Use A Plastic Bottle To Make The Cutest Strawberry Wind Chime With A DIY

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Wind chimes bring a Zen ambience to yards and doorways, thanks to their gentle movements and clinks that ring like music to our ears. Windchimes originate from Southeast Asia and China, where they were traditionally made out of bamboo and shells, hung on entrances to ward off evil spirits and attract more peace and harmony. Today, modern wind chimes are made of different materials: glass, metal, and certain types of wood. Even without these materials, you can make your own adorable wind chime out of a plastic bottle, like user yano4kaa.a did on Instagram, and decorate it whimsically to imitate cute Japanese glass wind chimes called "Furin".

For this project, a one-liter plastic bottle works best, but any size will do as long as the top section is wide enough to allow movement. You will also need a string such as yarn or twine, a pair of scissors, pink and green craft paper, white acrylic paint or marker, a red alcohol marker to stain the plastic, and glue. 

If you want to add the signature chime‑like sound, add a mini brass bell, like these found on Amazon, to the string along with the dangling paper charm. Another way to add trendy, whimsical accents to your wind chime is to glue or tie around battery-powered fairy lights inside the plastic shell so it emits a soft, warm glow.

Start by preparing the wind chime shell. Take the plastic bottle and cut off the top half, then trim the top section about half an inch below the bottle cap to create a small ring for the string to pass through. Next, use a red alcohol marker to stain the plastic to achieve a translucent, strawberry-red tint. Let the marker dry, then use white acrylic paint or a white marker to dot little circles around the surface, imitating the seeds of a strawberry. Next, cut a few leaf shapes from green craft paper and glue them around the top edge of the bottle section.

For the dangling paper charm, cut a piece of pink craft paper about 1.5 inches wide and three inches long, and a small square of green craft paper roughly 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches, trimming the bottom into a wide zigzag to mimic strawberry leaves. Glue the green leaf section on top of the pink paper, then carefully pierce a small hole near the top of the combined piece. Thread a string through this hole and tie a secure knot, then pass it through the top‑ring section of the bottle. Make sure to adjust the length so the paper hangs freely, and then tie another loop at the top so you can hang your DIY stunning, unique wind chime wherever you like.