Things You'll Need:
Cardboard tube, such as paper towel tube, poster tube or mailing tube
Brown construction paper or brown paper bag
Scissors
White craft glue
Aluminum foil
Unpopped popcorn, seeds, dry rice or beans
Acrylic paint, crayons or colorful markers
Varnish (optional)
1. Make end caps for your rain stick by tracing around the end of your tube on a piece of brown construction paper or a brown paper bag. Draw another, larger circle around the first circle. Draw several lines crossways (like spokes) between the 2 circles, and cut around the larger circle. Do this twice, and set the second one aside.
2. Spread some white craft glue between the 2 circles and glue the cap securely over the end of the rain stick.
3. Cut 2 pieces of aluminum foil about 7 inches wide and approximately one-and-a-half times the length of the cardboard tube. Crush the foil strips into long, thin shapes, and then twist them into spring shapes. Put the foil springs into the tube.
4. Put some unpopped popcorn, seeds, dry rice or beans into the tube and glue on the second end cap. Your tube should only be about one-eighth full. Experiment with different types and amounts of beans or seeds and listen to the difference in sounds.
5. Cover the rain stick with brown construction paper or brown paper from a paper bag. Decorate the rain stick with rainforest designs such as frogs, leaves, flowers or butterflies. Use acrylic paint, markers, crayons, or designs cut from construction paper.
6. Seal the rain stick with varnish, if desired, and allow it to dry.
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