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You can get instructions to this craft and see pictures on The Better Homes & Gardens website: http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.j sp?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/s tory/data/coolpersonalstuff_05 292002.xml&catref=T16

Homemade wind chime
This peaceful homemade wind chime will gently chime at the slightest breeze
Materials:
Scissors, clear plastic lids, clear plastic lids, X-Acto knife, hole punch, fishing line, stick or dowel, jingle bells.

Directions:
- Cut the rims off the plastic lids, then help your children cut out seven (or as many as you like) leaf shapes from the clear plastic. If you want, you can create "veins" on the leaves by lightly scoring each one with an X-Acto blade.
- Punch a hole in the top and bottom of each leaf. Tie a 7- to 10-inch length of fishing line to the top of each leaf, then hang the leaves, evenly spaced, from the stick or dowel.
- Using short lengths of fishing line, hang a jingle bell from the bottom of each leaf.
- To make a hanger, tie the ends of a 6- to 8-inch piece of fishing line to each end of the stick.

Homemade Dragon Kite
This fin craft is constructed of bags, a hanger, and a dowel.
Materials:
Plastic trash bags, Cellophane tape, Ruler, Pencil, String, Permanent markers, 3/16-inch dowel (14 inches long), Wire clothes hanger (light gauge), Kite cord, Heavy needle, Large snap swivel
Directions:
- Slice open a trash bag lengthwise and tape down the plastic sheet. Draw a 14-inch-diameter circle with a centerline and squared-off bottom. (You can use a foot-long loop of string as a compass. Anchor the loop in place with a pencil's eraser end, insert a marker, pull the loop taut, and draw the circle.) Draw a 1-inch margin around the top and sides for tabs. Decorate with markers, if desired. Cut out the pattern and the tabs. Tape the dowel to the centerline of the kite's back.
- Straighten the hanger, bend it around the top of the dowel and then down along the perimeter of the kite. Use bricks or books to hold the wire in place.
- Starting at the top of the kite, tightly fold and tape the tabs around the wire, alternating from left to right. Trim the excess wire with wire cutters.
- Place two pieces of tape (for reinforcement) across the centerline on the front of the kite, 1 inch down from the top and 3 inches up from the bottom. Use a needle to poke the bridle - a 3-foot length of cord - through the upper piece of tape, alongside the dowel.
- Loop the cord around the dowel, send the needle back through the plastic on the opposite side of the dowel,

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