The other day I was perusing the floral section of my local Dollar Tree where I happened upon some long stalks of bamboo. I love bamboo, and ever since I’ve been looking for a crafty excuse to buy some. How serendipitous, then, that I should find this great project: summery bamboo wind chimes by Michele at Michele Made Me! I’m nuts about the great patterns she painted on all of the pieces, though if you’re not feeling quite so artistically inclined you could go with much less intricate designs, paint them solid colors, or even leave them au naturel! [how to make a bamboo wind chime]
Project estimate:
- Bamboo, $1 and up
- Tree branch, free
- Drill, on hand
- Hand saw, on hand
- String, on hand
- Needle, on hand
- Acrylic paints and paintbrush, on hand
- Sharpie, on hand
- Varnish, on hand or about $5 and up
Total: $1 and up
8 Comments
Mary Jean
Bamboo is awesome. I love your Wind Chimes. Beautiful colors and designs!
michele
Thanks so much for featuring my little wind chime here on DSC. So very much appreciated!
jessica
Oh! This is fantastic, I love it! Thank you.
Marcia
I just love this! Months ago, there were some six foot bamboo poles in the 99cent store. They were a turquoise color. I would have bought some but I had to ride a city bus to work and didn’t feel like tussling with the poles. Sometimes I wish I had a car!
Thankyou again for showing and this is pretty!
Keith
Have the acrylic paints held up on the bamboo in and the weather?
Kari
I’m so excited to try this! I just went down the road and cut some fresh bamboo from a bamboo thatch. We are making this (my daughter and I ( for a project in our local 4H fair. Thanks so much for the idea!!! Super love, love, love it!!