I bought a pair of brushes for my drums and didn't want to throw the tube away that held them. I had a case already, so I decided I could make a rainstick from the sturdy plastic tube. A friend who works at the music store collected some small pouches of silicone freshener packs found in new cases and emptied them into the tube.
I painted them, wrapped the ends with faux snow leopard fur, wrapped a cord of leather around all of that, and attached two raven feathers and my old Asatru medalion. It sounds awesome! I still need to poke some pins through in a few areas to give it a more authentic sound.
I bought a pair of brushes for my drums and didn't want to throw the tube away that held them. I had a case already, so I decided I could make a rainstick from the sturdy plastic tube. A friend who works at the music store collected some small pouches of silicone freshener packs found in new cases and emptied them into the tube. 
