Plastic Bottle Cap Wind Chime

I thought this would be a cute and fun project to hang on my back porch.

Plastic bottle cap wind chime.

Decorate a soda bottle with paint rhinestones glitter or twigs to make a horizontal header for a set of wind chimes. This is here another glam wind chime recovered from the junk and is just looking fantastic and much visually attractive. I was inspired to make this project by the many bottle caps i have saved throughout the year. You can turn them off at night by turning the slots away from the wind if they bother your neighbors.

The exact amount will vary depending on how big you want your finished product to be. My wind chime ended up with over 70 caps in all. About 80 bottle caps a handful of shiny plastic beads i ve had forever but wasn t quite sure what to do with. The supplies needed for this project are simple.

Wind hooters for your yard. Make these wind hooters instead of wind chimes to add errie sounds to your yard. But heck even if you run out of caps there are plenty of ways to improvise. The sound of wind chimes can often evoke a nostalgic feeling one that s reminiscent of childhood summer porch swings and playing at grandpa s.

Bottle caps paint glitter glue string mason jar lid and a hot glue gun. You can also decorate and hang the smaller bottles intact from the larger soda bottle. These will be available for purchase on tuesday april 16 at 10 00am edt in my etsy shop under the garden art section. I saved these from old beer that was being poured out and i also asked my family and friends to s.

Cut out and decorate creative shapes to hang on the wind chime strands from empty plastic water bottles. While wind chimes can be found at almost any home improvement store making your own from found items like bottle caps is cheaper and a whole lot more fun. See more ideas about bottle cap wind chimes chimes. Now i will admit that it doesn t make the musical sound of a standard wind chime but the caps do make a cute little metallic clink as they tap each other in the wind.

To make a moderately sized wind chime you will need to collect at least 40 to 50 caps. The bottle caps are recycled and the rest of the supplies i. Diy bottle cap wind chime. Check out here another fantastic wind chime design that is made of recycled bottle caps and with colorful beads added to string lengths.

Jun 20 2013 explore teresa adams s board bottle cap wind chimes followed by 132 people on pinterest. Hope you enjoy this diy project.