How To Make Wind Chimes With Beads

Homemade current of air chimes are the perfect outdoor craft to brand with kids. Nosotros are showing y'all where to buy metal chimes, which beads will expect pretty in the sunlight, and how to gather air current chimes.

handmade beaded wind chimes on cholla wood hanging from a garden shed

Supplies Needed To Make These DIY Wind Chimes

Cholla forest (or a thick stick or branch)
Clear line-fishing line
Hemp cord
Beads
Current of air chime tubes
E-6000 gum
Scissors

beads, glue, cholla wood, and metal chimes to make beaded wind chimes

Beads for wind chimes

We used an array of different beads that we already had at dwelling house combined with others from a local craft store. The stones and colored drinking glass chaplet are perfect for reflecting lite from the lord's day and will make your current of air chimes smoothen.

clear stones and colored beads and stones to make wind chimes

How To Brand DIY Wind Chimes

I used cholla wood for our current of air chime project that I purchased at a local plant nursery, only a thick co-operative will work but as well. Cheque the weight of your beads and plan accordingly. If your stick is as well sparse it might snap nether the weight hanging from it.

a piece of cholla wood with hemp cord and a pink glass bead being assembled to make wind chimes.

Step 1

Tie a piece of hemp cord to the top of the wood for hanging, or thread it through the holes if using cholla wood; I found this easiest to do with a needle. I threaded mine through a dewdrop to make a loop near halfway. Secure the hemp cord in place with a drop of E-6000 glue.

fishing line and hemp cord glued to cholla wood for a wind chime craft

Step 2

Necktie or loop fishing line to your woods hanging downwards from the lesser. Secure each at the wood with E-6000 mucilage. Brand sure that they are close enough that when the current of air blows the chime tubes will affect each other. Ours are a footling over an inch autonomously.

Step 3

Now you tin start threading chaplet onto the fishing line. I prefer to lay my pattern out on a counter starting time so that I tin can plan how I want information technology to look.

assorted beads and metal chimes laid out to make wind chimes

Step 4

Once y'all've finished threading your beads, tie the end of the line-fishing, and then tie a metallic chime tube to the bottom.

colored beads, stones, and metal chime tubes to make homemade wind chimes

Step five

Hang your wind chimes outdoors where they will grab the light and a breezy draft.

handmade wind chimes made from cholla wood and beads

Do wind chimes scare birds?

If yous have bird nests, bird feeders, or a birdbath, don't hang your wind chimes likewise close as the sound can scare away the birds. Hang it in a space in your garden or under your patio where y'all don't desire birds to go. Hanging under the eaves of your patio will help stop them from making a mess on your outdoor furniture.

Materials

Cholla wood (or a thick stick or branch)
Clear angling line
Hemp cord
Beads
Wind chime tubes
Eastward-6000 glue
Scissors

Instructions

Necktie a piece of hemp cord to the height of the wood for hanging, or thread it through the holes if using cholla woods; I found this easiest to do with a needle. I threaded mine through a bead to make a loop almost halfway. Secure the hemp cord in identify with a drop of E-6000 glue.
Necktie or loop fishing line to your wood hanging down from the bottom. Secure each at the woods with Eastward-6000 glue. Brand sure that they are close enough that when the wind blows the chime tubes volition touch each other. Ours are a little over an inch apart.
Now you can start threading beads onto the fishing line. I prefer to lay my pattern out on a counter starting time then that I tin can plan how I want information technology to look.
In one case you've finished threading your beads, tie the terminate of the fishing, and and so tie a metallic chime tube to the bottom.
Hang your wind chimes outdoors where they will catch the light and a breezy draft.

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How did your air current chimes turn out? Let u.s.a. know in the comments section.

Tonya Staab is an Aussie residing in Kentucky who is a unmarried mom of 3. She spends her days working from home while eating too many donuts and is probably notwithstanding wearing her pajamas.

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