Rainstick Craft Project

We started with a cardboard tube, the type you mail posters in, that has two secure ends and turned it into our very own rainstick:

Miss Leyba first covered the tube with two layers of paint in several colors that blend nicely together. We used Crayola washable kids’ paint in red, blue, pink and purple.

To add a little sparkle to the project, we used glue to adhere glitter and sparkle stars (most of which fell off… whoops!).

After the project thoroughly dried, we applied two coats of Mod Podge to more fully adhere the glitter and to give the rainstick a glossy shine.

Then we filled the tube with beans, lentils and seeds left over from our Earthy Collage Project. Miss Leyba filled the tube one bean at a time. Although pouring the beans into the tube wasn’t an option for our house, I highly recommend you try it. I imagine it would have been much faster. :)

Miss Leyba really enjoyed dropping beans on the floor instead of filling the tube too. “Ha ha! Don’t worry, Mom, we can sweep them up!” (She did when she was done! In fact, she’s still sweeping twenty minutes later!)

It took a while, but she finally got the cup or so of beans that we used in there.

Then we put the top securely back on and…

Ta-da!

Time to make music!