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Activities: DIY Percussion / CREATE Your Very Own Rainstick!

CREATE Your Very Own Rainstick! [age 2-6]

What you need


Instructions

  1. Cover one end of a paper towel roll with duct tape.
  2. Take aluminum foil twice the length of the cylinder and crumple into a thin snake!
  3. Insert your foil snake into the paper towel roll.
  4. Fill the inside about 1/4 the way full with your grain mixture.
  5. Cover the other open end of the paper towel roll with duct tape.
  6. Cover the paper towel with construction paper by wrapping it around the outside.
  7. Tape the construction paper onto the paper roll at the ends with duct tape.

 

Turn the Rainstick up and down and make it RAIN!

 

WATCH a tutorial

Source: http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/diy-rainstick