How to Make Soda Can Wind Chimes
- 1). Rinse and dry out the soda cans. Pull some extra tabs from other soda cans that you will not use. Assemble all of the materials you will need and plan your design.
- 2). Spread newspaper over your work area. When the soda cans are dry, paint them with colors and designs that you like. Let them dry completely.
- 3). Tie different lengths of string to the tab at the top of each can. Attach string to any other items you will add to the chime. You can add old silverware, CDs, nuts, bolts, cookie cutters or shells to provide different sounds and tones to your wind chime. Tie the cans and other objects to the bottom of the coat hanger so they hang at different lengths. Make sure to place heavier items toward the middle of the hanger so it is balanced.
- 4). Hang the wind chime outdoors. Adjust the objects on the chime as necessary, experimenting until it sounds just as you would like. Feel free to add and remove objects, hang different objects next to each other and adjust the lengths of the strings.
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