Illustrated steps of turning cardboard tubes into treasures to hand-make rain-praying sticks

Turning waste into treasure is becoming more and more popular. Today I would like to recommend to you that stage plays often use rain praying sticks. Rain praying sticks can be used as toys or percussion instruments. Rain praying sticks Making the sound of rain can make the listener feel peaceful. This magical rain-praying staff is made from waste cardboard tubes. It is environmentally friendly and has many uses. Why not, come and watch the illustrated steps of turning cardboard tubes into treasures to hand-make a rain-praying staff.

Method/Steps

1Find a sturdy hard Paper tubes (cardboard tubes for mailing are most suitable). The cardboard tube needs to be 3.5 to 5 feet (91.4 cm to 1.5 meters) long, similar to the length of a wrapping paper roll.
2Buy a big bag of nails. The length of the nail should be slightly shorter than the diameter of the cardboard tube. You'll need a lot of nails because you'll need to nail the entire tube in a spiral pattern from top to bottom.
- Don’t make the nail too long, otherwise the other end will be nailed through. Not too short.
3Buy a small package of dried beans . Beans similar in size to mung beans, northern soybeans, green beans, etc. can be used.
4Along the cardboard tube wall Nails are driven into the spiral seam from the outside in and from the top down. If your cardboard tube doesn't have a seam, you can draw one before you start nailing.
- Don’t nail directly to the seam, nail it a little above or below the seam.
- If you need a hammer to drive the nail in, use a rubber mallet and don't hit it too hard.
5Put one end of the cardboard tube seal. You can use a cardboard tube with a sealed end, or seal one end with tape so that the beans won't leak out when you put them in.
6Pour into the cardboard tube Add 1/3~1/2 pound (150g~226g) of beans. You can use a funnel to help you pour it in, which will make it easier and less likely to spill out.
7 Seal the other end of the cardboard tube as mentioned above.
8Pour the beans from one end to another side. Listen to the sound inside, and if the desired effect is not achieved, increase or decrease the number of beans inside.
9Decorated rain stick. Children will be more happy to play with the rain-praying sticks if they are beautifully decorated. If this is going to be used at a performance, be sure to decorate it in a way that matches the other instruments.

Tips

If you want to make slight changes to the sound, you can replace some of the beans with rice grains.
The number of beans depends on the length of the cardboard tube. Just prepare enough beans to make sure you make a rain wand that makes the sound you want.