Wind chimes are one of the easiest crafts that any one can make and they will look very pretty especially when there is a melodious chime that tingles in cool breeze. You needn’t spend lavishly to buy crystal chimes or one that is very expensive but rather create simple ones with materials that are available at home. This blog is about various beautiful ideas that can be implemented to make your own wind chime at home.

Bottle cap chime:

You can recycle the bottle caps to make a wind chime like this, by attaching them to a colander plate. There are various ways by which you can attach them and colander plates are one of the easiest ways to implement this idea.

Beads and forks:

Make use of an old colander bowl and attach strings of colorful beads and forks to create a unique looking wind chime that will not only look unique but colorful and beautiful in the sunlight. You can make use of this wind chime in your lawn or in the garden to make it look glossy during daytime.

colander, beads and forks

Embroidery hoops and keys:

This is one of the unique and a rare kind of a wind chime that you wouldn’t have seen in most places but will look really different. You can make use of old keys or purchase decorative shaped keys to create a wind chime like this. You can attach them to metal chains as shown in the image of attach them at the edge of a beaded string.

Pots and shells:

How beautiful is this cute little painted flowerpot chime? You can teach your kids to create this chime as it will serve as one of the most interesting holiday craft work as they can paint the pots according to their creativity and then turn it into a chime with shells hanging beneath it.

Canister chime:

You can also turn the old canisters into a colorful and a loud wind chime like this, which will look best when hanged in your garden. The canisters are painted in different beautiful colors to make it look bright and beautiful.

Wine bottle:

There are various crafts that can be made out of used wine bottles and this is one among them, as you can make a wind chime with recycled wine bottles as they will look transparent and shiny in sunlight.