Bone Wind Chimes

I made two sets of bone wind chimes for last year’s Halloween. I know I took pictures of the entire process but I can’t seem to find but the beginning photo and the last. UGH! I do have a short video of them blowing in the wind.

Bone Wind chimes are easy. You just need a bag of bones and some twine. If you use fake bones or the real deal it’s entirely up to you. Hey, I don’t know your life…

The top/base of the wind chimes is going to be the two femur (leg) bones. Cross them over one another. Take a good size piece of twine and tie them in the middle. You should end up with a bone cross. Now take the roll of twine, don’t cut
yet. Take the twine and keep wrapping the bones until you have the femurs sturdy. Crisscross, over under, tie every which way. Now you can cut the twine from the roll.

 For the middle part of the chime, which will hang longer than the other pieces you can use
the skull or back bone. Tie it to hang from the middle of your bone cross. If you use the skull you may need to drill holes at top then bottom of skull. Now choose your four pieces. Try to match. If you use the hand on one side try to use the other hand opposite side of bone. That way the weight is somewhat distributed evenly.  Once
you have everything tied on its time to make a way to hang the chime. I took four long pieces of twine tied two across the middle then tied the other two in the middle opposite. Gather all your piece and tie together in a knot at the top part of bone. I over
knot. It’s just the way I am. So, keep tying knots until you feel the pieces is sturdy. So know you have 4 pieces of long string to go outside and tie the chime from a tree limb. I really wish I could find the pictures of the whole process.

 

Good luck. Leave questions in the comment section and I will try to reply quickly.