Rain makers for kids

Repurpose your toilet paper roll tubes into a fun rain stick noise maker! Perfect for celebrations, dress up and just for fun!

Make a rain stick! This craft is wonderful for school-aged children and only requires a few household materials.

It’s no secret that California is suffering one of the worst droughts in it’s history. We really need some rain yo! In an effort to combine art, education and some good ol’ fashioned spiritual magic, we made rain sticks in art class last week. We even did a rain dance at the end of class […]

Recently my son and I have been talking a lot about the weather. We're currently in the middle of a horrible drought in Southern California so we desperately need rain. Since we always have a ton of cardboard rolls lying around (which we LUUURVE using for cardboard roll crafts), we recently made a rainmaker together. Set-up was simple and it was a snap to put it together. Here's how we did it! Shake! Shake! Make Your Own Rainmaker with Kids! This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for…

I wasn't sure how these shaving cream rain clouds were going to turn out, but they were beautiful! I love any experiment that's easy enough for my kids to do themselves. And I also love when I get to use a rainbow assortment of colours to create something beautiful. So this was a winner! This activity was easy to put together and allowed us to learn a little bit about weather. Although, my girls were definitely more interested in the hands on part, not so much the learning. But what can you…

Repurpose your toilet paper roll tubes into a fun rain stick noise maker! Perfect for celebrations, dress up and just for fun!

Have you ever heard a traditional cactus rainstick? The sound is absolutely amazing. They take a cactus reed, pull out the spines and reinsert them into the stalk. Then, they plug one end, fill the stalk with pebbles and plug the other end. The sound of the pebbles hitting the spines makes a wonderful rain

A kid-friendly rain stick craft that actually works! Your kids will love the realistic rain sounds made by these simple-to-make rain sticks.

Make rain sticks out of cardboard rolls! Pretty, easy, and they sound lovely! Great spring craft for toddlers and preschoolers to make at home or daycare.

Learn how to build a simple DIY rain gauge at home from a plastic bottle. Leave it outside the next time it rains to measure the precipitation in your area.