How To Make A Rain Maker Stick

Whether it's raining out side or the children need an activity to keep their focus and engaged making rain makers is a lovely activity where they can be completely hands on.

To make these rain makers you need:

Kitchen roll tubes,

Colours paper,

Collage materials,

Glue,

Tin foil,

Masking tape, 

Card

Step 1. Spread glue around the kitchen tube and then stick coloured paper around the tube and tuck it in if it's too long. 

Step 2. Place a large piece of card over the bottom hole and tape it on using masking table ensuring there are no holes for the rice to escape. 

Step 3. Loosely fold up a piece of tin foil and then gently twist it before sticking it in the tube.

Step 4. Followed by 1 cup of rice. I got the children to help be holding the funnel or scooping in the rice.

Step 5. Repeat step 2 by sealing up the tube using card and masking tape.

Step 6. Decorate the tube using  range of collage materials, glitter, paints or felt tips.

Our finished rain makers were beautiful when finished and made for a great musical instrument to try at song time.