We just made the rain sticks today! They were so fun and the kids loved them! I bought some skinny packing tubes (1.5″x15″) then bought a 1 lb box of 1.25″ “common nails”. I placed the nails in a spiral like they did on the “real rain stick” post you linked to and let the kids choose 9 (1 tsp) scoops of rice, navy beans, and lentils to fill them. Worked like a charm!

That’s a great suggestion, Lynn! I’ve also heard pinecones and rice work well!

I’ve been thinking about your question, Mandy, and maybe I just misunderstood what it is you’re looking for. Can you re-phrase your question so I know what part of the project you’re looking for a “printable” part to?

Not sure what the printable part would be, Mandy. It’s a paper towel roll covered in tinfoil and stickers. You need a printable for that?

Thanks for the heads up. I just popped over and checked out the rainstick post, and I’m fine with someone sharing my images that way. You’re so thoughtful to let me know. A lot of websites will copy and paste an entire post into their own site, or use all of the images, and give their own instructions, thereby basically “stealing” the post, and getting all the glory and traffic for it, but Melissa has shared only one image, and provided her readers with a link so they can visit my site for the details, which is A-ok in my books. 🙂 I love it when people share my stuff in that fashion. Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know though. There are lots of times, when my things haven’t been shared in an acceptable way, so I appreciate having the chance to check into this one!

Aw, Sorry, Anna. I did mention in the post that the tacks or nails slow down the flow of the rice, but I guess it doesn’t really stand out if you’re skimming. Maybe I should go back and highlight it.

Thanks Lee-Ann for the question, I also was wondering about that but was to shy to ask…..silly me! The idea is soooo great, doing that today PM!

They slow down the flow of the rice, to produce a soft sound, Lee-Ann.

Yippee! Thank you, Allison! I’m so glad you loved them!

Thanks, Christina! I’m so glad to have you following. 🙂 I adore your blog as well!

Thanks, Erin. We were actually going to paint them, and then I spied the bucket of stickers my mom had dropped off for us last week, and I thought “heyyyy, that will be easier than hauling all the paints out!”

Actually, I thought about using one myself, Jennifer. It can’t hurt to try. We didn’t measure our rice at all, I’m guessing we might have used a quarter of a cup all-together of beads/buttons and rice. You can just keep adding rice until you like the way it sounds.

Thanks, Sam. I didn’t realize how pretty they’d be until they were finished. I love them too!