Pinwheel DIY

This cute, colored pinwheel is great for playing outside whenever nice weather comes around. This DIY project requires very little material and is a fun task for kids (with a mother's help!).

Level: Easy
Creation time: Less than 1h

Supplies

Materials

• Plastic file dividers in different colors
• Colored straws
• Colored beads
• Wooden chopsticks or gardening stakes
• Small flat-headed studs
• Glue

Tools

• Pencil
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Hammer

Instructions

• Draw a square on a file divider and cut it out.
  
  
• Pierce the four corners and the middle and cut along the lines as indicated on the drawing below.

• Cut the straws into 1-cm (3/8-inch) pieces and slide them onto the chopsticks, alternating the colors as you do so.
  
  
• Paste glue onto the outer edges of the square.
  
  
• Form the pinwheel by folding the four corners one after the other toward the center.
  
  
• Put a stud with a bead on it through the center of the pinwheel.
  
  
• Follow this with a second bead on the opposite side.
  
  
• Gently hammer together to complete the pinwheel.

Source: "Et moi alors dans tout ça !" ("And me, too, in all that!")
Translation: Emma-Jane

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