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Upcycling Cans into Wind Clankers

June 5, 2019 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations17 Comments

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Hi All! Here’s another fun way to upcycle cans. When I saw the DIY wind chime made out of tin cans over at Picture Box Blue I knew that I had to try my hand at upcycling cans into wind clankers for myself. I also wanted to try a technique that I seen a while back where different colors of spray paint were applied to achieve a rusty look. I wish that I could remember where I saw the technique, so I will be flying by the seat of my pants on this one.

Upcycling Cans into Wind Clankers

First, gather some cans in different sizes, remove the labels, wash and dry. Then drill holes in the top of each can.

upcycling cans into wind clankers easily

Next, I started spraying light coats of different colors of spray paint trying to create the look of rust.

upcycling cans into wind clankers easily

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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.

upcycling cans into wind clankers easily

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.

upcycling cans into wind clankers easily

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.

upcycling cans into wind clankers easily

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.

upcycling cans into wind clankers easily

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.

That’s it for my way of upcycling cans into wind chimes. Have you ever made wind clankers out of cans or other household items? If so, please share in comments below, I need more ideas for wind clankers.

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Supplies for Upcycling Cans into Wind Clankers

5 empty tin cans in different sizes
Spray paint of choice
Drill
Copper tubing
Hole punch
10 beads
5 crystal drops
Bedspring
Jewelry wire or fishing line
Crimp beads, and crimper if using jewelry wire
Hammer

Not much into diy wind clankers? Then have a look at these cute ones below!

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  1. Carol Slater says

    June 5, 2019 at 2:25 pm

    Very cute and rustic looking!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 10, 2019 at 5:30 am

      Thank you Carol! I do love the rustic look!

      Reply
  2. Mary says

    June 9, 2019 at 8:39 am

    Oh my Linda. I love this chime so much. The blue is gorgeous! And those clackers are like tiny works of art. It really helps when you have jewelry skills girl!!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 10, 2019 at 5:30 am

      Thank you Mary! I have so many supplies I need to start using them up. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Susan Homeroad Stevenson says

    June 9, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    Those are cute, cute, cute!!!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 10, 2019 at 5:29 am

      Thank you Susan! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Kristi @ Chatfield Court says

    June 11, 2019 at 1:18 am

    Too cute, Linda! I especially love the clackers that you created with jewelry parts. So clever!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 17, 2019 at 3:31 pm

      Thank you Kristi! I have lots of jewelry parts and I need to use up. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Kim says

    June 12, 2019 at 7:46 am

    I love the color and the sound of wind chimes…fabulous!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 17, 2019 at 3:25 pm

      Thank you Kim! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Madison Lane says

    June 13, 2019 at 1:36 am

    Great stuff here! Imagine if a bunch of people did this. That would be so awesome! Way to go Linda! Kudos!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 17, 2019 at 3:24 pm

      Thank you Madison!

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      • Madison Lane says

        June 18, 2019 at 8:44 pm

        You are so welcome!

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        • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

          July 16, 2019 at 4:43 pm

          🙂

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  7. Michelle Leslie says

    June 17, 2019 at 5:18 am

    I love that word, “wind clankers”. LOL. I can actually hear them making their clanking sound and that blue over the other rusty colors looks gorgeous. It stands out so beautifully against the greenery in the background.
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      June 17, 2019 at 3:22 pm

      Thank you Michelle! Someone in the Upcycling group pointed out they weren’t wind chimes they were clankers. Which he was right I just wasn’t thinking.

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