Rain Stick

Supplies

• Long cardboard tube
• Paper
• Tape
• Rice, uncooked beans or uncooked popcorn
• Aluminum foil
• Crayons or markers
• Beads or feathers and glue (optional)

Instructions

1. Cover one end of the tube with paper and tape it shut.
2. Crumble up strips of aluminum foil and put them in the tube.
3. Pour a handful of rice into the tube.
4. Cover the other end of the tube with paper and tape it shut.
5. Using crayons, markers, beads or feathers, decorate your rain stick.
6. Shake your rain stick up and down to listen to the homemade sounds of the rain!