Things You'll Need:
- 8 seashells
- Knitting yarn
- White glue
- Hole punch
- Paint
- Sequence
- Feathers
- Margarine container or a plastic coffee can lid
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Step 1
Clean the shells well in hot soapy water and let them dry completely.
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Step 2
Ask your child to pick out the best eight seashells to make your wind chime with.
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Step 3
Cut eight pieces of yarn in varying lengths, no shorter than four inches and no longer than a foot to hang the seashells from.
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Step 4
Cut another piece of yarn about a foot long to hang the wind chime from.
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Step 5
Use either a margarine container or a plastic coffee lid as the top structure for the wind chime.
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Step 6
Punch eight holes, evenly spaced, along the outer edge of the top piece. These will be where the yarn with the seashells will hang.
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Step 7
Punch two more holes close together near the center of the base. This will be where yarn is attached to suspend the wind chime from the ceiling.
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Step 1
Glue the end of each piece of string to the inside of each seashell and set them aside to dry.
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Step 2
Paint and decorate the base with craft paint, feathers, sequence and other decorations. Set aside to dry.
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Step 3
Line up the seashells in the order you want them to be hung.
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Step 4
Teach the child how to push the yarn through the outside holes and tie a knot to secure the yarn to the base.
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Step 5
Attach all eight seashell strings to the eight holes along the outside edge of the base.
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Step 6
Push the long piece of yarn through the two middle holes and tie a secure knot.
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Step 7
Hang your seashell wind chime from the ceiling, in a windowsill or from a tree.
