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Wind Chime Crafts For Kids
Welcome crafters,
We have come up with some new concepts in art and craft. Today’s activities are all about wind chimes. Wind chimes not only enhance the beauty of the room but also gives a calm, soothing view. Moreover, the melodious sounds produced by them help go to reduce stress. When the breeze wind touches the wind chime, it creates an attractive sound and is loved by everyone.
Let’s create your DIY wind chime. Just a few materials are needed, and some of the time is to be invested. Have fun during performing these projects. In this article, we have tried our best to provide you with different unique wind chime craft ideas especially for children of different age groups.
Windchime Crafts For Kids
Multi-colored Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Crafts By Amanda
- Materials required: Buttons, thread, punching machine, plastic lid, cardboard, drilling machine.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Suitable age: 10- 13 years
Take the plastic lid and make holes using a drilling machine. Take a cardboard and cut it into circular shapes and punch the circles using a punching machine. Now take a thread and pass some buttons and circular cardboard pieces through it. Hang these thread strands into the holes in the plastic lid. Now hang it on your window.
Cd Shining Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Happy Hooligans
- Materials required: CDs, thread, coffee lids.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 9-12 years
Take some CDs and colour them. Take the coffee lid and make some holes in it using a drilling machine. Now pass the thread through the holes of the CD and keep it hanging with the coffee lid by passing the thread holding CDs into the hole of the coffee lid.
Button Hanging Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Happy Hooligans
- Materials required: Buttons, thread, beads, bottle, punching machine, drilling machine.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age:9-12 years
Take a plastic bottle and cut it at the bottom with the help of scissors. Now make holes in the bottle with the help of a drilling machine. Take a thread and fill it with beads and buttons. Now take these thread strands containing buttons, beads and Hang them by passing them through the holes of the bottle.
Pink Girly Wind Chime
- Materials required: Disposable cup, punching machine, thread, Beads.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 9-12 years
Take a disposable glass and punch holes in it using a punching machine. Now take a thread and pass beads in it. Take this strand containing beads and pass it through the hole of the glass and tie a knot from inside so that strands hang.
Oval Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Morena’s Corner
- Materials required: Plastic egg holders, yarn strand.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take some egg holders and drill holes in them using a drilling machine, pass one single thread through all the holes and let it hang like a wind chime.
Beads Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Stay At Home Life
- Materials required: Metallic wire, plastic circular pieces, beads, drilling machine, pliers.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Suitable age:10- 13 years
Melt some plastic in the oven by keeping plastic in some circle-shaped container. After melting plastic, let them dry so that they become circular rigid small plates. Make holes in them by drilling them. Take a metallic wire and pass beads into them and also the plastic plates. Now, with the help of some pliers attach these bead containing wires with the circular wire by twisting the wire.
Romantic Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: No Time For Flashcards
- Materials required: Heart-shaped baking tray, beads, super glue, ribbon, twigs.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take some beads and fill them in a heart-shaped baking tray and bake it for a few mins, so that they will melt. Once the beads are in a molten state, let them cool so that they solidify in the heart shape. With the help of superglue, paste these hearts with the ribbon and let this ribbon hang on the twig.
Metallic Wind Chime
- Materials required: Metallic lids, drilling machine, Metallic wires, beads, buttons, metallic chains.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Suitable age:10- 13 years
Take some metallic lids and drill some holes in them. Pass all the accessories like buttons, beads etc in the Metallic wires and keep these metallic wires in holes in the lid. Let this lid hang with the help of some metallic chains.
Ice Cream Spatula Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Handmade Charlotte
- Materials required: Lids, drilling machine, spatula, thread.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take some lids and drill some holes in them. Tie all the ice-cream spatula with the thread and pass these thread strands through the holes in the lid. Let this lid hang with the help of some thread strands.
Keys Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Inner Child Fun
- Materials required: Plastic keys, thread twig.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take a twig and tie plastic keys with the thread and let thread strands hang on the twig.
Bamboo Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Michele Made Me
- Materials required: Bamboo, drilling machine, thread, twigs.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Suitable age: 9-12 years
Take a twig and tie bamboo sticks on it by drilling some holes into it and then pass the thread through these holes and let these thread strands hang on the twig.
