Rain Stick: Insert Matches

Video Transcript

"Now, let's insert the matches into the paper towel rolls. We're going to insert the matches with the wooden part of the match, the stick part, inside, all the way, until the tip of the match is just sticking out and can't go in anymore. You can see inside that once the match sticks are there, they're creating that type of obstacle for when the rice flows down, it's going to be hitting those match sticks and make it go down much slower and that's going to create the sound of the rain. So, the reason why we're putting the sticks in with the wooden side in first, is one, because the tips of the matches give a decoration to the stick and the other reason is because the tip of the match also helps the stick from not going through all the way to the end. Kind of gives it a stop where it's able to just stick up from the paper towel roll and not be, get lost inside the roll. So, those are the reasons why we're putting the wooden part in first. Now, if you wanted to, you could use colored match sticks, matches rather, where the head of the match is a different color and you can alternate those colors. We're using one color which is red, which is usually commonly found among wooden match sticks, but they do have different colors, and if you can obtain them, you can really make a nice decoration on your stick using the, alternating the colors and making a different design with them. But, now we can see since we made the holes along the seam line, we can see now why it was important to match up the rolls along the seam line because we wanted to have a continuation of the match sticks going form the top to bottom. So, that's why we matched it up, so it looks very symmetrical. The longer the roll is, the more matches you'll be able to put in and then they'll be more obstacles for the rice going down. And, again, those obstacles, the rice hitting the match sticks is what's creating the noise so it'll give it more of an effect when you're using the longer roll and you're able to insert more match sticks. So, we put the match sticks all the way down to the end. For this project, we've used about a box and a half of match sticks. And, it's good to have at least two match stick, match boxes, on hand. Full boxes. Just in case your rolls are a little longer than the one's we've used. And, we see this is how the stick looks once the match sticks are placed inside along the seam line and we see that they're spaced evenly. They go along the seem from top to bottom, so it has a nice even, symmetrical look to it. And now I've shown you how to place the match sticks inside the rolls."