After much searching on Pinterest and attempting many different methods, I found a great post about making paper pinwheels. These will make great decorations and are simple enough for teens and older kids to make in a program. I've already shown my finished to a couple of teens today and they are excited to decorate the Teen Lounge with paper pinwheels!
Here's what you will need:
- Paper (any kind will work. I used colored copier paper because that is what I had on hand)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Glue stick
- Paper clips
To make the large pinwheel I used three pieces of 81/2"x11" paper. Take a piece of paper and fold it accordion style along the short end, like the picture below, until it's completely folded,. Do this to all three pieces.
Once your pieces of paper are folded, fold each one in half and glue the middle pieces together. I secured mine with paper clips while the glue dried.
Now that you have three fan-like pieces, glue them together side by side, to create a circle. Secure with pins. This is your first pinwheel!
While that pinwheel is drying, cut three 4" squares out of different colored paper. Fold and glue these together like the first pinwheel.
Glue the small pinwheel to the large pinwheel.
Now, you can have some fun with what you put on the middle. I decided to go the easy route with this one and printed out some free tags from Chic Tags. Add some ribbon to the back to hang from the ceiling or a wall and you're done.
Enjoy!
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