How to make a Beach Inspired Windchime

A Beach Inspired Windchime for those us that LOVE the beach.

If you’re one of the lucky ones that live on the ocean or have a Beach House.

Here is a simple project to make that you can hang on the back porch.

Or if you don’t live on the beach or have a beach house.

The Windchime is a fun reminder of trips to the ocean,

and a great way to use some of those shells you collected.

How to Make a Beach Inspired Wind Chime.

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Supplies Used: (*affiliate link)

Beach Seashells*
Driftwood Stick or Stick from your yard
Wood Beads
Twine and Scissors*
DecoArt Acrylic Paint: Cotton Ball*, Blue Haven*, Aqua
Paint Brush
Fine Grit Sandpaper*
Blue Removable Painter’s Tape*
DAP Rapid Fuse Adhesive*

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Gather Your Supplies…

The Caddy Storage Tray* is so handy to use. It’s perfect for sorting the various sizes of wood beads. And it fits into the large container of the Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer*. I used the Deflecto Interlocking Marker Organizer* in the caddy to hold my paintbrushes. I put all my supplies in the caddy and took it onto the deck, where I worked on the wind chime under my umbrella on a beautiful Summer day. (and wished I was on the beach)

Faux Driftwood…

Because I didn’t have an actual driftwood stick from the beach. I used a stick found in the yard and broke it down to size.

Scrape the bark off the stick. (I used an old table knife.)
Paint the stick with white acrylic paint and a couple of stripes of pale blue and aqua.
Give the stick a light sanding with fine-grit sandpaper to rough it up and make it look more natural.

Cut five pieces of twine approximately 24″ long.
Tie a knot on one end of the twine.
Wrap a small piece of blue removable painters tape on the other end of the twine to keep the twine from fraying.
String Wood Beads onto the twine.

Use a super-fast grab adhesive like DAP Rapid Fuse Adhesive* to glue the shells onto the end of the knots.

Tie beaded twine to the painted stick.
On the center of the stick, I glued a medium-sized Starfish purchased at a Beach Gift Shop.
Add a couple of beads to a piece of twine. Tie twine to each end of the stick to use as a hanger.
Stick the loose ends of the twine through the beads to hide.

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