Our topic for this term is “Rain”. One of our activities include making a rainstick using recycled materials.

The materials needed are the following:

• tissue roll
• clear plastic bag
• rubber band
• paper cut outs (coloured paper, magazines, newspaper, etc)
• glue
• aluminum foil
• rice, macaroni and/or beans

Here is how to create your DIY rainstick:

• Decorate the outside part of the tissue roll. My K1 children used decoupage as an art technique to beautify their rainstick.
• Roll and twirl the aluminom foil and put it inside the tissue roll to make the beans/rice/macaroni twirl slowly. 
• Cover tissue role’s one hole with clear plastic and rubber band. 
• Put the sound source or sound maker inside. Do you want rice? Beans? Macaroni? Or combination? 
• Cover the other hole… and there you have it! Your very own rainstick! 

Creating a rainstick is a good activity for Music lesson or when your topic is about rain or saving the earth.

Have fun! 😉