Recycled Kids Crafts: Make a pinwheel
LANGUAGE: English
LEVEL: Pre-K +
TIME: Less than 30 Minutes
DIFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
CLEANUP: Easy
RECYCLING: YesMATERIALS
- 1 Toothpick (recycled)
- 1 Skewer stick (recycled)
- 2 pieces of paper ( you can use origami paper or cut used wrapping paper into squares)
- 1 rubber band
- Scissors
- Glue
- 3 Beads
- Optional:
- Stickers
- Hot glue gun
- 2 pony beads
STEP(S):
- Put glue on the red paper
- Attach red paper to the blue paper
- Valley fold the paper in a diagonal
- open, and Valley fold again in the opposite diagonal
- Open and cut 2/3 through the marked lines
- Put a bit of glue in the center of the paper
- Now start folding every other corner of the paper into the center
- Now take the toothpick and attach it to the top of the BBQ stick using a rubber band
- place two beads as separators on the tooth pick
- Now place the pinwheel into the tooth pick by poking a whole at the center using the toothpick
- Place a bead at the end of the toothpick (the bead I used had a snug fit, you might want to secure the bead with glue)
- Decorate
CATEGORIES:
Gifts To Make, Teen Crafts, Crafts For Siblings, Decorating, Patriotic, Seasonal: Summer, Recycling, Handmade Toys, Gifts To Give, Games, Functional, Easy, All Arts And Crafts, Children Projects, crafts
CREDITS
PHOTO BY www.simplekidscrafts.com
TEXT BY www.simplekidscrafts.com
VIDEO BY www.simplekidscrafts.com
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