Rain Stick

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  Step 1

  Supplies as follows~
  any old cardboard paper roll such as toilet paper, paper towel, etc. , Iam using an old wrapping paper roll, about 2 1/2 feet long.
  1 piece of construction paper and scissors
  spray adhesive
  tacky glue
  glass beads and feathers, embrodery thread and a needle,
  wire and wire cutters
  scotch tape, aluminum foil, jute, beans and rice for fill...I think that will do, the fabric paint is optional

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  Step 2

  first things first, I got the embellishments out of the way, cut 2 pieces of wire about 10 inches long. Here I wrapped the ends of the feathers with wire and fed them through two silver cones

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  Step 3

  Next I got out my embroidery thread and needle and strung about six beads and wrapped the wire around the thread to secure the strand, I also fed this through the silver cones

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  Step 4

  Next on the construction paper, trace the bottom of the tube, I used an old tape roll to make a larger circle on the outside

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  Step 5

  cut out the circles and slash on the lines, be sure to cut 2 small circles of fabric for later

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  Step 6

  take your tacky glue and fit the circle over one end of the tube, secure with a rubber band, you will be leaving the rubber bands on for added strength plus it has a nice look and hold the jute nicely

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  Step 7

  measure 2 strips of aluminum fold twice the length of your tube

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  Step 8

  twist each piece from one end to the next

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  Step 9

  twist both pieces together to form a chain

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  Step 10

  I decided to give it a bit more support and run wire in between the coils

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  Step 11

  I tried to use the left over scraps as a funnel and shoveled in about 1 cup of dry beans and rice

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  Step 12

  finish the other end the same as the first

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  Step 13

  cut a piece of fabric a little longer than the length of your tube and lay the tube on the fabric

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  Step 14

  I used spray adhesive on the tube and rolled it up in the fabric, making sure the seam overlaps...spray adhesive is fairly easy to work with and sets up fast! trim the excess within 1/2 in and slash just like you did for your circles

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  Step 15

  using scotch tape so you dont wreck your fabric, wrap a few pieces around the tube and at the ends

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  Step 16

  you can work on the ends with the tape still in place. wrap a piece of jute around the end about three times and tie

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  Step 17

  Taking the feather and bead embelishments you made earlier, hand sew them to the jute that you wrapped around, continuing around the whole tube and tie off

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  Step 18

  take your previosly cut fabric circles

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  Step 19

  and embroidery stitch those babies on. wrap a piece of jute down the tube and wala...a rainmaker

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Leah S · 11 projects 21st August 2012

just made one of these, they're so easy and fun to make!!! thanks for the awesome tut!

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Feltsocute · 1 project 3rd November 2010

I never seen them made this way! I'm going to try it

We always use to put toothpicks in the tube.

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 31st October 2010

hi cool yours' we made when i was a kiddo those from papertubes and it worked great for percusion, but yours is much more grown up.LOL
like the idea what you did with the tinfoil. awesome;-D
thank you for sharing this and your greate tute. love it!!!;-D

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Krystyl O. · Abbotsford, British Columbia, CA · 11 projects 31st October 2010

I did this in Brownies --- but we used PVC drain pipe type things and hammered nails into them for more of a rain effect

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CO + K User

October 31st, 2010

Cool! This would be a neat thing for kids to do. (minus the difficult parts)

Do you shake it for fun, or just use it for decoration?

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