Comments on: Kids’ Toys from the Hardware Store: PVC Rainstick http://www.mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mombian » Blog Archive » Kids’ Toys from the Hardware Store: PVC Hubble http://www.mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/comment-page-1/#comment-73635 Mombian » Blog Archive » Kids’ Toys from the Hardware Store: PVC Hubble Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:11:38 +0000 http://mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/#comment-73635 [...] I have a fondness for making toys from PVC pipes. We’ve done a PVC pipe construction set, a rain stick and even a wild musical pipe set that at least one reader has copied to great [...] [...] I have a fondness for making toys from PVC pipes. We’ve done a PVC pipe construction set, a rain stick and even a wild musical pipe set that at least one reader has copied to great [...]

]]> By: Reneé http://www.mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/comment-page-1/#comment-61978 Reneé Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:06:23 +0000 http://mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/#comment-61978 RAD! I love this. Totally cool. Totally doable with a two-year-old that sees a percussion moment everywhere he looks! Thank you! RAD! I love this. Totally cool. Totally doable with a two-year-old that sees a percussion moment everywhere he looks! Thank you!

]]> By: Dana http://www.mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/comment-page-1/#comment-61771 Dana Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:10:31 +0000 http://mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/#comment-61771 Oh, nice idea, especially for a quick rainy-day project. Thanks! Oh, nice idea, especially for a quick rainy-day project. Thanks!

]]> By: Shawna http://www.mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/comment-page-1/#comment-61733 Shawna Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:29:06 +0000 http://mombian.com/2007/07/18/kids%e2%80%99-toys-from-the-hardware-store-pvc-rainstick/#comment-61733 My kids and I have made rainsticks out of wrapping paper rolls. We use 3 or 4 small paper cups with half of the bottoms cut out to make the sound in the body of the tube. If you trim the sides of the paper cups to just a little larger than the diameter of the tube you can poke them up into the middle of the tube, they will stay there with out any adhesive. Then we used popcorn and rice for the inside and capped the ends with cardboard and tape. Not as permanent as a pvc tube, (and you don't get to go to the hardware store), but you can make it out of stuff you have around the house and it is easy to decorate with crayons and markers. As a bonus, when it wears out its welcome (as all noisemaking toys eventually do), you can recycle and/or compost everything but the tape. My kids and I have made rainsticks out of wrapping paper rolls. We use 3 or 4 small paper cups with half of the bottoms cut out to make the sound in the body of the tube. If you trim the sides of the paper cups to just a little larger than the diameter of the tube you can poke them up into the middle of the tube, they will stay there with out any adhesive. Then we used popcorn and rice for the inside and capped the ends with cardboard and tape.

Not as permanent as a pvc tube, (and you don’t get to go to the hardware store), but you can make it out of stuff you have around the house and it is easy to decorate with crayons and markers.

As a bonus, when it wears out its welcome (as all noisemaking toys eventually do), you can recycle and/or compost everything but the tape.

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