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DIY Windmills

The document provides instructions for making paper windmills using colored paper or cardstock, dowel sticks or pencils, scissors, and pins. Readers are instructed to cut the paper into squares, fold them in half to make triangles, and cut slits partway into the folds. They then fold the cut points into the center and secure them together by pushing a pin through each layer and the back, adding a bead before inserting the pin into the dowel stick to allow the windmill to spin freely.

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DIY Windmills

The document provides instructions for making paper windmills using colored paper or cardstock, dowel sticks or pencils, scissors, and pins. Readers are instructed to cut the paper into squares, fold them in half to make triangles, and cut slits partway into the folds. They then fold the cut points into the center and secure them together by pushing a pin through each layer and the back, adding a bead before inserting the pin into the dowel stick to allow the windmill to spin freely.

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DIY WINDMILLS

Make these delightful windmills, we'll show you how!

Paper windmills, or pinwheels, make charming party props or take-home toys, and they can fit any theme or colour scheme thanks to the vast array of beautiful paper available at the likes of Spotlight. You will need: Coloured card or paper - scrapbooking paper works really well. Dowling sticks (available at Spotlight), or you could use pencils Scissors Pins Beads

1. Cut paper into squares of any size you like (ours were approximately 15cm x 15cm) and then fold in half to make a triangle.

2. Cut along your fold line about 1/3 of the way across from each side.

3. Take each of the points created by the cut (you will have 4 points) and fold them one at a time into the centre (bend the paper over without making a crease) where you fasten them all together by pushing a pin through each layer.

The pin will then push through the back of the paper windmill where you need to also place a bead (this helps the windmill spin freely) before sticking the pin into the dowel. With thicker materials (including a thicker dowel) you could use a small nail instead of a pin. We gently used a hammer to ensure the pin had gone securely into the wood.

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