How to Make Shell Windchimes
- 1). Sterilize the sea shells by placing them overnight in a bucket with an equal mix of bleach and water. Rinse well, clearing them of any debris, and allow the shells to dry.
- 2). Drill a small hole in the shell at the spot where you'd like to hang it on the wind chime. Using your fingers, lightly hold it at the spot you'd like to drill to make sure it will hang the way you'd like it to. Use a ceramic drill bit to bore through the shell, making sure not to break the shell by applying too much pressure.
- 3). Cut the nylon cord with scissors into varying lengths, depending on how many shells you have. You can space the shells as close or as far apart as you'd like, and the more strands of shells you have, the more music your wind chime will generate.
- 4). Thread the cord through the shell and tie it off. Repeat with other shells until you have a strand of as many shells as you'd like. Complete the other strands in the same manner.
- 5). Screw a metal eye into a piece of driftwood to serve as the hanger. Attach more eyes on the opposite side of the wood to serve as attachment points for the strands of shells.
- 6). Hang the wind chime in a spot where the breeze will rustle the shells, creating a soothing background noise from your work of art.
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