Looking for a quick and easy project to do with the kids? Live near a Dollar Store? Got a small collection of seashells on hand? If you answered yes to those three questions, we got a super easy and quick Kid’s Craft Project to share with all of you today!
At our local Dollar Store we picked up the faux bamboo windchimes that you see in the photographs. They are very plain looking and we decided to spruce them up with some seashells that we collected on our last beach vacation. Here’s what you’ll need for this project.
Note: If you plan on hanging them outside in the weather elements, I suggest using E600 adhesive for the seashells and an adult will need to handle the glue. It’s potent stuff! If you’re hanging them indoors or on a covered porch, you can use all-purpose craft glue or a glue gun, again with adult supervision.
Kid’s Craft Project: Easy Bamboo & Seashell Windchimes
Faux Bamboo Windchimes – Dollar Store
Glue or Adhesive (see note above)
10-14 Seashells (small sized)
Fishing Line
4 White, Silver or Gold Capiz Shells
Scissors
Using the glue or adhesive of your choice, glue the small seashells onto the wind chime. I left the Princess pick out the shells she wanted to use and where she wanted to place them, but I handled the gluing and adhesive process.
We added additional pizzazz to our chimes by threaded Capiz Shell discs onto clear fishing line and then tying them onto the chimes. We decided to only add 2 Capiz Shell discs on each side, so that they were within length of the hanging bamboo columns. You can leave your’s plain, string together some small shells or use Capiz Shells like we did.
Once you have your Bamboo & Seashell Wind Chimes fully decorated, you’ll want to let them dry overnight before hanging them outside.
What I love about this project is that it ONLY cost us $1.00 for the plain chimes and everything else I already had on hand. It’s a great way to use up some of those smaller seashells that the kids collected from a summer beach vacation and put them to good use!
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The chimes do look plain and are very cheap. It is a great idea to spruce them up with this coastal theme or a different one for a holiday.
That is a very clever way to make the windchimes your very own. I like the idea of making ones for the holidays.
What a neat idea. I love windchimes, but they can be pricy! This is a great DIY idea.
What I love is that they are plain (besides the price) and you can decorate them up with all kinds of everyday things or seasonal things! I’m decorating one up now with board game pieces for my nephew. He loves board games, so I’m gluing on chess pieces, dominoes, dice, checkers, etc.
I love being surprised by the bargains I find at the dollar store–name brands and craft items that I never expected to find. I’ve been known to go back the next day and buy more if I get stuff home and just love it. Here today and gone tomorrow is the risk but those unique items like your Faux Bamboo Windchimes keep me stopping in regularly. I’ll have to look for them.
This is charming and you could even make it without the shells (if you don’t have any).
I mean, that you could glue other stuff on instead!
I had to read the title of this post twice because these chimes look so great I couldn’t believe they are a kids project. It is also great that this project only cost you a dollar. I would like to do this project myself these look really pretty thanks for sharing this great idea.
I was just at the Dollar Store a few days ago and they still had a stockpile of those $1.00 faux bamboo wind chimes so we bought 4 more. We are going to decorate them for the holidays. One in a Halloween design, one in a general Fall design, one for Christmas and a Winter design. That way we can change them out as the seasons change. Can’t beat one dollar and then just gluing on some small things you have around the house to spruce them up.