Found Object Wind Chime
Found Object Wind Chime
Yesterday, I posted about the straw
flute activity we did. Today we will be hearing the wind another
way, with a beautiful wind chime.
I wanted to make a wind chime with
Little M. out of everyday metal objects that a young child could
manipulate and thread onto a string. Washers and nuts from the
hardware store were a perfect fine motor challenge for little hands.
The ones with holes in them are called plaster washers and they were
especially interesting to Little M. You could use any metal object
with a hole it it (foreign coins or old keys would be so cool).
While I was shopping in the hardware
store for the materials, I came across hinge pins: the long thin
metal pins that hold your door in place. These make a great sound!
I would highly recommend them.
You will need:
- string or gimp
- 4 hinge pins
- odds and ends from the hardware store (nuts, washers, etc)
- the metal ring from a canning jar (that holds the lid in place)
Tie each of the hinge pins to its own length of string, about 12 in. Place the rest of the hardware into a container and invite your little student to string the objects. The hinge pin will stop the objects from sliding off the string.
When they are finished, help your child
to tie the strings to the canning lid at even intervals. Cut another
length of string, about 10 inches or so. Tie each end to the top of
the canning lid. You can now hang the wind chime from this length of
string.
Sit back and enjoy the sounds of your
wind chime as the breeze moves all around you!
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This is a great activity for my boys to do with their tinker kit. Thank you for sharing.
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