About 3 years ago I found the coolest cast iron skeleton keys at a local antique market. I had no idea what I was going to do with them…. but I knew I had to have them! Fast forward 3 years and I FINALLY put them to good use! And I doubt I could have come up with a cooler way to use them than in this wire wrapped skeleton key wind chime!
Got some skeleton keys you’d like to use in a creative way? Here’s how I made this fun wind chime!
Supplies:
Colorful Wire
Glass Beads
Jute Twine
6 inch Plastic Embroidery Hoop
Small Wire Cutters
Skeleton Keys
This is pretty and sparkly wind chime is pretty easy to whip up. Wrap the wire around the key, adding the glass beads at random intervals. Once all the keys are wrapped, tie them to the plastic embroidery hoop. I tied them at different lengths to make it a little more visually interesting. Make sure the keys are evenly spaced around the embroidery hoop so that it hangs level.
Attach to a tree, hand from your house or in a corner of a room.
I have my pretty new wire wrapped skeleton key wind chime hanging from my favorite tree in the backyard! I often spend an afternoon under the shade of this tree reading for hours. Now I’ve got a bit of color and a lovely bit of tinkling music to keep me company 🙂
Have you come across any skeleton keys lately? What did you do with them? What would you do with them if you had some?
Grace Grits and Gardening says
I love this!!
ellespann says
So cute! When I get a backyard I’ll have to try this 🙂
krista says
I love skeleton keys! This is such a creative and cute way to use them, I never would have thought of it!
carissajaded says
I love this so much! I have a bunch of old keys and might have to try this!
princessmousey says
Oh, this is lovely. I will be searching for keys now.
Lisa Heath says
That’s too adorable!
kendradarr says
I love the colorful wire!
Stacie says
This is so cute! I love the colors and bet it makes a pretty noise in the wind. Stacie xo
Phyrra says
This is so cool!
Terra Heck says
Wow, I really like that! So pretty and different.
creativejewishmom/sara says
love it, thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Emma says
I just love the rustic look of skeleton keys – how clever to use them for a wind chime!
Stephannie @BehindtheDesigns says
What an adorable way to repurpose vintage keys! I love this idea!! Makes me want to check out some antique markets to get my own set of keys! And I love how you added a little sparkle with the wired on beads! So unique!
crystalish1 says
What a fun way to update outdoor decor! Hope to see you back at #HomeMattersParty
apoconant says
This came out really great! I love giving new life to old things!
Stop on by my link party and share this with everyone : )
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Hope to see you there!
liebe design says
Simple and nice idea! Also easy to create for children and beautiful to look at.
Greetings from Germany!
Sara