Silverware Wind Chime!

THINGS YOU
NEED


1. Rag or old cloth
2. Hammer
3. Something to hang the silverware from- we used these chubby little twigs.
4. Scissors
5. Silver or silver plated utensils (they sound nice)
6. Fishing line
7. Beads to embellish the hanging silverware
8. Drill bit
9. Drill
10. Safety goggles


Pound the silverware flat. Placing the old towel over the silverware kept the surface smoother. And then we finished them up bare.
Be sure to hold the utensils still by their handles while pounding the curved parts.



Don’t bother flattening the handle of the knives. We tried and found that ours were hollow and ruined one. Oops!



Prep the hanging sticks and drill the holes in the silverware.


When drilling the holes through the twig, place them pretty close together. We made them about an inch apart, and it takes a pretty stiff wind to make them jingle. Maybe try 3/4? or so.



Drill the holes in the silverware. This is the hardest part. Hold the utensil firmly on the table covered with the cloth (it will get hot!) with only a small overhang. Drill carefully through the handle near the tip. Wear safety goggles to protect yourself from little metal shavings!



Cut lengths of fishing line and thread them through the holes in the twig. Wrap the line around a time or two and tie multiple knots to assure they won’t come loose.

I left pieces of the line on the outermost holes on the top side to form a loop from which to hang the wind chime.

Plan and string your beads and silverware.

It’s a little tricky to thread and tie knots in the fishing line. Be sure to wrap the line through the silverware holes a couple of times and tie multiple knots. Trim left over line fairly close to the knot.

Be sure to keep your silverware hanging at similar lengths so they’ll all be able to clink into each other in the wind.



Tie the two lengths of line at the top to form a triangle/loop to hang the chime from. We added a few more beads up there too, just to make them look prettier but they would hang nicely from a simple loop tied in the fishing line too.

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