Do you have a wind chime? If not why not add one! It’s the easiest way to break up the monotony in your life and add the beautiful melody of the wind!
You don’t have to spend any money to buy them, they are so easy and fun to make. The most attractive thing about making wind chimes is that you can use anything to make them.
Collect various materials to make wind chimes that can make various types of sounds, soft or deep, loud or quiet!
Share 16 DIY wind chime ideas. You can make many choices for the appearance and sound of the wind chime. I believe you will like them!~
1. Bottle cap wind chime
Materials: bottle caps, branches, wire, beads, acrylic paint, brushes, bells.
First dye the bottle caps and then punch holes in them. Finally, use metal wire to string the bottle caps, beads, and bells together and install them on the branches.
2.Chain wind chime
Materials: Rusty chain, wooden boards, thin copper wire, wood screws, electric drill, pliers, hammer and screwdriver.
First draw a heart-shaped template, then put the chain on top and cut out different lengths. Finally, attach the chain to the wooden frame using copper wire.
3. Glass wind chime
Materials: tree branches, glass mosaic tiles, fishing line, electric drill, hot melt glue gun.
First drill holes in the branches and tie fishing lines to them. Then stick every two tiles opposite each other and clamp the fishing line.
4. Retro wind chimes
Materials: several chains, forks, keys, locks, crystal pieces, etc.
Connect various old materials with chains, and hang the other end of the chains to a support frame.
5. Rustic glass jar lid wind chime
Materials: can lids, embroidery hoops, twine, scissors, spray paint, hammer and nails.
Spray paint the lid first, then nail holes in one side. Then hang it from the embroidery hoop using twine.
6. Glass jar wind chime
Materials: Glass jar with lid, 2 eye screws, a piece of wood about 1/2 inch thick, fishing line or other string, scissors, beads (and accessories such as chains), electric drill, glass cutter, scissors, Tape measure, water container (use cold water to drill the jar), protective mask and goggles, E6000 glue.
First cut the glass jar and then drill the holes. After adding various small decorations, hang the glass jar.
7. Shabby Chic Vintage Wind Chimes
Materials: embroidery hoop, hemp rope, vintage keys, pearl chain.
8. Children’s key wind chime
Materials: keys, branches, acrylic paint, brushes, yarn.
Color the branches and keys first, then hang the keys on the branches with yarn.
9. Modify flower pots and wind chimes
Materials: Three different sized flower pots, acrylic paints, paint brushes, metal spoons, wooden beads, twine, cotton swabs.
Color the pot and use a cotton swab to draw the pattern. Then use hemp rope to string together 3 flower pots, tie spoons to the bottom, and string beads to the top.
10. Shell wind chimes
Materials: shells, beads, buttons, wooden blocks, electric drill, ropes of two thicknesses.
Carefully drill holes into the shells, string them together with string, and add buttons, beads, etc. Finally tie the rope to the block.
11. Milk powder can wind chime
Materials: milk powder cans, spray paint, nails, hammer, acrylic paint, brushes, rope, chandelier stand.
First spray paint the milk powder can and nail a small hole in the center of the bottom. Draw your favorite pattern on the side of the milk powder can, tie it with a rope and hang it up.
12. Eggbeater wind chime
Materials: Egg beater, metal spoon, metal wire, jump ring.
Wrap the spoon with thin metal wire and hang it from the whisk through a jump ring.
13. Copper Wind Chimes
Materials: 5 feet of 3/4 inch diameter copper pipe, wooden boards, about 6 feet of decorative chain, brass hooks, pipe cutter, needle nose pliers, paint, paint brush, file, sandpaper, etc.
Cut the copper pipe and wood separately and connect them with metal chains.
14. Japanese chime style wind chimes
Materials: glassware/glass inserts, scissors, nylon thread/fishing line, crystal beads/decoration, wooden beads.
15. Plastic Egg Wind Chime
Materials: plastic eggs, plastic bottles, acrylic paint, brushes, rope, candles.
16. Coffee can CD wind chime
Materials: coffee can, CD, marker, hole punch, fishing line.
First paint the CD and coffee can, punch holes and string them with fishing line.
After reading these 16 ideas for reusing waste from daily life, start making your own spring wind chimes now~
