How to Make Wind Chimes

The sweet, clinging sound when the breeze lightly touches the chime is simply splendid. Many people like to hang various types of wind chimes in their porch or inside their home. So whenever the wind blows, the pleasant sound can be heard in every corner of the house. But at times, it could be expensive to buy wind chimes of your choice or a store may not have them in stock. It's alright to wait and all, but what if you can eliminate the entire process and make a wind chime in your home whenever you wish? Yes, you can definitely learn how to make wind chimes with few simple materials. In order to make the chimes capable of giving melodious tunes, you need to know certain things. First, the material you are using to make the chimes such as copper or aluminum pipes, bamboo, seashells, beads, silverware, etc., they need to have a specific length and thickness. And second, you don't require expensive materials or complicated instructions to get the job done. In our article today, we will be going over the steps to make some gorgeous wind chimes. So sit back, relax, and take your own time to read the rest of the article.

Copper Pipes Wind Chimes

• While making wind chimes out of scrap copper pipes, remember to cut the pieces to the exact length mentioned here.
• For the chime, you'll need copper pipes, pipe cutter, drill, 7'' round frame, fishing line, scissors, branch hook, and crystal prisms (optional).
• With the pipe cutter, get 3 pieces of copper pipes measuring to 8'' and 12'' each. So total 6 copper pipes.
• We need 6, 30'' fishing line. Use the scissors to cut them.
• Drill holes in each of the copper pipes on top, so we can insert the fishing lines later on.
• If you are using the crystal prisms, then insert them into the fishing lines now.
• Tie a knot on both sides of the prism in the middle of the lines so that it is secure.
• Now take one 12'' pipe and insert the fishing line through it.
• Stop at least '' from the end of the pipe and let the crystal hang.
• Take one end of the fishing line and insert it through the hole in the pipe from the left.
• The other end goes through the right side hole in the pipe. Take the round frame and tie a knot with both the ends of the fishing line.
• Follow the same steps for all the pipes and fishing lines. But remember to alternate between both sizes of the copper pipes.
• Once all the lines are secured and your copper wind chime is ready, take a branch hook to hang the wind chime in your porch.

Bamboo Wind Chimes

• For this, you'll need 7'' round frame, a small ring, assorted glass beads (your choice of sizes), bamboo (different lengths), drill, fishing line, branch hook, and scissors.
• Similar to the copper pipes, we'll drill a hole on top of the bamboos so that we can insert the fishing lines.
• Depending on how long you want to keep the chime, cut the fishing lines (in different lengths so the bamboo pieces can hang accordingly).
• Insert few glass beads first, tie a knot to secure them, and then insert the fishing line into the bamboo pieces.
• If you've chosen 4, 5, or 6 bamboo pieces, you will add the fishing lines with the glass beads, and then into the drilled holes on top.
• Tie the fishing lines to the round frame and properly secure it.
• Take another 4 strings of fishing lines and tie them above the center of the frame with the small ring.
• Now hang the bamboo wind chime over the branch hook and onto the porch or your living room.

Besides learning how wind chimes are made out of scrap copper pipes and bamboo pieces, you can also learn how to make Feng Shui wind chimes. Just click on the article to get the instructions and the materials you'll be requiring. Have fun making these chimes and see if you are able to create music with few simple items.