Bottlecap Wind Chimes
Image Source/Tutorial: Crafts By Amanda
- Materials required: Plastic lids, bottle cap, drilling machine, beads, thread.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 9-12 years
Take a plastic lid and punch holes in it using a drilling machine. Now take a thread and pass beads and bottle caps into it. Take this strand containing beads and buttons and pass it through the hole of the lid and tie a knot from inside so that strands hang.
Paint Tin Wind Chimes
Image Source/Tutorial: A Girl And A Glue Gun
- Materials required: Cans, nails, hammer, rope, spray bottle.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Suitable age:10- 13 years
Paint metallic cans with spray paint and then drill holes into them using nails and hammers. Now pass the rope through these holes and let them hang with the help of rope over a circular metallic ring.
Xylophone Wind Chimes
Image Source/Tutorial: Instructables
- Materials required: Xylophone, beaded ring chains, cardboard piece, punching machine.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take a cardboard piece and tie xylophone pieces with it using beaded ring chains and let strands hang on the cardboard piece.
Seashells Wind Chimes
Image Source/Tutorial: Mama Miss
- Materials required: Seashells, rope.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Collect some seashells from ashore. Tie these seashells with the rope and hang them wherever you want.
Heavy Keys Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Simply darling
- Materials required: Embroidery hoop, jute yarn, keys.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take two embroidery hoops, one big and another medium. Wrap both of them with jute yarn. Now tie keys with the jute yarn and let jute strands hang on both hoops.
Star Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Stay At Home Life
- Materials required: Tree branch, beads, star-shaped baking tray, thread, super glue.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take some beads and fill them in a star-shaped baking tray and bake it for a few mins, so that they will melt. Once the beads are in a molten state, let them cool so that they solidify in the star shape. With the help of superglue, paste these stars with the thread and let this thread hang on the tree branch.
Glittery Wind Chime
Image Source/Tutorial: Hands On As We Grow
- Materials required: Metallic cans, rope, glittery paint, drilling machine.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Suitable age: 9-12 years
Paint metallic cans with glitter paint and then drill holes into them using a drilling machine. Now pass the rope through these holes and let them hang with the help of rope.
Simple Wind Chimes
Image Source/Tutorial: One Time Through
- Materials required: Foam sheets, scissors, colours, metallic thin wires, roll.
- Difficulty level: Very Easy
- Suitable age: 8-13 years
Take craft foam sheets of different colours and cut them in the form of circles as shown in the image. Now pass the metallic wire through the center of the circular foams and knot it tightly. Make such many thread strands containing foam sheets. Take a cardboard roll and hang all these metallic strands on this roll.
Do share with us what kind of wind chime you liked the most. These wind chimes sound different as they are made up of different materials. Feel free to give your feedback. If you found this one valuable, do share it with your family and friends.
FAQ’s on Wind Chime Crafts For Kids
1. What materials are needed to make wind chimes?
Answer: You will need some type of string, fishing line or wire, a hammer, nails or screws, bell or chimes, beads, shells, or other decorations.
2. What tools are needed to make wind chimes?
Answer: You will need a hammer, nails or screws, pliers, and a drill or saw (depending on the type of chimes you are making).
3. What type of chimes can I make?
Answer: You can make many different types of chimes, such as shell chimes, wooden chimes, and metal chimes.
4. What is the best type of string to use?
Answer: The best type of string to use is fishing line or wire, as it is strong and durable.
5. Where can I find bells or chimes?
Answer: You can find bells or chimes at craft stores, online, or you can make your own.
6. How do I make my own chimes?
Answer: You can make your own chimes using a hammer and nails, pliers, and a saw or drill.
7. What types of decorations can I use to decorate my wind chimes?
Answer: You can use beads, shells, or other decorations to decorate your wind chimes.
8. How do I hang my wind chimes?
Answer: You can hang your wind chimes using string, fishing line, or wire and a nail or screw.
9. How do I make sure my wind chimes are secure?
Answer: You can secure your wind chimes by making sure the string or wire is tightly secured to the nail or screw.
10. How can I make my wind chimes unique?
Answer: You can make your wind chimes unique by using different decorations, colors, and shapes. You can also add different bells or chimes to make your wind chimes more unique.
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