Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft

Kids love to make things move and work. Homemade Pinwheels are a fun children's activity to make and kids love to play with them.

Things Needed For Children's Pinwheel Craft

1 Small Dowel or Pencil
1 Piece of Card stock
1 Push pin
Things to color with and decorate with.

Directions for Making Kids Pinwheel Craft

Take your paper and fold one corner up so that it touches the other side.

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft There will be a 2 1/2 inch piece at the top. Cut that piece off.

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft Your paper will have a crease in it fold the opposite sides together so the when you open the page it will have creases in the shape of an X

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft Color both sides of the page in any way that you would like. You could use paints, crayons, glitter, stickers or anything that would make your pinwheel colorful and fun.

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft Make sure you color both sides of the card stock.

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft Punch a hole in the bottom of each corner of the page. Make sure that you have it on one side of the crease so you can pull the pieces to the middle.

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft Cut the creases about halfway up the crease and then pull the pieces that have the hole punch in them to the center of the page.

Homemade Pinwheel Kids Craft Use a push pin to go through the holes gathered at the middle. Push the pin into a pencil or small wooden dowel.

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