How to Make a Wind Chime From Shells
- 1). Take a bucket down to the beach one nice afternoon. Collect about eight seashells for each wind chime you plan on making. These shells should be free from cracks, and shouldn't be chipped.
- 2). Clean your seashells in a bucket of soapy dish water. Use a toothbrush to get the sand out of any crevices in the seashells. Let the seashells air dry before continuing.
- 3). Punch eight holes (depending on how many seashells you collected) going around in a circle 1/4 inch in from the edge of the coffee can lid.
- 4). Cut yarn for each hole with scissors. Each strand should be 18 inches in length. Then tie one piece of yarn at a time to each hole in the coffee can lid.
- 5). Apply a dab of hot glue to the bottom end of each string and then press it up against each one of the seashells. Do this one at a time and be careful because the hot glue is hot enough to burn you.
- 6). Punch a hole 1/2 inch in from the left edge of the coffee can lid, and 1/2 inch in from the right edge of the coffee can lid.
- 7). Cut your yarn so that you have a piece that is 2 feet long. Tie one end it in the left hole, and one end in the right hole. You now have a loop you can use to hang up your homemade seashell wind chime.
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