Cool!!!! I love it//// how did you drill the holes in the spoons.....
I bet it sounds cool toooo!!!
I would like to try this... did you use fishing line to tie on???
M E R R Y + C H R I S T M A S !!!!
susiesunshine

I used an electric drill with a real small bit to drill the holes. To tie everything together I used the fine wire and small clamping beeds that are used for making necklaces. I didn't want to use fishing line because it tends to get brittle with age.

Are you my Secret Santa??!! You better get that it in the mail to me real soon! Very Cool! I always wanted to make one, but I thought hammering them flat would be too hard. Did you flatten yours?

I have one just like that I got years ago. It's my favorite windchime sound. You did a nice job on yours.

countrygrl, the regular spoons and tea spoons are real easy to hammer flat. I put the spoons on a board and then used a short handled hammer with a wide head. You just have to flip them a few times to get them perfectly flat. Soup spoons are a bit harder to flatten though. To shape the fork I used a bench mounted clamp/brace (can't think of the right name) to get the tines pointing in the different directions and then used needle nosed pliers to shape them. I flattened the spoons and shaped the fork all in one evening while I was watching TV.

I made a few of these a couple years ago. They are really nice. Not to hard to make either(-: Heres what mine looks like...
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vise! hehe........wish I had one! I used titanium drill bits,but I did manage to break them after about 8-10 holes I drilled:) I love how you made it,and the wire is a great idea,because yes,my windchimes of fishing line have broken.Cindee,I love the addition of beads, I like my sparklies:)Both very pretty!

That is so cool!

Has anyone ever had success with a silverware wind chime "without" drilling holes? Maybe fastening wire around the ends???

ok , I admit it, I'm scared of the drill...

mj

Thanks for the great idea. I just posted some pictures of things I made with my mom's stuff and I'm going to try this also. :-)

Joanne

I make these also, and use my husbands large vise and just clamp them into the vise and crank it until they are flat. This works pretty well!

why do the spoons need to be flat?

The spoons don't have to be flat but they move better in the wind and sound nicer when they are.