Making Rainsticks

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Description

Rainsticks are ceremonial musical instruments used to invoke the rain spirits. They are made by people who live in the deserts of northern Chile. In Chile, rainsticks are traditionally made from dead cactus tubes with hundreds of cactus spines hammered into the tube. Tiny lava pebbles cascade gently through the tube, sounding much like rain.

This rainstick is definitely not traditional. It is made from a cardboard tube (instead of the dried cactus) and aluminum foil (in place of cactus spines).


Resources

•A paper towel tube or other long cardboard tube
•Aluminum foil
•Small dried beans (like lentils), unpopped popcorn, dry rice, or tiny pasta.
•Brown paper (from a grocery bag) or construction paper
•Glue
•Scissors
•Crayons or markers

Instructions

See website http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/music/rainstick/


Tags

  • craft
  • Junk Modelling
  • music
  • rainsticks

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