Rain, Rain Go Away!

Rain, rain go away!

Come again another day!

Make Your Own Rainstick!

Materials

• Paper towel tube

• Aluminum foil

• Glue

• Tempera paints and markers

• Paint brush

• Colored electrical or masking tape

• Rice

• Yarn, construction paper or foam cuts, or other decorations

• Scissors

Directions

1. Make a construction paper cap and seal one end of the tube with tape, or fold one end of the tube over and staple it shut.

2. Make balls out of tin foil about the size of a golf ball or slightly smaller to fit in the tube.

3. Fill the tube with the foil balls up to an inch from the top.

4. Pour rice into the tube.

5. Seal or staple the other end of the tube.

6. Decorate by gluing yarn, construction paper, foam or other decorations to the ends and sides of the tube.

Play!

1. Tip the rain stick from side to side slowly, allowing the rice to “trickle” through the foil balls.

2. Experiment with the speed of the “tip” and see how many types of rainfall can be created.