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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

How to Make Paper Pinwheels...

Springtime, Easter, birthday parties or any party for that matter, pinwheels are the perfect decoration and oh so easy to make!!!

In just a matter of minutes, you can make these little cuties...

paper pinwheels

Pop in to see how easy...



All you need is pretty paper, straws and a hot glue gun.

paper pinwheels

I started with a 12x12 inch piece of scrapbook paper and cut it into 4 pieces at 6 inches square.

paper pinwheels

On the back side, find the center and make a dot.

paper pinwheels

Now start cutting in from each corner towards the center.

paper pinwheels

You must STOP about a 1/4 inch from the center dot.

paper pinwheels

Cut all 4 corners.

paper pinwheels

Take one corner point and bring it to the center dot and hot glue in place. Hot glue works best, because there is a very short drying time...only seconds. Regular white glue won't work for this.

paper pinwheels

Now SKIP the next corner point and glue the next one down as shown below and keep gluing every other point.

paper pinwheels

It should look like this.

paper pinwheels

Hot glue a cute straw to the back side as a handle.

paper pinwheels

The center needs a circle of contrasting paper or bead to hide the glue.

paper pinwheels

I hot glued on a button!

paper pinwheels

You're done!!!

paper pinwheels

The color options are endless...

paper pinwheels

I hope this projects adds a little whimsy to your next party!!

Thanks for stopping by,
~Karen~

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4 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictorial :-) Shows clearly how easy & Fun it all is !

    Instead of gluing the straw, we used to poke a pin (or some such) through the paper & straw & then bend the pin down at the back. This would give the pin wheel enough play to rotate in the wind.

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  2. Cute pinwheels. Great tutorial to show how they are made. They are fun for cards, decorations on packages, tables, etc. I love them in different sizes.

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  3. Better yet- use a pin to hold down the flaps and push it into a pencil eraser. That way it actually spins

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  4. What a great and fun idea, would be cute at a childs birthday party!

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