks and we loved how they turned out.

Use pebbles of different sizes pennies dried rice dried beans beads and any other items you like. They sound magical but they can be a little on the pricey side. The kids loved making this homemade instrument and using it to explore sound. To make a rain stick start by getting a cardboard tube and covering one end with a piece of construction paper.

The lentils travel through the tube the fastest because of their small size while the red beans follow slower but continue and raise the sounds to a much larger and louder sound. Pour the rice into the bottle. Make your own rain sticks. So make sure to mix and match what you use inside the rainstick to get the sound you want.

Here s how to make a rainstick using a cardboard tube and some crafting materials. Fill the rainstick about 1 8 1 4 with objects. One 16oz empty and dry water bottle 1 2 cup rice half a box of toothpicks. Feel free to use a funnel to make this easier for the kids to do.

Who can resist picking up and listening to a cool rain stick when you randomly see them at a store. Don t overfill the rainstick or you won t be able to hear the individual sounds of the objects.