This craft takes a little while to get the supplies collected and ready (waiting for paint to dry) but it is well worth it!
-Tin cans. Save all shapes and sizes of tin cans (tomato paste, tuna fish, soup cans, etc). Wash them thoroughly and put them aside until you are ready to do this craft.
- Paint. I used acrylic but I'm sure others would work as well.
-Paint brushes.
-Wire
-Rocks, or pennies, anything you can wrap and put inside the cans to make noise.
-Key chain ring
Directions
1.) Paint each can a different, solid color. Let Dry.
2.) Once the cans are dry I let the kids paint them with different colors to make them pretty :)
3.) Once they are dry I hammered a hole into the top of each can (in the center) using a nail and a hammer...not sure why I decided to do it that way since we own a electric hand held drill...anyways...get a hole in the top center of each can.
4.) String wire through each can. You want to have different lengths of wire for each can so they hang at different levels but still will be able to "clang" against each other. This part is kind of a pain in the you know what! Also make sure to leave enough wire hanging out of the bottom of each can in order to do the next step.
5.) Wrap a rock, or a penny, or anything noise maker inside the can with the wire that is hanging down.
5.) Tie all of the wire you left hanging out of the top of the cans together.
6.) Tie the wire to the keychain ring.
7.) Hang up your chime & enjoy!
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