Upcycle what you have to enjoy in new ways! I am using my broken screen door guard as a bracket in my bedroom to hold a birdcage planter and outside on my back patio to hold a small set of windchimes!
By melody_yesterday from Otterville, MO
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
Where do you all find nifty centerpieces for your homemade wind chimes? I am so not creative, so beyond gluing a couple flat sticks together or old CDs drilled around the edge, I have no idea where to find these things. Thanks for any help!
By BonnieAlice
I always look at garage sales and thrift stores for all of my makings for wind chimes.
Have you thought of using old teacups, or mugs? Just take a glass cutter and make a hole for your wire.
I was making wind chimes a year or so ago. I used empty tin small boxes that candy came in such as certs and different kinds of mints. I also used Fishing Anchors or weights . So many things you can think of to use.
I live next to Ocean, so I always a breeze. I'm not that creative about certain things either but I have seen so many great ones. Hey Cd's aren't bad you can spatter paint them cut in different angles etc. so don't be afraid to use your imagination. I saw one I want to do and its perfect time of the year for it; old, broken or on sale; yard decorations.
CDs in colorful onion bag sleeves last many years. I found that drilled CDs shatter in the first good storm.
Different lengths and thicknesses of wooden dowels make a fairly pleasant sound in the wind. You can stain them, but don't paint them. Paint ruins the sound. Have fun!
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When making and putting up wind chimes, please remember that your neighbors may not enjoy the clatter and/or dissonant sounds made by some of them. Be sure they are musical and in tune and not very loud. There are still some out here who really enjoy the "sounds of silence."
I need to find the plastic inside that goes in the metal pipes that the cord go into. Do you know were I can get them?
Straws or conduits from the home supply store :)
Go to a craft store like Michael's.
Wind chimes are made in several different ways but usually Michaels' has something you could use.
Here is a link to find a store near you so you can give them a call and see what they have. Most items can also be ordered on-line.
www.michaels.com/
Here is a site that shows some repair ideas:
www.hunker.com/
I'm making a handmade wind chime, but instead of hanging any object I'm hanging photos. Can you please suggest to me how to give sound with photos and what should I use to hang those photos? Please reply asap, I have to complete it by tomorrow.
By vibhuti
Well it might be a bit late for this....I got a hanging mobile body on Amazon that had clips on it for hanging photos. I also got tiny wind chimes from a craft store that make a sweet sound. These would make a pretty mobile together for sure. Once again, it is most likely too late to order these items. But for future reference you can Google both items.
Amazon has mobile frames with pinchers on the ends, or metal clips, that hold photos.the frames them selves could be googled with 'mobile frames for photos' or something similar. There are such a thing as tiny chimes, but the sound they make is quiet because they are so small. There are also some beautiful sound bells of various sizes that make pretty sounds. You could also use a wooden embroidery hoop with fishing line. Tiny painted clothespins at the end may hold photos. Pretty bells could be interspersed among the photos.
Hang a few bells from it.
I located instructions on how to make a tin man out of cans. How would I go about making a tin man wind chime?
