I love wind chimes and I have seen a few made from tin cans, so I thought I would give it a try. I used three different sizes of tin cans for this challenge. When I pulled two of the lids off, I wasn't very careful and had nasty edge. I used a metal file to fix them.
I used some tools I found on a workbench in the shop at work to punch my holes.
The boys had some fun. I used a rubber band to attach an iPod cord to the holes to make a telephone. Tate wanted to know why he couldn't really hear Mayer talking in the can, since we were using an iPod cord to connect them after all. I also had to explain the concept of the "old-fashioned" telephone (Tate's words) since he isn't used to landlines. When Mayer dropped his end, I thought I was pretty clever calling it a "dropped call" but they didn't get that either. :)
Materials: Tin cans, washers, a bolt and fishing line
This was much harder than I anticipated! I thought I had the details worked out on how it would go together... clearly I did not! Fishing line is harder to work with than I remembered. I had to have Michael tie the washers in place for me and even with his knots the line kept slipping on the washer. There is no way this would stand up to the wind in Kansas, but I think it's pretty and it's artwork made by my boys. I will hang it in the office at work with my other wind chimes.
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