HOW TO MAKE A PINWHEEL

 

wheeeeee

wheeeeee!!

When I see

 

PINWHEELS…

I think of

sunny warm

spring/summer days

full of
sunshine

&

fun!

Even the word

TWIRL

is fun to say!

Remember I made my pinwheel wreath

awhile back & I told you I’d show you how to make the

individual pinwheels.

Here’s How:

I use 12 x 12 double-sided scrapbook paper

cut into 4 squares (6 x 6 each)

Take each square and fold it into a triangle like below

Cut from the pointy end of that triangle to about an inch from the folded line:

Repeat this process for the other side -

Open up the square

and re-fold it the OTHER way

and cut almost to that fold line

when you unfold again – it will look like this:

(see how it makes an x on the fold lines and the center is NOT cut?)

Punch a whole in each corner like this:

Now you get to use these babies:

Place one of the brads into the TOP of the first punched whole

Grab the next one and put that under the first wing

and keep adding the ‘wings’ UNDER until you have all four looped in

then put the brad through the back of the pinwheel

and open it up to hold in place

(not SUPER tight or the pinwheel won’t spin)

you can even put the brad through a straw and then open it for a handle:

I dare you

to make some and NOT feel like it is

Summertime
already!

Chat soon –

NORTHERN COTTAGE
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