Rain stick crafts preschool

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

A great way for children to explore weather concepts with their senses! Tis the season of lots of rain and with all that rain, we were inspired to make our own rainstick in a bottle... Miss Lauren came up with this brilliant

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

Do you teach nursery rhymes to your kids? Some people think they are outdated, or really have no value for kids today, but there are lots of great reasons to still expose children to nursery rhymes. The rhyme and repetition make them great first stories for little ones to retell. They help teach how language […]

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…

Make your own rainstick and explore the science of sound! This STEAM / STEM activity allows children to get creative with art while also exploring various sounds inside their homemade rain sticks using paper towel rolls. #scienceforkids #ngss #stem #steam #scienceofsound #craftsforkids #kidscrafts #buggyandbuddy

Keep the rainy day blues away with our colorful DIY Rain Stick!

DIY Rainsticks Craft - This is a great craft-ivitiy for the kids to make their own rainsticks. Fill your tubes with pebbles, beans or rice and listen to the magical sound it makes as you tip it. Your kids will love hammering nails and decorating these awesome rainsticks. Great for fine motor skills too! #raisinghooks #rainsticks #crafts #craftsforkids #kidscrafts