Friday, May 9, 2008

Wind Chimes

WIND CHIMES :

Wind chimes were initially used in asia.
In temples these werwe used for the purpose of prayers
and in homes people are used to hang these up to chase evil
spirits away.Lets make a wind chime using sme articles lying
around at home.


WHAt DO YOU NEED ?
1.Spoons
2.Forks
3.Butter Knives
4.Plastic Bottle
5.Some Rubber bands
6.Empty bottles of poster colors
7.Strong thread
8.A punching machine
9.Crown caps
10.Straws
11.Scissors
12.Colors
13.Surgial tape
14.String thread or nylon thread


HOW TO MAKE IT?
1.Take a bottle and cut it up as shown


2.Now punch holes in the bottle. Punch as many holes as the number of articles to
be hung.


3.Take the spoons, forks and butter knives and then take a rubber band and keep on
tightening it around them. In this way loop all the forks spoons and knives.


4.Once they are all done paint them.


5.Take the crown cap and the surgical tape. Make a slit in the tape.


6.Then take a tooth pick, then take a small piece from it and tie a thread to it.
Now put the toothpick through the slit.


7.Fix it firmly on the crown cap. Stick the thread to its base.
And paint this. Let it dry.


8.Color the bottle now.


9.Pierce a whole in the centre of the bottle cap and pass athread through it.


10.Similarly get all the spoons, the forks and the knives ready by tying the threads in them.
Cut them evenly.


11.Tie this to the punched holes of the bottle. For extra movement use
poster color bottle.


12.Cut up an arrow from a cardboard piece and paste it on to a straw with some glue.

13.Put the thread through the straw and hang it on the bottle. THE WIND CHIMES
ARE READY.

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