Step-by-step tutorial
Step 1
Gather the materials for your paper pinwheels.
Step 2
Cut your paper into a 6-by-6-inch (15.2-by-15.2 cm) squares. Then, using markers, decorate your paper with shapes, flowers, letters, rainbows... the sky is the limit!
Step 3
When you are done decorating your paper, use scissors to make a small cut at every corner. Make the cut about 3 inches long toward the center of the paper.
Step 4
If you want to reinforce the strength of the paper, cut a small circle out of the scraps and poke a pin into the center of it.
Step 5
Beginning at one corner and alternating at every corner, bend the paper up and carefully poke the pin through underside. (You may need grownup help with this.)
Step 6
When four corners are tucked in the pin, poke the end of the pin through the center of the pinwheel and into the eraser of a pencil.
Done!
Now run with it! And jump with it! And swing it from side to side! Or watch the smallest breeze of air turn it swiftly and easily. Isn't it beautiful!?
