Tin Can Homemade Wind Chimes

By Christopher Nyerges
Published on May 1, 1981
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Fold the sections down to form a cup or bell shape.
Fold the sections down to form a cup or bell shape.
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Start your tin can homemade wind chimes by cutting small pie sections from can lids.
Start your tin can homemade wind chimes by cutting small pie sections from can lids.
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Thread a hex nut or washer onto a string. Attach it to a can lid as a clapper.
Thread a hex nut or washer onto a string. Attach it to a can lid as a clapper.

It’s easy to make homemade wind chimes out
of string, small hex nuts or washers, and tin can
tops. To begin, simply remove the lids from a number of
containers (different sizes will produce different tones),
and cut four thin “pie” sections from each one, using wire
cutters or tinsnips.

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