Crusher's Crafts
Wind Chime
Make music with the wind! By reusing plastic lids and adding jingle bells, you can create a beautiful wind chime that will alert you of a cool breeze. Hang your creation outside your window and enjoy nature’s melody.
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What You Need
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- Scissors
- Hole punch
- Plastic Tupperware lids
- Fishing line, string or yarn
- A stick about 1 foot long
- Jingle bells
- Optional: beads
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| What You Do |
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Cut the rims off of your plastic lid(s).
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Draw shapes with a permanent marker or pen on the plastic lids. (Try leaves, animals, or flowers.)
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Cut out the shapes.
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| If you like, draw some designs on your shapes. (I drew veins on my leaves.) |
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Use a hole punch to make a hole at the top and the bottom of each plastic shape.
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| Cut one string (about 1 foot long) for each plastic shape. |
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| Tie one end of the string to the top of your shape. |
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| If you would like, tie beads on the string for decoration. Once you are done with your decorations, tie the opposite ends of the strings to the stick. |
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Tie jingle bells to the bottom of your plastic shapes.
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To make a hanger, tie a piece of string to each end of the stick.
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 Crusher's Crafts are created by SPREE staffer Mary Palumbo. Each month Mary comes up with a new craft that can be made from household items and found objects from just outside your front door.
Look on the left column for a complete list of all the crafts! |
