If you have kids, you might be drowning in a sea of plastic Easter eggs right now. I know I am! While I will reuse them next year, I still like to put some of them to use while they’re strewn about the house. Keep reading to learn how to turn plastic eggs into an Anthropologie inspired wind chime.
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I loved the colors and unusual design of this fish shaped chime at Anthropologie. I was going to make my own with thrift store bowls, then I realized it would probably be broken quickly by my kids. The rounded half of plastic easter eggs looked like bowls, so I decided to turn this into a kid friendly project.
- Plastic eggs
- Paint (I used Americana Multi-Surface Paints for better adhesion)
- Craft Wire
- Bell
- Plastic bottle
- Heating tool
Step one: choose eggs of various sizes and use the shorter half of the egg. Paint them and set them aside to dry. Paint eyes on the cup that will be the head of the fish.
Step two: cut the bottom half off the bottle to make a tail fin. I used a heating tool to melt and warp the plastic into a tail shape. Paint the plastic.
Step three: if the eggs don’t have holes in them already, make a small hole in the center. Make a hole in the bottle cap, too.
This is so cute and clever!
Thank you!
So cute! What a creative way to upcycle those Easter plastic eggs!
What kind of bell do you use?
I used a small jingle bell like you use for Christmas crafts.