The featured activity at The Imagination Factory explains how to make a rain stick for Earth Day. There are dozens of other art/recycling activities available as well. To find instructions for the rain stick, go to Lessons/Activities and then click on Crafts. See Previous Activities for all others.
The Imagination Factory is an award-winning art site for kids, parents and teachers. Visitors learn how to creatively recycle to make drawings, paintings, sculpture and crafts. The site features Trashasaurus Rex, a giant, solid waste sculpture, and a Trash Matcher that allows visitors to find appropriate art activities for the solid waste they have available.
If you teach grades one or two, the April issue of Scholastic News features Trashasaurus Rex. The recycled dino now makes his home at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.