9-12 year old children

What you need:

• 1 empty chip box
• Motif cardboard
• Nails
• hammer
• Craft glue
• rice

9-12 year old children like to do handicrafts with tools

1. For the cool rainmaker that children 9-12 years old will also enjoy, you will need a larger amount of small nails. These nails are driven into the tin in a spiral along the fold on the chip tin. The easiest way to do this is with a hammer.
2. Of course, you can also drive the nails into the tin according to your own pattern. There should be a space of about 1/2 cm between the nails.
3. When you've hammered your nails into the chip jar, pour the rice into it and glue the lid on with craft glue. Children of this age can do that very well on their own. If not, offer your help.

Decorate rainmakers pretty - last steps

1. If the lid is well glued and dried on the can, the rainmaker only needs to be embellished a little. Motif cardboard is ideal for this. Cut a piece of cardboard so that it fits around the can and covers the nails well.
2. Let your children now completely coat the can with craft glue and then glue the cardboard. Here you can help again so that everything fits properly.


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3. The glue should now dry for 1-2 hours, then the rainmaker is ready.

Due to the spiral arrangement of the nails, the rice bounces off the wall and nails when the can is shaken. This creates the typical sound like when it's raining outside. This idea for Handcraft should also be anything but boring for children aged 9-12. Tip: Make different rainmakers with your children, in different sizes and with different fillings. Dry lentils and peas also work well. Every rainmaker sounds different due to the different materials.