Upcycling Cans into Wind Clankers
Upcycling cans into wind clankers is an ingenious way to breathe new life into old beverage containers while adding a touch of whimsy to your outdoor space. By harnessing the power of the wind, these transformed cans not only create a soothing clanking sound but also help reduce waste by giving a second chance to items that would have otherwise been discarded. Get creative with paint or decorations to personalize each wind clanker, and enjoy the satisfying sounds they create as the breeze plays its melody. Happy upcycling!
Upcycling Cans into Wind Clankers
Next, I started spraying light coats of different colors of spray paint trying to create the look of rust.
First, I used a dark reddish color, then went to gold, hammered bronze, and lastly an espresso brown. It didn’t really turn out looking quite like rust but I’m happy with how it turned out.
I’m sorry but I guess I forgot to take the photo before I gave each can a light spray of seaside. Letting some of the dark under color show through.
While the cans were drying, I cut some copper tubing into 1 ½ – 2” pieces then hammered them flat.
Used my jewelry hole punch to punch holes in both ends of the hammered copper. These will be my clackers.
Next, I dug around in my jewelry supplies and came up with the large drop crystals, turquoise colored howlite, glass beads, hammered copper washers, and my handmade copper jumping’s. Once my supplies were gathered, I started putting the decorative clackers together.
Now it’s time to put the upcycled can wind chime together, using some nylon coated stainless steel jewelry wire. Because that is what I had on-hand.
Attaching the wire to the clackers by adding a bead then running the wire through holes of the cans adjusting the wire so that the clackers hung just right in the cans so that they would make noise when the wind blew.
Then adding another bead to the top of each can.
The end of the wires were attached to a rusty bed spring using a crimp bead and a crimping tool. Strong fishing line would work as well when upcycling cans into wind clankers, but I didn’t have any and I like to use things that I have at hand when possible.
