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How To Make a Seashell Windchime

With all those seashells you find on the beach

Julia A. Keirns
3 min readJan 13, 2023
Seashell windchime
Seashell windchime. Photo copyright Julia A. Keirns.

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I kept trying to think of something creative to do with all the neat seashells I was finding on the beaches. Yes, I could fill a large glass jar and sit them on the counter, but I am a creative person and I like to make things.

Since we moved into the RV full-time and sold everything, I have missed my craft days; because I sold everything. So now if I want to make something, I have to use things I already have, or find things to use. I really don’t want to repurchase a bunch of craft stuff at Hobby Lobby because I don’t have that much room for storage.

I got the bright idea to make some seashell windchimes when we were in a gift shop at one of the parks we visited. I thought — I can make that.

Seashells
Seashells. Photo copyright Julia A. Keirns.

I started sifting through all the shells I had collected to find some of the thicker ones that wouldn’t break as easy when the wind blows, and also when we tried to drill a hole in…

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Julia A. Keirns
Julia A. Keirns

Written by Julia A. Keirns

Currently living in an RV full time and traveling across North America. The goal is simply to write about it. Editor of Fiction Shorts, the Challenged, and ROD.

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