Make A Rainstick At Home

Homemade rainsticks make a great craft for kids and a fun science activity too.

Make a rainstick at home.

Don t overfill the rainstick or you won t be able to hear the individual sounds of the objects. How to make a rain stick. To make these rain sticks we gathered the following supplies. Subscribe to our channel click here http bit ly 2lsle5w rain doesn t ever have to go away with a rain stick.

Follow our crafts for kids pinterest board. Feel free to use a funnel to make this easier for the kids to do. Then hammer toothpicks or nails into the cardboard tube and pour some rice dried beans corn kernels or beads into it. 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.

To make a rain stick start by getting a cardboard tube and covering one end with a piece of construction paper. Who can resist picking up and listening to a cool rain stick when you randomly see them at a store. So make sure to mix and match what you use inside the rainstick to get the sound you want. Learn how to make your own in this video.

One 16oz empty and dry water bottle 1 2 cup rice half a box of toothpicks. Different materials will make different sounds as they plink against the wooden skewers. Several years ago me and the kiddos made our own rain sticks and we loved how they turned out. The kids love the creative freedom of being able to decorate their rainsticks and especially love using.

They sound magical but they can be a little on the pricey side. Make your own rain sticks. Here s how to make a rainstick using a cardboard tube and some crafting materials. The kids loved making this homemade instrument and using it to explore sound.

Fun and easy and not expensive at all. Fill the rainstick about 1 8 1 4 with objects. Pour the rice into the bottle. Use pebbles of different sizes pennies dried rice dried beans beads and any other items you like.

You can even use broken up spaghetti if you don t have any toothpicks at home. Rain sticks are those fun instruments that you turn upside down to make it sound like rain.