Beaded Wind Chime
String a variety of beads and drinking straw to make this colorful wind chime craft.
You will need:
You will need:
- Paper cup
- Pipe cleaner
- Strings
- Big beads
- Small bells
- Metal shank button or metal washer
- Drinking straws
- Poster paint or acrylic paint
- Paint brushes
- Scissors
- Hole punch
How to make:
Step 2: Punch 4 evenly-spaced holes around the cup's mouth.
Step 4: Cut 4 equal lengths of string approximately 12 inches long. Cut a 5th string that is 2 inches longer.
Step 6: Cut drinking straws into ¾ to 1-inch long pieces.
Step 8: Attach the beaded strings around the painted paper cup by securing the top end of each string around the punched-out holes.
Step 10: Tie one end of the 5th string through the loop on the pipe cleaner.
Step 12: Punch a small hole at the center of the paper cup base.
Step 14: Check if the metal button or washer is at the same level as the bells. Step 16: Hang the wind chimes where it can catch a soft breeze.
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Step 1: Trim a paper cup to a height of approximately 2 to 3 inches. Step 3: Paint the paper cup with poster paint and make your own designs. You may even finger paint if you like.
*Use acrylic paint if the surface of your paper cup is glossy or waxy. Step 5: Tie a small bell at the end of 4 of the strings. Set the 5th string aside for the pendulum.
Step 7: String beads and drinking straws through each of the 4 strings. Leave an allowance of 1.5 to 2 inches at the top of each string.
Step 9: To make the pendulum, trim a pipe cleaner to around 6 inches and make a loop on one end.
Step 11: Attach a metal shank button or metal washer on the other end of the string.
Step 13: Attach the pendulum to the wind chimes by inserting the end of the pipe cleaner through the hole at the center of the paper cup. Pull all the way through, the loop on the pipe cleaner serves as a stopper.
Step 15: Loop the pipe cleaner on top to make the wind chimes' handle.
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